Christian & Islamic Comparison Post Classical Era (500 - 1000 c.e.).

Christian & Islamic Comparison Post Classical Era (500 - 1000 c.e.).

Medieval Power Shift

With the fall of the Roman empire came about the beginnings of a dark time for Western Europe and the emergence of a quickly growing, united Muslim empire in the east. It would seem that these two regions of the world would begin to swap positions in the large order of things between the years 500 and 1000 C.E. Though there are many factors contributing to this, it becomes evident that the decline of Western Europe is led mostly by a large economical, social, and cultural disconnect that ensues after the fall of the Roman empire, while in the east on the other hand, we see an increase of cross cultural fusion that is spurred on by the emergence of Islam and its unifying influence on political, economic, and cultural matters over the vast regions of a new Muslim world.  

As the German invasion disrupted Roman imperial rule in Western Europe, a chaotic and disorganized time began in the region. In the late years of the fifth and early years of the sixth century, the few Roman administrations left in western Europe began to experience a loss of support and overall disconnect with Rome, and to make things worse, the constant invasions of Germanic forces and internal power struggles caused a huge disruption to trade and commerce (Bentley & Ziegler, p. 434). This type of disunity would result in the formation of many different ruling factions, like those of the Vosigoths in Spain, the Ostrogoths in Italy, Angles and Saxons in Britain, and also the most influential group of the Franks in Gaul. Though these new successor states were predominantly German at their core, it is important to note that they took on Roman traits like Christianity and Roman law. None of these new states were particularly powerful though, and they could not overcome each other in efforts to unite Western Europe into a centralized imperial power, the Franks however did come close.

In 481 C.E., the Frankish realm acquired a new ruler named Clovis, and by 486...