Comparative Analysis: Compare and contrast the spread of Western European Christianity with that of Islam during the early modern period.

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The Answer is •Christianity evolved from a largely European cultural tradition into a world religion during the early modern era.
•Christianity had its greatest success where European colonial powers ruled (especially the Americas and the Philippines),where there was an overwhelming European presence,where the established society had been defeated and disrupted,and where no literate world religion was already established.It should be noted that,in these regions,the converts blended and assimilated Christianity into patterns of local culture and belief.
•Western Christianity also spread to China,but Christian missionaries in China focused primarily on converting the official Chinese elite and sought to make Christianity attractive by pointing out parallels between Christianity and Confucianism.There were fewer conversions in early modern China than in Spain's New World empire.
•By the early modern era,Islam was already a transregional religion,and it continued to spread during the period.
•The Mughal and Songhay empires helped to establish Islam more firmly in India and West Africa,respectively.
•In sub-Saharan Africa,in the eastern and western wings of India,and in Central and Southeast Asia,the expansion of the Islamic frontier continued throughout the early modern era.This expansion depended primarily on wandering Muslim holy men,Islamic scholars,and itinerant traders,and often involved a blending of Islamic and local traditions.
•During the early modern period,Islamization extended modestly even to the Americas,where enslaved African Muslims planted their faith,particularly in Brazil.

Comparative Analysis: Compare and Contrast the Spread of Western European