Sami and Omar
Religion: India, Middle Ages, and Egypt ROUGH DRAFT: The Egyptians, the people of the middle ages, and Indians have many similarities and differences within their religion. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the Middle Ages all have similarities throughout their religion. One similarity is that the Egyptians and the Indians both had Islam as a factor of their religions. This shows even though Egypt has Islam as most of their religion and India has Islam as a little of their religion, they both still include it in their group of religions. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the middle ages all had religious quarrels. The battles and wars might have not been with the same people, but they all battled for their religion. Lastly, they both respected their god or gods. They both had respect for their gods because they made places where the gods would live in such as the Hindu Temple or the Churches. They all also had many differences. The Muslims followed Muhammad who taught Islam to the world and the Christians followed Jesus who Christianity religion throughout the world. The difference in the two civilization’s religion was that they followed two different Prophets or teachers who taught two different religions. The Middle Age’s religion, Christianity, says to follow one God and the Indian’s major religion, Hinduism believes in many gods and is concerned with theology and mythology. The difference in these two religions is that Christianity believes in one god and Hinduism believes in many gods and uses mythology to explain stories of their gods. Lastly, India’s religion believed in reincarnation which is the belief of living again with the same spirit and Islamic thought as only when you die you depend on your deeds on if you go to Heaven or Hell. The difference with these two religions was that they believed in two different ways of how you live in the afterlife. These are the similarities and differences within the religions of India, Egypt, and the Middle Ages.
FINAL DRAFT:
There are similarities and differences in this world involving with many topics and subjects. One subject that has many differences and similarities are the religions in this world. Religions contrast with the people who carried out their religion. There are also many similarities through the religion’s belief and intention. The Egyptians, the people of the Middle Ages, and Indians have similarities and differences within their religion.
The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the Middle Ages all have similarities throughout their religion. One similarity is that the Egyptians and the Indians both had Islam as a factor of their religions. This shows even though Egypt has Islam as most of their religion and India has Islam as a little of their religion, they both still include it in their group of beliefs. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the middle ages all had religious quarrels. The battles and wars might have not been with the same people, but they all battled for their beliefs. Lastly, they all respected their god, gods, or goddesses. They all had respect for their gods because they made religious places where the gods would live in such as the Hindu Temples, Churches, and Mosques. They also had many differences. The muslims followed Muhammad who taught Islam to the world and the Christians followed Jesus who taught the religion of Christianity throughout the world. The difference in the two civilization’s religion was that they followed two different Prophets or messengers who taught two different religions. The Middle Age’s religion, Christianity, says to follow one God and the Indian’s major religion, Hinduism believes in many gods. Lastly, India’s religion believed in reincarnation which is the belief of living again with the same spirit and Islam and Christianity thought as only when you die you depend on your deeds on if you go to Heaven or Hell. The difference with these two religions was that they believed in two different ways of how you live in the afterlife.
Egypt, the people of the Middle Ages, and the Indians have many similarities and differences. They might all have the same religion or not have the religion included at all. They could have believed in many gods or no gods. Their religion has either stayed the same or has changed over the years. These are the facts of how the Egyptians, the people of the Middle Ages, and Indians have many similarities and differences within their religion.
Citation:
Gokhale, B. G. "India." Lands and Peoples. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 21 May. 2013.Ancient India book:Ali, Daud, and Daud Ali. Ancient India. New York: Rosen Pub., 2009. Print.El-Ayouty, Yassin. "Egypt." Lands and Peoples. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 21 May. 2013."The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (History Encyclopedias) [Library Binding]." The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (History Encyclopedias): Gill Harvey, Jane Chisholm, Ian Jackson, Aziz Khan, Inklink: 9781580863872: Amazon.com: Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2013.Hansen, Chad. "Buddha." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013.Badr, Galal A. "Egypt." Reviewed by Louis J. Cantori. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013.Brown, W. Norman. "Hinduism." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 23 May. 2013.
Elena, Alyah and Isha
China, India and Greece
Religion By: Alyah Afzal, Elena Stojka, and Isha Singh
The Countries of China, Greece, and India share many similarities and differences. Similarities between civilizations also were found in religion. These ancient civilizations shared many similarities and differences through religion by telling stories, and celebrating with festivals.
All three civilizations believed in gods that they worshiped. A contrast that these civilizations had was that the ancient Chinese believed in Confucianism. All three civilizations believed stories about their gods, yet only the ancient Greeks believed in mythology. The Vedas were books of religious hymns, poems, and ritual. The Vedas became the first the first scriptures of Hinduism. All of the civilizations read there in holy books. All of the civilizations made religious paintings that showed a picture of culture or kings. Another contrast between the three countries was dynasties. Dynasties were families. The Greeks and Indians didn’t have dynasties, yet the Chinese did. The Chinese had different rulers, and the time that they ruled created a dynasty. Similarities were often found in cultures in many different ways. For example, architecture and inventions. Some comparisons were that they all had coins with pictures that symbolized their culture.
