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Judaism and the Roman empire, Islam, Christianity, Vocab - Coggle Diagram
Judaism and the Roman empire
The Roman army crushed the Jewish revolt and destroyed Jerusalem in 135.
The Romans were religious but did not force their religion on other people.
The only time the Romans banned a religion was when they thought it was a political problem.
At first the Romans did not take away the Jews religion but the Jews created political conflict by rebelling against the Roman rule.
When the Romans conquered Greece the learned about Greek mythology and the Greek gods became the Romans main gods.
By the early 100s the Romans had become more hostile towards the Jews they treated the harshly and taxed the heavily.
Sometimes the Romans restricted where and when members of a religion could meet.
According to the Jewish prophets the new leader would be a descendant of king David.
The Jewish Bible contains two parts the old testament and the new testament.
Many Jews followed the law closely because Jewish prophets said a new leader would appear among them.
According to the new testament Jesus was born in Bethelem.
Many Jews followed the laws that god gave Moses very carefully.
The Romans adopted gods and beliefs from the Egyptians, Gauls and Persians.
When the Romans conquered they generally allowed the people to keep their beliefs.
Emperor Hadrian banned some Jewish rituals.
The Jews did not want to listen to outsiders so the Jews rebelled against the Romans in AD 66-70. There were other disturbances as well but each time the Jews were defeated.
The Jews did not worship many gods unlike the Romans.
Judaism was one religion that some Roman leaders came to consider a political problem.
To avoid offending any gods the romans prayed to a wide variety of gods. because they did not know which existed and which did not.
At its height the Roman empire included all the land around the Mediterranean sea. In the early AD 100's the empire stretched from Britain south to egypt, and from the Atlantic ocean all the way to the Syrian desert.
Islam
A follower of Islam is a Muslim.
632 Muhammad dies. Islam begins to spread across Southwest Asia and North Africa.
During Muhammad's life his followers memorized his messages and words and deeds.
570 Muhammad is born.
Like holy books of other religions the Qur'an describes acts of worship, guidelines for moral behavior, and rules for social life.
As the Muslim community in medina grew stronger, other Arab tribes began to accept Islam. But conflict with the Meccans increased.
613 Muhammad begins to spread his message.
Muhammad was born into a important family in the city of mecca around 570.
After Muhammad's they collected his teachings and wrote them down to form the book Known as the Qur'an.
In 630 after several years of fighting the people of Mecca gave in they accepted Islam as their religion.
Muhammad became a spiritual and political leader in Medina. His house became the first mosque.
622 Muhammad and and his followers leave Mecca for Medina in the hegira. This event marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
610 according to Islamic belief an angel appears and tells Muhammad to spread the word of god.
Christianity
At the beginning of the first century AD, What would become a new religion appeared in Judea called Christianity.
Christianity was rooted in the ideas and traditions of Judaism but developed as its own separate faith.
Christianity was based on the life and teachings of Jesus and Nazareth.
Vocab
Prophet: A person who tells of messages from god.
Caravan: a group of traders that travel together.
Oasi: a wet fertile area in a desserts
Messiah: Gods anointed one.
Pilgrimage: a journey to a sacred place.
Mosque: a building for Muslim prayer.
Five pillars of Islam: five acts of worship required of all Muslims.