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MAJOR RELIGIONS
RELIGION
MONOTHEISTIC
OR
POLYTHEISTIC
FOUNDER
(PERSON)
LOCATION OF
ORIGIN
MAJOR BELIEFS
AND WRITINGS
JUDAISM
CHRISTIANITY
ISLAM
HINDUISM
BUDDHISM
Monotheistic
Monotheistic
Monotheistic
(Polytheistic)
Polytheistic
Abraham
Jesus of Nazareth
Muhammad
(the prophet)
______
Siddhartha
Gautama
(Buddha)
India
India
(spread to China)
Palestine/Israel
Palestine/Israel
Mecca
&
Medina
(Arabian Peninsula)
Ten
Commandments
(Beliefs)
&
Torah
(Holy Book)
[BOTH IN OT]
*Served as a basis
for Christianity &
CONTRIBUTIONS
Islam
or
*Torah is part of
OTHER EVENTS
the OT
OR PEOPLE
*Exile
RELATED TO
*Exodus
THIS RELIGION
*Diaspora
The Bible
[OT & NT]
(Holy Book)
*Cross as a symbol
*Paul was an
apostle
*Major religion
today
*Schism
*Constantine
*Crusades
Vedas &
Qur’an/Koran
Upanishads
(Holy Book)
(Holy Writings)
Reincarnation &
Karma
(Beliefs)
*Astrolabe
*Caste System for
*Arabic numerals Indian culture
*Algebra
and society
*Calligraphy
*Mostly
*A Thousand
practiced in India
and One Arabian *Cow is sacred
Nights
animal
*Battle of Tours
*Five Pillars
Four Noble
Truths
(Holy Writing)
Eightfold Path to
Enlightenment
(Beliefs)
*Believes in
Nirvana by
reaching
Enlightenment
*Asoka – spread
Buddhism into
China by
missionaries