Hinduism believed in reincarnation which is where your soul goes into another living thing after you die. However the Greeks believed that the soul would go to Hades the god of the underworld. And finally the Confucians believed after death your soul still exists. The Chinese, Indians, and Greeks all worshiped their gods in temples. In the different temples, there were statues of their gods to worship and give offerings to. Each civilization had different celebrations that centered on their religion. For example, Hindus celebrated a big holiday which is called Diwali. Diwali is celebrated in honor of a prince who defeated an evil king and returned home many, many years later, and was welcomed with candles laid everywhere. The Greeks celebrated Easter. This is the day of Jesus’ resurrection, and it is a very important Greek and Christian festival. The Chinese celebrated Wesak. Wesak is the celebration of the Buddha’s birth. All three religions celebrated holidays that based around their religions.
These civilizations shared many similarities and differences in their religions. Each civilization showed their religion through telling stories, celebrating at festivals, and their beliefs. Every civilization believed in their own beliefs that people revolved around.
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Religion in China, Renaissance Italy and Greece Greece, China, and Renaissance Italy are all ancient civilizations from long ago. Over time, they developed their own religions based on where they lived . Their religions may seem varied, but build off of the same basis. In Renaissance Italy, there were many kinds of Christians, thanks to Martin Luther’s protest against the church, and also humanists, who didn’t believe in a specific religion, but the goods of the human race. All three of these religions believed in a god. Greece was a polytheistic civilization and believed in their Greek Gods who created the Earth and controlled all that happened there. In China (Buddhism), Buddha was the god the religion revolved around. One important theme of Buddha was that all suffering was created by attachments. In Renaissance Italy (Christianity), Jesus the Father, also known as God, created the earth and sent his son Jesus to save the world from sin. All civilizations had places of worship for their gods. Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt/moon. In Ephesus, Turkey a temple was built to worship her, called Temple of Athena.In China, the Temple of Confucius was constructed to honor the great schollar Kong Fusi. It was built in Nanjing, China in the year 1034. The Christians worshipped and prayed to Christ.One famous church is Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Italy. Lastly, all three of these religions believed in the afterlife.The Chinese believed that in the afterlife, if one lived a noble life, they were sent to the Buddhist paradise or land of immortal Taoists. If one was a bad person, they were punished and sent to hell for reincarnation. In Greece, it was believed that after death one would be sent to the underworld, the dwelling place of Hades. , where dead souls roamed. In Renaissance Italy (Christianity), after one died they would go to heaven. This if one had been a caring, God-loving person. If one had been a person who did not repent their sins, and had been sinister they would go to hell. Purgatory was for penitent humans who were being purified from venial sins, and would soon go to heaven. Greece, Renaissance Italy and China also share some differences in what they believe in their religion. In Greece, mythology is closely associated with religion, which many civilizations did not believe in. Ancient Greeks also believed that there were gods who symbolized objects in nature like the sky and the ocean. The gods could also punish people through the weather, or reward them. Most of this religion was about worshipping and praying to the gods. But China had a variety of religion in their country such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. However, the biggest religion in Ancient China was Buddhism . And in some of these religions people believed in different things like nature in Taoism. In Renaissance religion things didn’t go that way. In the Renaissance a type of religion came around where people don’t necessarily believe in religion, but in looking at the values of humans. Called humanists, these people didn’t believe that churches were as accurate as they had been in the past. They thought that current churches were losing the message of Christ and humanists wanted to make the church to refocus on the true meaning of Christianity. This religion believes in something different than all, but might have some similarities. Every culture is special, and each religion has its own beliefs. Most religions center around one idea, but build off of it in different ways. They might have a couple things in common because they see other ideas of cultures. And also because they incorporate ideas from different cultures or change them to make them their own. All in all, these cultures are unique and diverse, but share common similarities. SITES Morford, Mark. "Greece, Ancient: Religion and Mythology." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013. Hansen, William. "Greek Mythology." The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013. Cotterell, Arthur, Alan Hills, and Geoff Brightling. Ancient China. New York: Knopf, 1994. print. Williams, Brian, and James Field. Ancient China. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1996. print. Walsh, Andy. "Talking Philosophy." Talking Philosophy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013 The Afterlife in Chinese Religion." - ReligionFacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.
"The Four Noble Truths." The Four Noble Truths. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.
