Last of packet notes review

Today in human geography class on January 10th, we finished reviewing the packet of notes and we highlighted what notes were important.

- The earliest surviving Hindu temples were constructed between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago
- The earliest surviving Hindu tests, known as vedas, were written around 1100 B.C
- Some rituals from this era survive in contemporary Hinduism, including worship of various gods representing earth, atmosphere, and the sky
- Hinduism has unknown origins
- Elements of Hinduism may have originated in the valley of civilization which flourished between approximately 2500 B.C and 1500 B.C
- The founder of Buddhism is Siddartha Gautama
- Ona fourth trip, Gautama saw a monk, who taught him about withdrawal form the world
- At age 29 Gautama left his palace one night and lived inna forest for the next 6 years, thinking and experimenting with forms of meditation
- He spent 45 years preaching his views across India
- The foundation of Buddhism is represented but the 4 noble truths
- Muhammad was born in Makkah about 570 at age 40
- Muhammad is believed by muslims to have received his first revelation from god through the angle Gabriel
- The Quran, the holiest book in Islam, is accepted by Muslims to be a record of God's words, as revealed to the prophet Muhammad through Gabriel
- Arabic is the lingua franca, or language of communication, within the Muslim world, because it is the language in which the Quran is written
- Grace is achieved through faith rather than through sacraments performed by the church
- The core of Islamic belief involves performing five acts, known as the 5 pillars of faith
- All 3 religions consider Adam to have been the first man and Abraham to have been one of his descendants
- Gautama emerged as the buddha, the " awakened or enlightened one"