Summary about cost of living in Salem: Four-person family monthly costs: 2,811.84$ without rent (using our estimator). A single person monthly costs: 786.53$ without rent. Cost of living index in Salem is 27.97% lower than in New York. Cost of living rank 234th out of 522 cities in the world. Salem has a cost of living index of 72.03.
Patterns of Change: Cultural Blending 1. What activities cause cultural blending to occur? Migration, trade, conquest, conversion 2. Which of those activities contributed to the culture of the Ottomans? All except migration 3. How did Ismaâil help the Safavids rise to power? Conquered Persia, took the title Shah, established Shiite Islam as state religion. 4. How did Ismaâilâs rule affect the Islamic religion? State religion= Shiite, became a tyrant, conflict between Sunni and Shiite. 5. How did Shah Abbas promote cultural blending in his empire? Established relations with Europe, invited Chinese artisans to empire, based government on Ottoman government. 6. What was probably the most important result of Western influence on the Safavid Empire? Persian rug industry. Shiites- ruler should be related to Muhammad
Akbar's reign saw lucrative trade with Europe, especially in cotton textiles, and word of his achievements and reputation spread to that continent. In 1585, Elizabeth I sent an ambassador to India bearing a personal letter to Akbar, who was on a military expedition and did not meet with the English emissary.