Religion: India, Middle Ages, and Egypt
ROUGH DRAFT:
The Egyptians, the people of the middle ages, and Indians have many similarities and differences within their religion. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the Middle Ages all have similarities throughout their religion. One similarity is that the Egyptians and the Indians both had Islam as a factor of their religions. This shows even though Egypt has Islam as most of their religion and India has Islam as a little of their religion, they both still include it in their group of religions. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the middle ages all had religious quarrels. The battles and wars might have not been with the same people, but they all battled for their religion. Lastly, they both respected their god or gods. They both had respect for their gods because they made places where the gods would live in such as the Hindu Temple or the Churches. They all also had many differences. The Muslims followed Muhammad who taught Islam to the world and the Christians followed Jesus who Christianity religion throughout the world. The difference in the two civilization’s religion was that they followed two different Prophets or teachers who taught two different religions. The Middle Age’s religion, Christianity, says to follow one God and the Indian’s major religion, Hinduism believes in many gods and is concerned with theology and mythology. The difference in these two religions is that Christianity believes in one god and Hinduism believes in many gods and uses mythology to explain stories of their gods. Lastly, India’s religion believed in reincarnation which is the belief of living again with the same spirit and Islamic thought as only when you die you depend on your deeds on if you go to Heaven or Hell. The difference with these two religions was that they believed in two different ways of how you live in the afterlife. These are the similarities and differences within the religions of India, Egypt, and the Middle Ages.
FINAL DRAFT:
There are similarities and differences in this world involving with many topics and subjects. One subject that has many differences and similarities are the religions in this world. Religions contrast with the people who carried out their religion. There are also many similarities through the religion’s belief and intention. The Egyptians, the people of the Middle Ages, and Indians have similarities and differences within their religion.
The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the Middle Ages all have similarities throughout their religion. One similarity is that the Egyptians and the Indians both had Islam as a factor of their religions. This shows even though Egypt has Islam as most of their religion and India has Islam as a little of their religion, they both still include it in their group of beliefs. The Indians, Egyptians, and the people of the middle ages all had religious quarrels. The battles and wars might have not been with the same people, but they all battled for their beliefs. Lastly, they all respected their god, gods, or goddesses. They all had respect for their gods because they made religious places where the gods would live in such as the Hindu Temples, Churches, and Mosques. They also had many differences. The muslims followed Muhammad who taught Islam to the world and the Christians followed Jesus who taught the religion of Christianity throughout the world. The difference in the two civilization’s religion was that they followed two different Prophets or messengers who taught two different religions. The Middle Age’s religion, Christianity, says to follow one God and the Indian’s major religion, Hinduism believes in many gods. Lastly, India’s religion believed in reincarnation which is the belief of living again with the same spirit and Islam and Christianity thought as only when you die you depend on your deeds on if you go to Heaven or Hell. The difference with these two religions was that they believed in two different ways of how you live in the afterlife.
Egypt, the people of the Middle Ages, and the Indians have many similarities and differences. They might all have the same religion or not have the religion included at all. They could have believed in many gods or no gods. Their religion has either stayed the same or has changed over the years. These are the facts of how the Egyptians, the people of the Middle Ages, and Indians have many similarities and differences within their religion.
Citation:
Gokhale, B. G. "India." Lands and Peoples. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 21 May. 2013. Ancient India book:Ali, Daud, and Daud Ali. Ancient India. New York: Rosen Pub., 2009. Print. El-Ayouty, Yassin. "Egypt." Lands and Peoples. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 21 May. 2013. "The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (History Encyclopedias) [Library Binding]." The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (History Encyclopedias): Gill Harvey, Jane Chisholm, Ian Jackson, Aziz Khan, Inklink: 9781580863872: Amazon.com: Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2013. Hansen, Chad. "Buddha." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013. Badr, Galal A. "Egypt." Reviewed by Louis J. Cantori. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013. Brown, W. Norman. "Hinduism." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 23 May. 2013.
Elena, Alyah and Isha
China, India and Greece
Religion
By: Alyah Afzal, Elena Stojka, and Isha Singh
The Countries of China, Greece, and India share many similarities and differences. Similarities between civilizations also were found in religion. These ancient civilizations shared many similarities and differences through religion by telling stories, and celebrating with festivals.
All three civilizations believed in gods that they worshiped. A contrast that these civilizations had was that the ancient Chinese believed in Confucianism. All three civilizations believed stories about their gods, yet only the ancient Greeks believed in mythology. The Vedas were books of religious hymns, poems, and ritual. The Vedas became the first the first scriptures of Hinduism. All of the civilizations read there in holy books. All of the civilizations made religious paintings that showed a picture of culture or kings. Another contrast between the three countries was dynasties. Dynasties were families. The Greeks and Indians didn’t have dynasties, yet the Chinese did. The Chinese had different rulers, and the time that they ruled created a dynasty. Similarities were often found in cultures in many different ways. For example, architecture and inventions. Some comparisons were that they all had coins with pictures that symbolized their culture.
