AP World History 2012-2013
  • Unit 1
    • 1.1.3: Tools and Adaptation>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.9 & 1.3.2: New Religions & Geographies of Early Civs.>
      • Early Religions>
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
        • Works Cited
      • The Early Civilizations>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
        • Works Cited
    • 1.1.2: Humans and Fire>
      • 1.1.4: Economic Structures>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.6: Arts & Record Keeping>
      • Arts and Artisanship
      • Systems of Recordkeeping
      • Case Study: The Phoenician Alphabet
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.3.1-1.3.3: Early Culture & Systems of Rule>
      • Culture's Effects
      • Systems of Rule
      • Case Study: Hammurabi's Code
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.1-1.4 Early Human Innovation>
      • 1.1.1: Human Patterns of Migration>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.2.1-1.2.3: The Climate & The Neolithic Era>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 1.2.5-1.2.6: Reliable Food Sources & Innovation>
      • Case Study - The Plow
      • Works Cited
    • 1.3.1-1.3.2: Pastoralists & Early Architecture>
      • Introduction
      • Monumental Architecture And Urban Planning
      • Pastoralist Weapon Dissemination And Transportation
      • Pastoralist Tools
      • Basic
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Works Cited
  • Unit 2
    • 2.2.5-2.2.7 Social Hierarchy and Gender Roles>
      • Gender Roles>
        • Case Study
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Social Hierarchies >
        • AGMSPRITE
    • 2.2.4 Cities>
      • Trade>
        • Trade AGMSPRITE
        • Trade Case Study
      • Religious Rituals>
        • Religious Rituals AGMSPRITE
        • Religious Rituals Case Study
      • Public Administration>
        • Public Administration AGMSPRITE
        • Public Administration Case Study
    • 2.2.2 Orchestration of the Persian and S. Asian Empires>
      • Persia>
        • Imperial Administration and Legal Systems
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economic Integration and Regulation
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • South Asia>
        • Imperial Administration and Legal Systems
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economic Integration and Regulation
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 2.2.2 Orchestration of Rome and China>
      • China>
        • Imperial Administration
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economics
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Rome>
        • Imperial Administration
        • Military Power
        • Trade and Economics
        • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 2.2.1: Growth of Empires & States>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 2.1.6 Cultures Of Second Wave Civilizations>
      • Sculptures
      • Architecture
      • Literature
      • A.G.M.S.P.R.I.T.E
      • Sources
    • 2.1.1: Religions as a Bonding Force>
      • The Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
      • Case Study
    • 2.1.4 Buddhism and Hinduism Impact on Gender Roles>
      • Buddhism
    • 2.1.2 The Emergence of Religions>
      • Christianity
      • Confucianism
      • Greco-Roman Philosophy
      • Daoism
      • AGMSPRITE
  • Unit 3
    • 3.1.1 Third Wave Global Trade Routes>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.2 The Impact of trade on emerging trading cities>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.3. Spread of Islam Through Afro-Eurasia>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 3.1.4 Inter-Regional Travelers >
      • The Basic Gist
      • Compare and Contrast
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.5. Cultural Interactions and Art>
      • The Basic Gist
      • Cultural Traditions AGMSPRITE
      • Art AGMSPRITE
      • Literature AGMSPRITE
      • Case Study
    • 3.1.6: The Impact of Newly Spread Technologies and Scientific Knowledge>
      • Basic Gist
      • Movement of Gunpowder from East to West
      • Movement of Printing from East to West
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 3.1.7 Inter-Regional Conflicts>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
  • Unit 4
    • 4.1.1. - Influence of Tools Upon Transoceanic Trade>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 4.1.2: Maritime Reconnaissance>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 4.1.3 World Economies>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE analysis
      • Case Study
    • 4.1.4 The Colossal Impact of the Colombian Exchange>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study on Sugar
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis of the East
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis of the West
    • 4.1.5 Government and the Arts>
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 4.2.3 Forced Migration of Africans Cause and Effect>
      • Basic Gist
      • Causes of the forced migration of Africans
      • Effects/Developments of the forced migration of Africans
