+Journal Warmup

1. What did Confucius believe would bring harmony to China?

2. What is filial piety?

3. Why did Confucius think education could help China?

4. What type of government did Legalists promote?

5. What dynasty overthrew the Zhou dynasty? Who was the leader?

6. Write three ways Shi Huangdi showed his centralized “power”.

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RELIGIONS

+Religion

What is the purpose of religion?

Why has religion caused fighting?

Why has religion persisted through time?

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Zoroastrianism and Judaism

+Zoroastrianism

+WHERE?

Persia

+Origin

After so much war and conquest, people wondered…Why does so much

suffering exist in the world?

600 BC- Zoroaster (a prophet) tried to answer that question

+Beliefs Earth is a battleground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPlYwJ3YvM

Constant struggle between spirit of good and spirit of evil

At the end of time, we will be judged on how well we fought in the battle

IMPACT This is where the concept of

Satan and angels come from

+One God They believe in one God

…so what does that make them?

Monotheistic!

Ahura Mazda

+TURN AND TALK

How is Zoroastrianism similar to:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

How?

+Judaism

+WHERE?

Canaan was the ancient home of the Hebrews

It was the land God had promised to the Hebrew people

+Abraham

“Father” of the Hebrew people Chosen by God

Lived in Mesopotamia God commanded him

to move his people to Canaan

+Monotheism and Yahweh

Monotheism- belief in a single god

Yahweh- the name of the Hebrews’ GodThey said he was the one and only GodHe was not a physical being

+Covenant AKA: a promise

The FIRST one was made between God and Abraham Abraham promised to obey Yahweh AND

Yahweh promised to protect Abraham and his descendants

+TURN AND TALK

1. Who made the first covenant with God?

2. What did it say?

+Moses Hebrews migrated to Egypt

because of a drought

They were forced into slavery

The Exodus- when the Hebrews fled Egypt

MOSES- the man who led the Hebrews out of slavery

+The Ten Commandments

Mount Sinai When Moses came

down, he had two stone tablets

Yahweh had written the Ten Commandments on them

The SECOND Covenant God promised the

protect the Hebrews They promised to keep

his commandments

+TURN AND TALK

1.Who led the Hebrews out of slavery?

2.What was the second covenant?

+Holy Book Hebrew Bible

Torah (first five books of the Bible)

Prophets Writings

Talmud Contains written

versions of Jewish oral law (Mishnah) and explanations (Gemara)

+Israel Created in 1948 as a homeland for Jews after WWII