Hinduism believed in reincarnation which is where your soul goes into another living thing after you die. However the Greeks believed that the soul would go to Hades the god of the underworld. And finally the Confucians believed after death your soul still exists. The Chinese, Indians, and Greeks all worshiped their gods in temples. In the different temples, there were statues of their gods to worship and give offerings to. Each civilization had different celebrations that centered on their religion. For example, Hindus celebrated a big holiday which is called Diwali. Diwali is celebrated in honor of a prince who defeated an evil king and returned home many, many years later, and was welcomed with candles laid everywhere. The Greeks celebrated Easter. This is the day of Jesus’ resurrection, and it is a very important Greek and Christian festival. The Chinese celebrated Wesak. Wesak is the celebration of the Buddha’s birth. All three religions celebrated holidays that based around their religions.
These civilizations shared many similarities and differences in their religions. Each civilization showed their religion through telling stories, celebrating at festivals, and their beliefs. Every civilization believed in their own beliefs that people revolved around.
These Books are the holy books of the chinese, indian, and greek
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Bibliography:Meredith, Susan, Clare Hickman, Kirsteen Rogers, and Rolland Leonard. Le. The Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions: Internet-linked. London: Usborne, 2005. Print.
Schomp, Virginia. Ancient India. New York: Franklin Watts, 2005. Print.
http://www.chineseholybible.com/bible/kjv_cunp.htm
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/463879.The_Holy_Vedas
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Teni and Masa
Religion in China, Renaissance Italy and Greece
Greece, China, and Renaissance Italy are all ancient civilizations from long ago. Over time, they developed their own religions based on where they lived . Their religions may seem varied, but build off of the same basis. In Renaissance Italy, there were many kinds of Christians, thanks to Martin Luther’s protest against the church, and also humanists, who didn’t believe in a specific religion, but the goods of the human race. All three of these religions believed in a god. Greece was a polytheistic civilization and believed in their Greek Gods who created the Earth and controlled all that happened there. In China (Buddhism), Buddha was the god the religion revolved around. One important theme of Buddha was that all suffering was created by attachments. In Renaissance Italy (Christianity), Jesus the Father, also known as God, created the earth and sent his son Jesus to save the world from sin. All civilizations had places of worship for their gods. Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt/moon. In Ephesus, Turkey a temple was built to worship her, called Temple of Athena.In China, the Temple of Confucius was constructed to honor the great schollar Kong Fusi. It was built in Nanjing, China in the year 1034. The Christians worshipped and prayed to Christ.One famous church is Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Italy. Lastly, all three of these religions believed in the afterlife.The Chinese believed that in the afterlife, if one lived a noble life, they were sent to the Buddhist paradise or land of immortal Taoists. If one was a bad person, they were punished and sent to hell for reincarnation. In Greece, it was believed that after death one would be sent to the underworld, the dwelling place of Hades. , where dead souls roamed. In Renaissance Italy (Christianity), after one died they would go to heaven. This if one had been a caring, God-loving person. If one had been a person who did not repent their sins, and had been sinister they would go to hell. Purgatory was for penitent humans who were being purified from venial sins, and would soon go to heaven. Greece, Renaissance Italy and China also share some differences in what they believe in their religion. In Greece, mythology is closely associated with religion, which many civilizations did not believe in. Ancient Greeks also believed that there were gods who symbolized objects in nature like the sky and the ocean. The gods could also punish people through the weather, or reward them. Most of this religion was about worshipping and praying to the gods. But China had a variety of religion in their country such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. However, the biggest religion in Ancient China was Buddhism . And in some of these religions people believed in different things like nature in Taoism. In Renaissance religion things didn’t go that way. In the Renaissance a type of religion came around where people don’t necessarily believe in religion, but in looking at the values of humans. Called humanists, these people didn’t believe that churches were as accurate as they had been in the past. They thought that current churches were losing the message of Christ and humanists wanted to make the church to refocus on the true meaning of Christianity. This religion believes in something different than all, but might have some similarities. Every culture is special, and each religion has its own beliefs. Most religions center around one idea, but build off of it in different ways. They might have a couple things in common because they see other ideas of cultures. And also because they incorporate ideas from different cultures or change them to make them their own. All in all, these cultures are unique and diverse, but share common similarities.
SITES
Morford, Mark. "Greece, Ancient: Religion and Mythology." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013.
Hansen, William. "Greek Mythology." The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 22 May. 2013.
Cotterell, Arthur, Alan Hills, and Geoff Brightling. Ancient China. New York: Knopf, 1994. print.
Williams, Brian, and James Field. Ancient China. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1996. print.
Walsh, Andy. "Talking Philosophy." Talking Philosophy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013
The Afterlife in Chinese Religion." - ReligionFacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.
"The Four Noble Truths." The Four Noble Truths. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.
"Nanjing Confucius Temple, Fuzi Miao, Jiangsu." TravelChinaGuide. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.
Bakerjian, Martha. "Top Churches to Visit in Rome." About.com Italy Travel. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2013.