Hinduism Final Exam

Final Exam

1. (100 points). In an essay of 500 to 650 words, explain why the subject of your in class presentation is significant to world history.

The project that was chosen this nine weeks was the study of Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion practiced by mostly people in the Pacific-Asia region. The belief of Hinduism is a tradition based on Vedas. Vedas is the most ancient scriptures of Hinduism. It was written in an early Sanskrit that contained hymns, guidance, and philosophy on the rituals for the priests of Vedic religion. The reason Hinduism is so momentous is because it is one of the most practiced religions in the world. The five scriptures for Hinduism is The Veda, The Upanishads, The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, and The Bhagavad Gita.

The Hindu God is Brahman, and he is the eventual of the universe. Unlike Christians, Hindus believe that Jesus was a plain and regular guy. A major concept for Christians is one day dying and having the fortuity to perpetually live in heaven. The Hindus although accredit that everyone is set on a cycle of reincarnation. They believe if one is to ever extricate from the infinite cycle, you must have an undocked surrender to God, devotion, and meditation. This is called Moksha and it is something Hindus strive for their undiminished lives. A cryptogram for Hinduism is the origin of the religion. No one knows who the religion was established by but they do believe Brahma, the Creator God, is everything in the universe. There is not a beginning or an end to creation. They believe there is only infinite repetitions or cycles of creation and destruction. They believe that history has no value since it is all based on a pipe dream made by Brahma. The Humanity of Hinduism is the eternal atman of each human is a materialization of Brahma that is at bay in the physical body. A human prerequisite lives a reciprocated life that is called Samsara before the soul can be emancipated from the body.

Hindus have no intellection of rebellion against a holy God. They believe that there is no clear plan of salvation in Hinduism. Their purpose for living is moksha. One exercise Hindus perform to cleanse their souls is Yoga and meditation. Yoga and Meditation was taught by gurus to gain moksha. The majority of Hindus live in India. That is over nine hundred and fifty million in India and another twenty million in Nepal. Indonesia and Bangladesh have an estimate of fourteen million. Hinduism is also known to be different from other religions because of it being multifarious in its traditions. They practice a variety of amalgamation rituals. This amalgamation was traditionally called Santana Dharma. Santana Dharma is a universal law which is the kind of life the ten commandments is for Christians. It is a way of living for them and is a form of freedom to follow ones own path to becoming the conclusive being. Unlike Christians, Hindus have more then one God. Brahma is the creator god and is the most important of the gods. He has four heads and four arms. Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge and the wife of Brahma. Shiva is the

destroyer god and the most feared god. Hindu is important to learn so we can have a better understanding of the foreign lives that we live with in this world.

2. (50 points). In an essay of 300 to 400 words, discuss life in Western Europe during the time period between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the First Crusade.
Life in the Western Empire during the First Crusade was effulgent and horrific. The Crusades were a progression of religious wars that were fought by Christian kingdoms. These wars were altercated against the Muslim kingdoms in the years of 1096 and 1291. The ambition for The Crusades was to help lecture Christians of the Byzantine Empire incursion upon the Seljuk Turks and repossess the Christian Holy Land appropriated by the Muslims. During this cold war, The Byzantine Empire was suffering from major attacks when invading the Seljuk Turks. The Seljuks subjugated astronomical land from the byzantines in the region of what is now Turkey and Armenia. During the aforementioned time of the First Crusade, Western European kingdoms, which were dregs of the bereft of life Western Roman Empire, were becoming more omnipotent and self-reliant of their ingenue of protectors of Western Christian Civilization. The First Crusade began to commence when Pope Urban II was asked by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius for military support to help altercate the Seljuks. In 1095, Pope Urban called for Western Christians aid to help the Byzantines and recover the Holy land for the Muslims. The months that superseded the calling were pronounced by religious excitement in Western Europe and the will to take back the Holy Land created tremendous intentions of reclaiming what was theirs from the start. During the first crusade, when the knights were attacking Jerusalem, their first attempt to break through the walls of the city was fended off. The second attempt although was successful and the city was once again regained by the crusaders in 1099. But once inside the city, the crusaders slaughtered the enemies without any mercy. This attack was historical and horrific. This attack, although gained the Christians the Holy City of Jerusalem and the Dark Ages began to neb. The world and the people in it finally began to efflorescent.

3. (50 points). In an essay of 300 to 400 words, describe the Renaissance.
After the crusades the world commenced to become invariable and the time for learning commenced. This time period was called the Renaissance period. The Renaissance art is etched to northern Italy. The Renaissance was a time of rebirth and revolution. The Dark Ages and the Bubonic Plague left despair and bereavement. At the ends of the Crusade, the world began to get back on track with how things used to be. The first city to become this was the city of Sienna.
Sienna was a inconsequential town with little importance before the start of the Renaissance. The reason Siena became so significant is because it was located on a exceptional trade route. The main reason although is that they had a water system that could be used anywhere in the city. Siena although succumbs off because of the Black Death suffocating sixty percent of Sienna’s population. The next city to aggrandize is the city of Florence. When the city of Sienna conked, Florence transcended and became the new well-heeled city. Florence incorporated the most sententious architecture. The most significant architect from Florence was Filippo Brunelleschi. This architect consummated the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. To do this, he actualized an ox hoist crane. This acquiesced ten ton stones to be placed on the Dome of the Cathedral. This allowed swift work and a more pulchritudinous finish. Filippo also used a herring bone pattern to regularize the force of the dome. This allowed the dome to support itself without alternative support. The amelioration of warfare weapon also forced cities to build more durable walls.
The most important time of the Renaissance was the rebirth of Rome. Rome was revitalized because of Pope Sixtus V. He ordered to annihilate all criminals, which included any who weren’t christian, and to rehabilitate the aqueducts. Then Rome began to Re-urbanize and become one again the most powerful city in the world.