Without being in class today, I would have to say that empires caused Religions to become widespread and universal. Empires, such as the Roman empire, were extremely large and covered large areas of land. Religious changes in an empire will change the religious tone in the entire empire. An example of this is the conversion of Constantine. After his conversion, Christianity expanded exponentially and was much more accepted by most other civilizations.
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The problem with this statement is that the chapter discusses the time during and after the fall of the Roman and Han Empires. The argument that should be made is that the fall of the empires caused people to want to come together with a common religion because of a lack of political unity. So rather than the empires causing religion to spread, their falls are what caused religion to become universally important.
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Excellent point!
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