World Religions
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Religion
Early Civilizations
* Practiced animism (Zoroastrianism) and polytheism
* Animism: the belief that spirits are present in animals, plants and other natural objects
* Polytheism: a belief in many gods
* Believed that the success of their harvest depended upon the blessing of the Gods.
* Religious priest were considered as a link between the gods and people and held a lot of power.
* Priests collected the crops as taxes for their service to the people.
India
* Practiced Hinduism and Buddhism
* No real founder of Hinduism
* Hinduism developed from Vedas, collections of old sacred writings
* Hinduism is polytheistic. Ex: Vishnu the Creator and Shiva the goddess of destruction.
* Caste(class) System was formed out of Hinduism
* Buddhism developed as a counterpart to Hinduism.
* Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) around 580 B.C
* Beliefs all summed up in the Four Noble Truths
* Did not support caste system or religious ceremonies
* Lost popularity in India and later on spread to China
* Both religions did share some similar beliefs such as nonviolence and
China
* Practiced Daoism(Taoism) and Confucianism
* Daoism: a philosophy focusing on people living in harmony with the laws of nature.
* Founded by Chinese thinker Laozi in 6th century B.C.
* Confucianism: a secular belief in ethical conduct and social harmony.
* Founded by Chinese philosopher Confucius around 400 B.C.
* Both beliefs were philosophies not religions.
* Chinese
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