Mansa Musa was the famed emperor of a. Mali. He is mostly popular especially outside Africa and was the fourteenth emperor of Mali Empire. His remarkable and unique pilgrimage to Mecca last 1324 is the first step of getting to know European and Middle East rulers. Despite being the first Muslim ruler in West Africa, Musa's time of service had his people experienced decades of peace and progress and was considered to be the best years of their lives.
Answer:
“Buddhism, introduced in Japan as part of Chinese culture, was actively supported by the rulers. This political support furthered the mixing of religious beliefs in Japan, since the emperors were also the highest functionaries in the national religion, Shinto.* Soon it became common to read the Buddhist sutras before shrines of the Shinto kami spirits.
It became a common practice to count the kami among those beings who—like humans—could find salvation through Buddhist prayer and ritual. The next stage was to give the title of bodhisattva to these Shinto kami, who were thought to have arrived at an enlightened state through the practice of Buddhism.”
*The traditional religion of Japan, combining elements of animism and ancestor worship
Hartmut Rotermund, European historian of Japan, article in an encyclopedia of world religions and mythologies, 1991
a) Explain how the interactions describe in the article illustrate the process of religious syncretism.
b) Explain ONE similar example of religious syncretism in a region other than Japan.
c) Explain ONE global process after 1980 that contributed to historians' increased interest in studying the type of cross-cultural interactions described in the passage
Answer: they had complex societies
apex approved
Explanation:
Answer:
Option: D. British officials responded with repressive measures.
Explanation:
During the war, the British declared to give self-government to Indians if they served in the WWI. After the war, Britain proposed as they were not willing to leave India. Gandhiji also supported the involvement of Indian soldiers in the British army. According to him, Britain would repay the courtesy by giving independence to India after the World War I. Instead of giving Independence to India after World War I, they continued colonial regime with tightened restrictions on liberties. Gandhi answered by gathering for strikes and civil disobedience movements.
