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.
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