Shi’ite and their origins Death of ali caused the split between the sunni and shi’ites Tanak Jewish scripture Torah First five books in Tanak Moses Received an oral covenant Abraham Received a written covenant Effects of Zoroastrianism on Judaism Inspired influx of jews worry arab settlers Mishna “repetition”‚ thousands of legal instructions Holocaust Anti Semitism(henry ford)‚ hitler‚ forced intp ghettos‚ extermination camps‚ caused jews to do
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BCE‚ Greece had their polytheistic religion with gods and goddesses. Persia’s religion included magi and the beginning of Zoroastrianism. Also during this time period‚ Indian religion included Krishna and Veda. In the span from 500 BCE to 4 BCE‚ there were many changes along with continuities in the religions of this region. Persian religion still included magi and Zoroastrianism. Greek religion included sacrifice and temples for their gods. Roman religion included pax deorum and Chinese religion included
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Dynasty‚ Chang-an‚ became incredibly wealthy and supported the flowering of Chinese culture. Due to the popularity of the Silk Road trade routes‚ Chang-an became a meeting place of many different cultures and religions: Christianity‚ Zoroastrianism‚ Judaism‚ and Islam all influenced Tang culture. Syrians‚ Jews‚ Arabs‚ Persians‚ Koreans‚ Tibetans‚ and Japanese all lived side by side with the Chinese of Chang-an. In 636‚ Christians from Syria were allowed to build a church and hold Christian services
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Submitted by LIU‚ JUN (388185) on 12/20/2010 11:04:15 AM Points Awarded | 0.00 | Points Missed | 0.00 | Percentage | 0% | 1. What is the current population of the Earth? A) 6.6 million B) 660 million C) 1.6 billion D) 6.6 billion E) 1.6 trillion | | | 2. According to the core-periphery model‚ where are the richest nations in the world mostly located? A) Southern Hemisphere B) Western Hemisphere C) Northern Hemisphere D) Eastern Hemisphere E) on the Equator | | | 3. Which of the
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Terms and Concepts: State in your own words what each of the following terms means and why it is significant to a study of the world history. Achaemenids Persepolis Satrapy Royal Road Persian Wars Seleucids Parthians Sasanids Qanat Zoroastrianism Parsis Ahura Mazda Angra Mainyu Magi Gathas Avesta Study Questions: 1. How did Cyrus manage to expand the Persian holdings during his lifetime? 2. Why does the book say that Darius was “more important as an administrator than as a conqueror
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after he conquers them. A central difference between the Persians and the Assyrians is their religious beliefs. The Assyrians are polytheists whose main god‚ Ashur‚ is a god of war. The Persians adopt Zoroastrianism‚ which rejects violent gods and religious practices‚ like human sacrifice. Zoroastrianism acknowledges a conflict between good and evil. It is an inward looking religion that seeks truth. The god Ashur on the other hand‚ “appears [to be] a mere personification of the interests of Assyria
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10. Africa and the International Community The continent of Africa has faced and continues to deal with many problems due to its geography‚ colonialism‚ and economic exploitation. Africa contains roughly 1/3 of the primary commodities in the world‚ yet it is one of the poorest regions. Geography on the African continent is diverse from deserts to rain forests and beaches to mountain ranges. The pure size of the continent and some extreme environments has made it challenging to develop infrastructure
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Zarathustra began professing his holy words that would later lay the ground for the establishment of Zoroastrianism. Zarathustra’s concept of duality‚ which is the existence of two ultimate forces‚ an ultimate good and an ultimate evil‚ would later influence Manichaeism. The central figure of Manichaeism is Mani‚ a Syrian who preached of a dual deistical system of faith similar to Zoroastrianism. However‚ Manichaeism‚ and Mani himself‚ tied together Judeo-Christian ideologies along with dualistic
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torch the mighty Greek city-state of Athens. * The Athens tried to get back at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E. * Although they didn’t succeed the Persians recognized that they had reached the limits of their expansion. Zoroastrianism * Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic
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means that people should think for themselves before they follow blindly behind someone else and that they should question authority when you believe it is wrong. Zoroastrianism is a religion that teaches that "life is a constant battleground" between the forces of good‚ represented by Ahuramazda‚ and evil‚ represented by Ahriman. Zoroastrianism also teaches that individuals have the capability of free will‚ and more importantly‚ a responsibility to choose between good and evil. These ideas‚ separated
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