In the east the roman catholic church and the orthodox church emerged from the schism.
It was important because it supported the Hanseatic trade route in the Baltik and the canal needed to be built between major trading cities. This was one of the great examples of co operation across borders in the North Europe in the area of free trade.
Ramadan probably has more in common with Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, than with Lent. Although Yom Kippur is just one day, the fasting regimen is similar to Ramadan, as is the notion of submission and forgiveness. That’s all I know sorry -.-
You could check out this website:
https://newrepublic.com/article/126987/remaking-american-west
or this one:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/18e.asp
i'm not really sure what info you want tho..
