| A | B |
|---|
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| monotheistic | belief if one god |
| Sumer/Mesopotamia | gods controlled nature; Anu, Enlil |
| ziggurat | temple made to honor each city's chief god or goddess |
| Egypt | built pyramids; believed in eternal life, Pharaoh was a god |
| Indus | buffalo and bull were sacred |
| Shang China | believed in gods and nature spirits, king was link between people and supreme god |
| phoenicians | nature, fertility, sacrifice first-born |
| Nubians | worshipped Egyptian gods |
| Hebrews | One all-knowing, and all-powerful god. |
| Judaism | Hebrews beliefs of ONE all-knowing god |
| Torah | recorded beliefs and events of Hebrew history |
| Covenant | agreement with god |
| Moses | led Hebrew slaves back to Canaan and was given the Ten Commandments |
| King Solomon | built a temple dedicated to God. |
| Babylon | Hebrews were exiled there |
