Ap World Unit 0

system of religion founded in Persia (today Iran) in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster;

the belief of just one god who has made the earth perfectly. People on earth have to follow a moral code so that they can go to a heavenly afterlife when they die. (the official religion of the Persian empire

the laws are the sole guidepost for how people live their lives -extra details - -221BC -Shi huang Dynasty -lasted 15 years

About human relationships and achieving social order and harmony through education and honoring your past family through filial piety -china: han dynasty around 400 BCE -no gods -text: analects

Unhooking yourself from society and living a simple life in nature is a way to make yourself one with nature -china 5th century BCE -Lao zi (founder) -Tao te ching (text)

very individually practiced. Everyone has a specific role in their life (dharma) that needs to be fulfilled to achieve good karma. People are reincarnated to a series of lives till they reach Brahma -found around 1500 BCE in India -gods: main 3 as Brahma, Vishnu, and shiva -uses a caste system

To end suffering by providing a path to enlightenment (Nirvana) by following the eighth path to virtue -founded by: buddha -when: Around 400BCE northern india -no gods but spirits

people collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud, all men must be circumcised when the messiah arrives -when: 2500 BCE Mesopotamia -who: Abraham is considered the father of...

All the come back to love of God and each other. Repent for your sins and declare belif in Jesus as the son of God and you'll get salvation -founders: Jesus, Peter the Apostle, Paul of tarus -one god -founded in the roman empire -texts: the bible (new testement)

-The five pillars of ... : Declaring your commitment to Allah to worship him as the one and only. praying five times a day while facing Mecca. -The Zakat: Giving a percentage of your worth to the poor. -Ramadan, showing your willingness to sacrifice for Allah by fasting every day in the daylight hours. -The Hajj; Pilgrimage to Mecca

-when/where:630 CE in Mecca, (Saudi Arabia), Allah (God, the Jewish and Christian God) -founder: muhammed -texts: the quran