Monks contributed to the development of the Western culture in the Byzantine empire with the <u>preservation of Greek and Roman works</u>.
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In Buddhism<span>, </span>monks<span> and </span>nuns<span> traditionally live by begging for </span>alms<span>, as did the historical </span>Gautama Buddha<span> himself. This is, among other reasons, so that </span>lay people<span> can gain religious merit by giving food, medicines, and other essential items to the monks. The monks seldom need to plead for food; in villages and towns throughout modern </span>Thailand<span>, </span>Cambodia<span>, </span>Vietnam<span>, and other Buddhist countries, householders can often be found at dawn every morning streaming down the road to the local temple to give food to the monks. In East Asia, monks and nuns were expected to farm or work for returns to feed themselves.</span>
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Islam unified the Middle East economically and sometimes politically. Its had a substantial influence and has helped define the region.
It held weapons and junk.mostly weapons.
It was more over the result of revolution . as Marie Antoinette aka Madam Deficit was so unkind towards the peoples. when people came to her for the problem of food she said if you don't have bread eat Butter, something like that.