During the post classical era, trade networks like the Silk Road and Royal Road emerged throughout the Eurasian continent. Overtime as empires realized the significance of trade networks, views of trade and wealth changed. In documents 1 and 5, Islamic views towards trade and wealth supported trade under certain circumstances while Christianity does not. Christianity supports trade and wealth under certain circumstances while Islam has negative views towards it in documents 1,2 and 6. In documents 4 and 7, Christian and Islamic views shift to approach problems differently. In documents 1 and 5, Islamic views towards trade and wealth supported trade under certain circumstances while Christianity does not. In document 1, the excerpt of
