“[this] book acknowledges that cultural traditions spread over long distances even in ancient times, but it also recognizes that expansive traditions often faced fierce opposition, and it holds further that cross-cultural conversion is a deeply problematical concept. indeed, [this] book argues that religious and cultural traditions rarely won foreign converts except when favored by a powerful set of political, social or economic incentives. sometimes the prospect of trade or political alliance drew a people’s attention to a foreign cultural tradition. other times state sponsorship made political and military support available to an expanding cultural tradition. yet even under the best of circumstances . . expansive cultural traditions rarely attracted large numbers of foreign adherents without the aid of a syncretic process.”
jerry h. bentley, historian, old world encounters, 1993
a) identify and explain two examples in the period 600 c. e. to 1450 c. e. that support the author’s argument concerning the role of political, social, or economic incentives in the spread of religious or cultural traditions.

b) identify and explain one example after 1450 c. e. in which syncretism played an important role in the spread of religious or cultural traditions.

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polticians and sentates thought to annoucne the fialre of articles of confedartion by making a centralized nation as a hole

nowadays there are things in our daily life that we are used to have. for example, cellphones or computers. basically, technology is something that we find   extremely necessary. but this are not the only example of technology in our lives. what about cars? we are so used to them that we never stop to think, what if we didn't have them? but, that is not the only fact to consider because, do we ever think about all the people that work so that we can have this technology? that is why , in this essay,i want to talk about ford's workers.

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