AP WORLD HISTORY
Religion
Religions: Period 2
Place, Time, Founder, Beliefs
about Founder,
Major Doctrine, Beliefs, Practices,
Holy Books
NAME ________________________________
Social Impact
Spread, How? —diffusion:
trade? Conquest?
Diaspora in first century
CE; anti-Semitism
discrimination; Holocaust
(WWII); Arab-Israeli
crisis (1947-present)
Diaspora  mainly to
Europe,
then to U.S.;
Also, back to Israel post
WWII
Jews themselves spread,
but do not convert others
Zoroastrianism Persian prophet Zoroaster
Judaism
First monotheistic faith;
Ten Commandments
rd
One God created universe and he has
Abraham, 3 century BCE (Israel
Egypt); Moses, circa 1200 BCE (backspecial relationship with humans
to Israel from Egypt); Torah
Jews are chosen people
and Talmud
Moses leads them out of Israel
All actions good or bad have an effect on
this life and the next lives. God (Brahman)social stability (everyis in everything and everything is part of one had a place); lack
of social mobility;
god
Hinduism
No single founder; India;
Widely practiced by 1500 BCE;
Vedas & Upanishads
Daoism
Founded by Laozi
caste system; karma, dharma, reincarnation;gender inequity
Polytheistic; meditation;
ahimsa, satyagraha
(truth force); sati 
]Focuses on living in harmony with nature
Stresses simple ways of nature and the
virture of yielding
Views government as unnatural and as a
body that should govern the people as
Does not spread much
outside of India
little as possible
Religion
Place, Time, Founder, Beliefs
about Founder,
Major Doctrine, Beliefs, Practices, Holy
Books
Four Noble Truths
Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama; started
in northern India circa 500 BCE;
Sutras
Confucianism
Confucius, China circa 550 CE,
Analects
(life is suffering, suffering
caused by desire, crush
desire, follow Eightfold
Path)
Rejected caste system;
meditation; nirvana;
Five Relationships
(superior to inferior);
Mandate of Heaven
Social Impact
Rejects desire for material
things;
Monks (monasteries) 
men become monks
SE Asia, China, Japan
pacifist beliefs, sometimes contrary to
militarism; 20th century
rejection of capitalism
Social stability; gender
inequality; social
mobility via civil service exams; Mandate
of Heaven continuity
of dynasties (1700s
BCE to 1900s CE)
One God created universe and humans. Social stability during
Christianity
Jesus Christ (Israel, circa
year 0); Bible (Old and New
Testament)
Spread, How? —diffusion:
trade? Conquest?
Trade (cultural diffusion)

Japan during China’s
Tang
Dynasty (600s)
Missionaries  Europe;
Middle Ages; religious
2nd monotheistic faith;
Trade, conquest, and
Conflicts (Crusades,
Ten Commandments;
Missionaries  Latin
Salvation—God sent Jesus to bring humans Reformation, etc.);
America
Improperly used to jusback to God
tify conquests (conquis-tadors(PIP) (CAM)
(1500s); ImperialImperialism (conquest)
ism (1800s)
Asia, Africa

Most important missionary
Paul. Peter is head of
early Roman church
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