Compare And Contrast The Carolingian Empire And The Abbasid Empire

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The Abbasid Empire and The Carolingian Empire were similar and differed in many ways. The Carolingian Empire used conquest and military force to expand their borders and religious teachings. The Abbasid maintained their empire by relying on border defense, according to the lecture given by Dr. Furtado. The Carolingian Empire spread Christendom from modern day France in all directions on the European continent. How each religions were taught were different though. In the Abbasid Empire, “religious leaders emphasized what they had in common with those around them. Islamic theologians were married men, were merchants and courtiers. Where as in the Christian West, the opposite was true. Groups of Christian monks and nuns were unmarried