Casey's World History Blog

Under the Sui dynasty, China was able to unite as one and come together again. the emperors did this by expanding the canal system to 1200 miles long. This linked north and south parts of China. The allowed many people to benefit economically and socially among each others. With the dynasty collapsing due to the emperor's desire to take over Korea, the Tang and the Song dynasties emerged to be known as the "golden ages". Relationships between China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam were developing. Korea and China had many similarities due to their close distance to each other. Many of the Chinese values and systems found their way to Korea. There was an underlying tension from the China overtaking parts of Korea. Vietnam and China had similarities based off of China's religions that Vietnam had adopted, like Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism and even other systems used in government.

Christianity had begun to spread during this time. Even today, there is a large number of Asian countries that have a large Christian following. Even in Africa Christianity had spread. Latin America still is mainly Catholic. In the Byzantine Empire church and state were one, unlike others like the Romans, the Catholic church was still separate from politics. The Byzantine people were expected to be apart of the Orthodox church. The church had helped the government in some of their decision making process as one unit and not separate. Russia slowly converted to Orthodox Christianity. This was a direct reflection of the diverse cultures in that area of Finnic, Baltic and Viking traders. There was also people of Christianity, Muslim, and Jewish, in small numbers throughout the area. The Prince didn't like the diversity and changed to Eastern Orthodox, from the Byzantine Empire. With religions trying to compete for unity among the citizens and getting rid of other religions in their