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Major Religions (Judaism (Monotheistic (believe in only one god, God)…

- - - - Four other leaders
        
        Moses, Saul, David, Solomon
        
        Law with Moses (Ten Commandments)
      - 12 tribes = one nation
        
        Rueben
        
        Simeon
        
        Judah
        
        Levi
        
        Isaachar
        
        Zebulun
        
        Benjamin
        
        Dan
        
        Asher
        
        Gad
        
        Ephraim
        
        Manasseh
      - Covenant with Abraham
        
        In exchange for God performing good deeds, Jews keep God's law
        
        Bring holiness (circumcision is a mark)
- - - - Created by Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) in the 6th century
        
        After leaving his life as a sheltered prince, he saw 3 things
        
        Someone dead
        
        Someone sick
        
        An old person who stumbled
        
        Became a aesthetic (rejects material possessions and pleasures)
        
        Meditated under the Bodhi tree and reached nirvana
        
        What followers do
        
        3 more items...
      - Eight-spoke wheel
    - - Ramayana
      - Bhagavad Gita
      - Upanishads (supreme knowledge)
      - Vedas
        
        Atharva-veda (charms, remedies)
        
        Yajur-veda (prayer book for priests conducting rituals)
        
        Sama-veda (textbook of songs for priests performing sacrifices
        
        Rig-vedas (collection of hymns praising gods)
    - - Dalits (untouchables)- dealt with sanitation
      - Sudras (servants and laborers) ensured sustenance of elite
      - Vaishyas (commoners)- ensured sustenance of elite, worked land, tended livestock
      - Kshatriyas (warriors)- politically powerful, in control of land
      - Brahmans (priests)- performed sacrifices, kings paid fees towards them, memorized Vedic works
    - - Trinity of gods
        
        Brahma (existence/creator)
        
        Shiva (destruction)
        
        Vishnu (protection)
    - - Jatis (birth)
      - Rebirth
      - Guru (teacher)
      - Varna (caste)
      - Atman (soul)
      - Karma (action)
      - Dharma (duty)
    - - Festival of lights
      - Celebrates when Prince Rama came home after saving his wife, Sita
      - Takes place in the month of Ashwin (lunar calendar)
      - A puja is hosted to honor the gods, especially Lakshmi
      - No meat is eaten on Diwali
      - Start of the new year