My uncle Lanny Parker was drafted by the US Army in April 10, 1966*heI was 19 years old. The draft is no longer used. This was during the Vietnam War era. Anyone going into the Army was probably going to Vietnam. His first eight weeks was spent at Fort Jackson, S.C. receiving Basic Training for military duty.…
In section 1 of chapter 4 and throughout a packet titled, “Ancient Religions”, I have read about multiple religions and their cultures, beliefs, and origins. Religions are separated into two categories; Monotheism and Polytheism. Monotheism is the belief…
As before stated document #1 discusses the Sumerians and Akkadians and their relationship to polytheism. It also discusses the belief of keeping the gods happy meant they would have happiness vice versa. They also believed in temples called ziggurats that linked Earth with the heavens and people with gods. Document #5 is about the Hebrews and the Ten Commandments. The Hebrews were one of the first groups to practice monotheism.…
The concept of God or belief in some type of higher being can be traced back centuries upon centuries, and this very faith has played an integral part in shaping countless different societies and cultures throughout time. When put into perspective, there are an infinite amount of variations about what people mean by God, whether it is atheism, monotheism, polytheism, or even deism, the possibilities are potentially endless. In addition, many cultures can also be connected by their different theisms such as the polytheistic Hindus and Greeks. One such parallel that can be drawn between the Hindu and Greek religious pantheons is that they were created through the story telling of their myths and have a large family tree of gods and goddesses.…
The political difference between the universal power of the Egyptian pharaohs and the Mesopotamian emperors served as the most significant factor that influenced the varying degrees of stability of ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian society brought about by the type of ruler, along with each civilization’s religion, economics, and social structure. Mesopotamian society lacking the presence of the pharaoh led to the beliefs in violent gods who were feared instead of revered as they were in Egypt. However, in Egypt, pharaohs benefitted the people of their society through trade with other empires which resulted in riches. Both societies were patriarchal, but the Mesopotamian emperor held an iron fist over social classes that was not found in ancient Egypt’s fluid social structure. While the numerous differences between Mesopotamia and Egypt are evident, a prominent one emerged when examining the culture’s religions as well as beliefs.…
The Aztec also had many gods which is considered polytheism. their most important god was the sun god. They had Human sacrifices. Thousands of sacrifices, over 20,000 for one ceremony. All enemies were sacrificed no matter if they were kids or adults.…
There are many different traditional religions and each have their own history and specific origin. One Nilo Saharan group was monotheistic, which is the belief in a single all powerful God, while others are not. The Niger congo group was concerned with the manifestation of spirit in nature. The Afroasian people was henotheistic, meaning the belief in and worship of a single god while accepting the existence or possible existence of other deities that may also be served. Different people have been responsible for influencing the development of the different Traditional and Diasporic Religions.…
There are plagues that can occur today, they go under the name of pneumonic, septicemic and bubonic. Pneumonic plague is contagious and spreads person to person, although the last time a person a caught the plague by another human was in 1924. The main area that is affected with this plague is the lungs. It is caused when the bacterium, yersinia pestis spreads around the lungs. The symptoms include; coughing, pains within your chest, having a fever, vomiting, nausea, feeling cold (chills), diarrhoea and having less oxygen coming into your lungs.…
The Great Hymn to the Aten is an epic poem written during the reign of King Amenhotep IV in the 1300’s BC. The center of this was Aten, the sun god, and was is referred to as Atenism. This hymn was the description of Aten and praise of his power. “You made the earth as you wished, you alone, All peoples, herds and flocks;...” (Puchner 31). There are several references to creation in various forms, all attributed to Aten.…
The Arise of Civilizations in Mesopotamia and the Nile River Valley The Fertile Crescent lies from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. The Fertile Crescent was a land named because of its good soil and its golden wheat fields. Within the Fertile Crescent was a region called Mesopotamia that the ancient Greeks had named later. This meant “between the rivers” where it was located it was between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river.…
Life in Egypt Today, Egypt’s high environmental, temperature, and migration levels are still the same as it was back in 1967 and even later than that. However, there are many other things that make this country what it is today. "For example, the expanded irrigation of desert areas after the completion of the Aswan High dam in 1970s; which has increased soil salinity and aided the spread of waterborne diseases”(Malefic, Asante; 2002 “Culture and Customs of Egypt. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press”). But, what about the evolutionary lines for both the governmental and religious cultural history of this country; do they play a big role in this country?…
History The plague was one of the most devastating widespreads in human history. It originated in China over 2,600 years ago and spread towards Western Europe along the silk road in October of 1347. The silk road was an international trade route between the Mediterranean and China. This was not an actual road, it was an interconnecting group of routes that ran across Central Asia.…
Taoism contrary to Confucianism, my Interpretation with Smart’s Seven Dimensions of Religion The comparisons between these two religions are analogous at best, similar in many aspects, yet, different in many facets of history, rituals, and even the creators of each religion. Even though, Confucianism does not believe in a God, per se, but rather, philosophical beliefs in the person themselves and what one makes of their life, through the unifying interactions of yin and yang. Taoism, also known as Daoism, does not have a fully recognized God, similar to Lao Tzu, who is revered by some, others, a majority, believes in the many differing Gods that serve a specific purpose, essentially, prayers are offered to specific deities based on circumstance.…
I believe that the three religions should be grouped together as each seems to branch off from the previous religion. Judaism is the oldest of the three and provides a good foundation for the other two. Christianity came second as a branch of Judaism. There are talks of Jesus and Abraham in the Islam religion showing that it is also a branch off of Judaism, however it isn’t tied into Christianity as much. Each of the three religions are monotheistic, they each worship a single god, the same god so it seems.…
There are a ton of religions around the world filled with cultures, musics, and architectures. Most people have their own religion to believe in God or Gods and some of them are Atheists that they don’t believe in any God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religion that they believe in one God. Three religions are the most popular religions that everyone got familiar with it. They all believe that universe is created by God, the highest leader of their religion.…