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Ancient Religious Beliefs

Ancient Religious Beliefs. Prehistoric Religious Practices. How do we know what was practiced tens of thousands of years ago? We look at archaeological findings (like rock paintings, sculptures, tools, and home structure) and speculate based on what indigenous belief systems are like today.

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Ancient Religious Beliefs

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  1. Ancient Religious Beliefs

  2. Prehistoric Religious Practices • How do we know what was practiced tens of thousands of years ago? • We look at archaeological findings (like rock paintings, sculptures, tools, and home structure) and speculate based on what indigenous belief systems are like today

  3. Shamanism • Not a unified faith • Describes a diverse set of practices • View of the world and beyond: • Our life on earth can be affected by the spirit world • TERM: Shamans are men or women who can interact with the spirit world while they are in a trance • Places: China, Japan, Siberia, Alaska to South America

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOvQOnjA-5A • (1:18)

  5. Animism (TERM) • an·i·mism  (n-mzm)n. • 1. The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena. • 2. The belief in the existence of spiritual beings that are separable or separate from bodies. • 3. The hypothesis holding that an immaterial force animates the universe • Ancient Chinese Religion: • http://www.history.com/videos/religions-of-ancient-china#religions-of-ancient-china

  6. Totems (TERM) • Often associated with Native American beliefs • An animal or other figure that represents the spirit of a group of people (like a family)

  7. Famous Ancient Sites Believed to be Religious in Nature

  8. Ancient Egypt • Time: 3100-323 BCE • Place: Nile River/ cycle of life and death influenced Egyptian beliefs. • Nile Valley was long and needed a strong central ruling center – religion and pharaohs provided this • Leaders: Pharaohs were linked with sun god, Ra and thought to be immortal • Mummification • Gods: Multiple gods for multiple purposes • Childbirth, passage into next world, fertility, etc.

  9. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=250777 http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-egypt/videos#journey-to-the-afterlife

  10. Zoroastrianism • Time: 600 BCE – 600ish CE • Place: Persia (Iran) • Leaders: Prophet Zoroaster • Gods: Two (good and evil) who constantly battle • Fate of people: depends on choice of the two gods based on a person’s good deeds • Influenced Judaism and Christianity • Angels, heaven and hell, good and evil

  11. Greek and Roman Religions

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