Blog #6

An Asian comparison the Jesuits in China were appreciated for their mathematical, astronomical, and technological skills. The Jesuits were welcomed to China for many reasons but the one that stood out the most especially in the 17th century was their incredible map making skills in the chapter it shows to Jesuits holding a map inside of a church. The persistence and change in African and Asian cultural traditions talks about how African religious people gave up their own people to the Americans for weapons and food, which is crazy to even believe in but it is true.

Blog #5 Cultural Transformations

In the early sixteenth century the protestant reformation shattered the unity of Roman Catholic Christianity, which over the years have founded western European civilization. It began in 1517 with Martin Luther who was a German priest. Martin Luther was really upset about abuses and the power that the catholic church had, so he nailed on a church door a statement called the 95 thesis that challenged the power of the court. Basically it was all about how priest should be able to forgive people for there sins so that they will be able to go to heaven.