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THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE CHAPTER 1.4 THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION SHAPED EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS AND MORAL THINKING. JUDAISM • AROSE AROUND 1700 B.C. • A SYSTEM • WAS OF BELIEFS AMONG THE ISRAELITES. THE MAJOR WORLD RELIGION TO TEACH MONOTHEISM (IDEA OF ONLY ONE • ISRAELITES CREDITED MOISES WITH BRINGING • HELD THAT EVEN THE MOST POWERFUL RULER GOD) GOD'S LAW TO THEM (10 COMMANDMENTS) HAD TO OBEY GOD'S LAW. CHRISTIANITY • ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO, JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH. • MANY BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE MESSIAH, THE SAVIOR CHOSEN BY GOD. • CROWDS FLOCKED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK. • ROMAN RULERS OF JERUSALEM ARRESTED, TRIED, AND CRUCIFIED JESUS. • 3 DAYS LATER HE RISE FROM THE DEAD. • JESUS, IN HIS TEACHINGS, EMPHASIZED LOVE, MERCY, AND FORGIVENESS. • EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE FOR SALVATION, OR EVERLASTING LIFE. • ROMANS SAW CHRISTIANITY AS A THREAT. GREEK AND ROMAN TRADITIONS SHAPED EUROPEAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY • IN THE 5TH CENTURY B.C. GREECE HAD A BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY. • ATHENS WAS A DIRECT DEMOCRACY. • DEFINITION OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY • A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH AN ASSEMBLY OF ORDINARY CITIZENS MAKES DECISIONS. • DIRECT DEMOCRACY DIFFERS FROM OUR DEMOCRACY. • PEOPLE ELECT RULERS/OFFICIALS TO MAKE DECISIONS. • ANY ADULT MALE CITIZEN COULD PARTICIPATE • NO WOMEN, SLAVES, OR FOREIGN BORN PEOPLE. ROMAN GOVERNMENT AND LAW • IN 509 B.C., ROMANS OVERTHREW THEIR KING AND SET UP A REPUBLIC. • DEFINITION OF A REPUBLIC • A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE CHOOSE REPRESENTATIVES TO GOVERN THEM. • ROME HAD A CODE OF LAWS THAT DEFINED THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. • EVERYONE WAS EQUAL UNDER THE LAW • INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.