1. Eight Features of Civilization: Religion

2. Monotheism vs. polytheism
What is the difference?
Monotheism: a belief in a single god
mono=one, theism=god worship
Polytheism: a belief in many goods
Greek and Roman religions were polytheistic
Today we are looking at the “Abrahamic Monotheistic Religions”: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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3. Who was abraham? Abraham was a sheperd who lived in Ur
According to the bible he made a covenant, or promise, with God. He would obey and worship God, and in return God would protect Abraham and his descendants.
He had a child with his wife’s handmaiden, Hagar. The child was named Ishmael.
Sarah forced Abraham to kick Ishmael out to the desert-Muslims consider themselves descended from Ishmael.
Sarah and Abraham finally had a child, Isaac=Jews and Christians are descendants of Isaac.