Unit 2: World Religions Test Study Guide

• Hinduism

Gupta Empire-Religion more organized under their rule

Caste System

• Social hierarchy

• Untouchables

• Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama

Emperor Ashoka

• Maurya Empire

• Religion gains state/government support

Stuppas and monasteries built

• Judaism

Abraham, Issac, and Jacob

Moses

• Exodus

• 10 Commandments

Kingdom of Israel and Judah

King David- establishes Jerusalem

King Solomon-builds First Temple

Babylonian Exile

• return to Jerusalem after Persians conquer Babylon

• Jews return and build Second Temple

Romans conquer region

• Destroy Second Temple

• Christianity

Jesus Christ

• Founder-states that he is the Son of God and Messiah

• Challenges Jewish religious authority and Romans fear rebellion

Spread of Christianity

• Missionary work

• Attractive to all classes

• Disciples spread teachings of Jesus(Apostle Paul)

Emperor Diocletian

• Persecution of Christians

Emperor Constantine

• Edict of Milan

Emperor Theodosius

• The Edict of Thessalonia

• Islam

Muhammad

• Begins preaching in Mecca

• Flees to Medina (City of the Prophet)

• Returns to Mecca-spreads Islam throughout Arabian Peninsula

4 Rightly Guided Caliphs

• Abu-Bakr and Ali

• Shari’ah law

Ali assainated

• Islam Splits

• Sunni vs Shia

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

• Golden Age

• Capital-Baghdad

Islamic World’s contributions

• Science, Education, Architecture, Math, Art, etc

• House of Wisdom