1. What We Believe Foundation of the World’s Religions 200,000 BC > 1,000 BC Chapter 5

2. Key Questions 1.Why do humans have religion? 2.What are examples of syncretism? 3.What were major turning points in the evolution of the first ethical monotheistic faith– Judaism? 4.How does Hinduism differ from Judaism? Terms 1.Animism 2.Polytheism 3.Zoroastrianism 4.Akhenaten 5.Christianity 6.Islam 7.Hinduism 8.Alexander the Great 9.Baghavad Gita 10.Ramayana 11.Upanishads 12.Reincarnation

3. ? Common Questions

4. Faith

5. Homo Sapiens and Animism

6. Priests, Absolute Rulers, Tyrants, Dictators, and Monarchies *

7. The Power of Priests

8. Mesopotamian Gods

9. Egyptian Gods

10. Greek Gods

11. Indian Gods

12. Monotheism

13. Zoroastrianism in Persia

14. Akhenaten and Aten

15. Christianity and Islam

16. Hebrews and the Torah

17. Christianity and the Bible

18. Islam and the Quran

19. Hinduism

20. Baghavad Gita

21. Ramayana

22. Upanishads

23. Reincarnation