50 Points In this chapter, you read a Diversity & Dominance feature, "Becoming Muslim." Based on these stories, what parallels can you draw between the rise of religion and the rise of political leaders and/or beliefs?

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Things that led to conversion of Jewish, Christian and similar communities:

Idea of heaven, hell and final judgment along with monotheism, and prayer rituals.

Sponsorship of a powerful state that could conquer or go to war.

Success in war led some to believe Muslim god more powerful.

Avoidance of paying for tax of "non-believers."

i receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. it is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

this is a way. : )

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.