WORLD HISTORY

World Religion Project

HINDUISM
Indian subcontinent, c.
2000 B.C.E.
ORIGINS

BELIEFS /
PRINCIPLES

TEXTS /
SYMBOLS

Ancient Indus River

Valley civilization
(approximately 3000
BCE) in modern-day
Pakistan.

Developed in the
Middle East in and
around the area that
is currently Israel.

Reincarnation,
salvation is achieved
through a spiritual
oneness of the soul,
polytheistic religion,

The Ten
Commandments
(Exodus 20:3-17)
monotheistic religion

Vedas, Upanishads,
Ramayana,
Mahabharata,
Bhagavad Gita.

Torah, Tanakh
(Hebrew scriptures),
Talmud

Sanskrit letter, The

swastika, Lotuses,
lingam, Mudras,
Tilak, anjali mudra,
Helps inner peace and
taking care of oneself
soul and spirit.
HISTORICAL
IMPACT

JUDAISM
Canaan, c. 2000 B.C.E.

Synagogues, Star of
David, candelabra, the
Ten Commandments,

First major religion to

teach the belief in one
god.

CHRISTIANITY
Palestine
33 CE
Judea (now Israel),
located in the Middle
East bordering the
Mediterranean Sea
sometime around the
year 30 CE.
monotheistic religion
God would send a
savior, or messiah
Jesus of Nazareth was
the Son of God

ISLAM
Arabian peninsula
622 CE Islam was
founded and this date
became the starting
point for the Islamic
calendar.

Five Pillars of
Islam:confession of
faith, prayer ,charity,
fasting, pilgrimage

Bible

Qur'an

Cross, Ashes, incents,

fish, Alpha and
Omega,

crescent moon and

star, Red Crescent,

It impacted the value

of human life because
everyone was created
in gods image.

Negative and positive.

Been associated with
terrorist attacks but
have also helped add
truth to not only their
religion but others too.

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BUDDHISM
India, c. 5th century
B.C.E.
ORIGINS

BELIEFS /
PRINCIPLES

Most common in
Southeast Asia and
Japan.

based on many of the

core concepts of
Hinduism
Eightfold Path
Four Noble Truths

CONFUCIANISM
China, c. 500 B.C.E.
Elements of this
philosophy are still
practiced in Southeast
Asia,

two interrelated
areas: Social
Teachings, which deal
with the proper
behaviour of the
individual in society
and to his fellow men,
and Political
Teachings, which deal
with the art of
governance and the
proper relationship of
the Ruler to the ruled.
He viewed education
as central to achieving
proper conduct both
within Society and in
Government.

Other: animism
No founder, and
happened all around
the world

Other: Shinto
500 BCE, tribes/ tribal
religions

Bronze age(preChristian era)

Believed in nature
worship and that
everything has a
spirit.

Teaches that
everything in the world
is sacred so be
respectful.

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Pali Tipitika,
Mahayana, Vajrayana
Canons

Analects (Lunyu), the

Five Classics (Wujing),
the Four Books (Sishu)

spirit house,
sacrificial animal
pillar

TEXTS /
SYMBOLS

Kokiji, or Record of
Ancient Matters and
Nikong, or Chronicles
of Japan.
Torii Gate,

Has helped teach

people and societies
inner peace.
HISTORICAL
IMPACT

Shaped china and

religons that
happened after it.

Lead to ancestor
worship by which the
living respect their
dead ancestors.

Also lead to ancestor

worship and respecting
the dead.