Southwest Asia had negative and positive impacts of interconnection for society. During the time period 600 B.C.E., development and transformation of social structures was incredibly impacted. Gender roles were both negative and positive impacts. Women rights were limited over time. The men, however, were in charge of pretty much everything. Since religion was a huge impact on Southwest Asia, the way society was, was dependent on religion. Negative impacts for Southwest Asia included the facts that although women had rights, they had very few. Being women, they had the stereotypical role of taking care of children and taking care of the home, while the men went out to fight or were took care of politics. During war, these people did not have the best weapons. Most of the time they are using handmade swords that didnot always work well. Another negative impact was that if someone did not convert to Islam, they would have to pay an extra tax. In 600 C.E. the showing of skin, other than hands/arms and the face was a sign of disrespect to their family, so most women were worrying about making sure they were never disrespecting their family, This took away from focusing on more important things. Positive impacts were that agriculture made cities and civilization possible by producing enough food and goods for the citizens so that they didn't have to provide their own food all by themselves. Trading was prosperous in Southwest Asia. They had one of the best trading routes in this region, the Silk Roads. One other positive impact was that because religion was so important, Islam was able to spread all throughout many regions due to its tolerance of other beliefs and peoples. Another thing that was considered a positive impact was the social classes. Of course, the kings and any type of royalty was at the very top. They were the most important. Any type of government and person having to do with political reasoning was next. After them was just the middle class citizens. Last was slaves/peasants. Housing was most always varied by class the higher your class, the better the home and vise-versa.
Written By: Veronica Villegas Edited By: Sarah Norris