Religious Practices Worldwide
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Hist-11050-003
Religious Practices Worldwide
4/23/2014
“Almost every society since the beginning of time has practiced religion in some form. Religious practices shaped international relations in profound ways and those practices continue to influence the ways humans interact with each other all over the world”. Religious practices worldwide, ranging from now, the Middle Ages, to the ancient times, has helped to create the world we live in. There are important religions that were contributed worldwide from cultures that influenced the lives of people who practiced it. Various religions instigated war and moved from region to region. Over the decades, group cultures have changed the world, as well as social classes, gender relations, and education. People look at the world today differently due to significant events that have taken place such as the plaque, the crusades, and the introduction of Christianity which has shaped the world that we live ini
Human societies started to develop from the beginning of time. Just like a newborn baby, Paleolithic people learned things as they grew up and learned new aspects of life. From 2,000,000 B.C.E. until about 10,000 B.C.E. Paleolithic’s had the earliest and longest phase of cultural development where social skills were improved, and people moved to other regions where they developed various ways of life. This time period became significant to social changes through cultural adaptation. “In southern Africa, for example, researchers have found rocks decorated with geometric symbols, suggesting that more than 100,000 years ago humans may have used symbols to express ideas”. Paleolithic people developed the new forms of expressions similar to carvings, paintings, and burial sites from the Stone Age because of their curiosity of life and death. To make hunting, gathering and procreation more productive, many artifacts where found explaining that early humans believed in spiritual forces and wanted to
Hist-11050-003
Religious Practices Worldwide
4/23/2014
“Almost every society since the beginning of time has practiced religion in some form. Religious practices shaped international relations in profound ways and those practices continue to influence the ways humans interact with each other all over the world”. Religious practices worldwide, ranging from now, the Middle Ages, to the ancient times, has helped to create the world we live in. There are important religions that were contributed worldwide from cultures that influenced the lives of people who practiced it. Various religions instigated war and moved from region to region. Over the decades, group cultures have changed the world, as well as social classes, gender relations, and education. People look at the world today differently due to significant events that have taken place such as the plaque, the crusades, and the introduction of Christianity which has shaped the world that we live ini
Human societies started to develop from the beginning of time. Just like a newborn baby, Paleolithic people learned things as they grew up and learned new aspects of life. From 2,000,000 B.C.E. until about 10,000 B.C.E. Paleolithic’s had the earliest and longest phase of cultural development where social skills were improved, and people moved to other regions where they developed various ways of life. This time period became significant to social changes through cultural adaptation. “In southern Africa, for example, researchers have found rocks decorated with geometric symbols, suggesting that more than 100,000 years ago humans may have used symbols to express ideas”. Paleolithic people developed the new forms of expressions similar to carvings, paintings, and burial sites from the Stone Age because of their curiosity of life and death. To make hunting, gathering and procreation more productive, many artifacts where found explaining that early humans believed in spiritual forces and wanted to