Monotheistic Religions

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•  - Father of Hebrews.   - He believe there was only one true god.  - God told him to go to Canaan, the promised land. God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation of people.   - He made covenant with god. 2. God promised to protect Abraham's descendants, if he and his people follow the God.   - God gave him children.    - He introduced the belief to people. - He emphasized the importance of hospitality.

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•  - Rescued the Israelites people from slavery in Egypt 1300s B.C.E as the Exodus. He parted the sea when he lead the Israelites go out.  - He told the Israelites the basic laws and teaching of Judaism, which is called the Ten Commandments.  - His leadership skill desire Jews and Christians lessons.  - He made the Israelites people all devoted to monotheism.     - He make forged

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•  - King of the Israelites.  - He united and expanded the Kingdom of Israelites by governed very strongly  - He defeated the Philistines.  - He was a poet and musicians, many writings about Jews are talking about him.  - He choose Jerusalem as the capital city. - He built the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem, which made Jerusalem a holy city. 

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•  - He built the first temple of Judaism in Jerusalem.  -  He expanded the kingdom of Israel by making treaties with neighbor kingdoms, which also made more foreign trade, so it helped develop industries such as copper mining.  - He is famous for his wisdom. Many bible and books of Judaism are talking about him.  - Made Jerusalem become a holy city for Jews.

1. Life

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   •  - Jesus was born in about 6 B.C.E in Judea.  - Mary traveled with A carpenter named Joseph returned to his hometown Bethlehem and gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem.  - He grew in Jewish environment.   - He started preaching when he was about 30 in Galilee.
2. Resurrection

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   •  - Jesus was executed on a cross when he traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover.   - Jesus had many followers in Jerusalem. The city's Roman rulers feared that his supporters might create trouble, and they worried that Jesus might lead a revolt.  - After 3 days, Jesus from the death, also convinced people that he's the son of God. 
3. Teaching

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   •  - The life and teaching of Jesus were including in the gospels, which are Jesus's four main followers who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote them in some years after his death.  - The teaching is based on love and mercy.  - Jesus teach people by telling parables.  - He spent time with poor.

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•  - He spread the teaching of Christanity.  - He spent 17 years visiting cities throughout the Greek-speaking world, made new converts and started new churches, where he traveled to.  - He stop persecuting Christanity and become a missionary because one day when he traveled to Damascus. He saw a blinding light and heard the voice of Jesus. He adopted the Christian faith and believe in God.  - He was beheaded by the Romans in about 65 C.E.

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•  - Romans refused Christanity and killed them in many painful ways.   - Christians refused to worship the other Roman gods, they did not accept that the emperor was a god, and they refused to join the Roman army.  - Constantine gave Christians the freedom for their religion, because he has a dream about the God, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.  - Christians won new followers by facing death bravely, they gave people hope. It taught that everyone can have a better life after death if they followed Jesus.