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 4.3.2 Impact of Technology on state consolidation and imperial expansion>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
  • Unit 5
    • 5.3.1 US and Latin American Revolutions >
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2b Hatian Revolution>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2a: Causes and Effects of French Revolution>
      • Causes of the French Revolution
      • Effects of the French Revolution
      • AGMSPRITE
    • 5.3.2c Causes and Effects of the Mexican Revolution>
      • Basic Gist
      • Causes of the Mexican Revolution
      • Effects of the Mexican Revolution
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 5.3.3: The Winds of Change>
      • Case Study
      • The Conception of Nation-States
      • Nationalism on the Rise
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 5.3.4 Nationalism and Democracy >
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
      • 5.3.5 Enlightenment and European Despots>
        • Basic Gist
  • Unit 6
    • War and Peace in a Global Context>
      • Big Gist>
        • WWI vs WWII
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Changing Economics>
      • Basic Gist
      • AGMSPRITE
      • Case Study
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Demographic and Environmental Changes>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE Analysis
    • 20th Century Globalization>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Effects of Revolutions on Women>
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
    • New Patterns of Nationalism >
      • Basic Gist
      • Independence of Vietnam Case Study
      • Effects of Communism Case Study
      • Chinese and Russian Revolutions
      • AGMSPRITE
    • Globalization of Science, technology and culture. >
      • Basic Gist
      • Case Study
      • AGMSPRITE
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This is a more current map depicting varying world religions and belief-systems. Note how some of these have maintained their significance in their respective part of the world (ex. Buddhism in parts of Asia) and how others have become extinct (Greco-Roman philosophy).
The Basic Gist
Yazmin Gooren
2.1.1 - Explain how religions (Buddhism, Christianity, 
Confucianism, Greco-Roman Philosophy, & Daoism) acted as a bonding force 
& an ethical code to live by.
Religion has acted as a bonding force and ethical code to live 
by ever since varying regions of the world became simultaneously involved with 
one. Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Greco-Roman Philosophy each came about during the 6th century BCE, with Christianity being the only 
exception to that general time frame, starting in the 1st century CE. 
With regard to location of origin, Confucianism and Daoism were similar in that 
they emerged in and affected China. However, Buddhism, though also slightly 
permeating China, was more common in Japan and India, whereas Christianity first 
emerged in the various areas of the Roman Empire before spreading both to 
northward and westward, while Greco-Roman Philosophy restricted itself mostly to 
Rome and Greece. Another similarity is that the majority of these religions or 
belief systems were essentially founded by a single individual: Siddhartha 
Gautama brought about Buddhism, Jesus of Nazareth brought about Christianity, 
Confucius brought about Confucianism and Lao-Tzu (or Laozi, spelling varies) 
brought about Daoism. The exception to this general commonality is Greco-Roman 
Philosophy, as it was a movement brought about through the collective effort of 
various individuals, rather than just one, such as Socrates, Plato, and 
Aristotle. 

Meanwhile, the underlying principles governing these influential 
religions and belief systems require a more in-depth analysis, as they are both 
similar and different, in varying ways. Generally speaking, Daoism and 
Confucianism were concerned mostly with restoring order to society, while 
Christianity and Buddhism both were also concerned with organizing society, but 
also focused on providing instruction for the current life in order to 
understand the next or afterlife. Finally, Greco-Roman philosophy concerned 
itself mostly with understanding the self, society, and life at large.  Daoism accomplished this by focusing   mostly on the way of nature, being a belief system based on the underlying force (Dao, sometimes Tao) of the world. This force is often compared to water, seeing as it is both  passive and yielding, and strong, managing to simultaneously do nothing and accomplish everything. Daoism sees both ambition/activism as only bringing chaos to the world (again, with its focus being an attempt at restoring order) and consequentially stresses “wuwei,” which is essentially a disengagement from worldly affairs, and encourages the establishment of small self-sufficient communities, no war or conquest, advanced education, or any sort of other personal striving or unnatural way of living. Meanwhile, Confucianism strives to do the same as Daoism, but by providing a sociopolitical philosophy detailing the moral, ethical, and practical manners in which this societal order may be restored. This is 
accomplished mostly by delineating the nature of the 5 crucial relationships 
(ruler/subject, parent/child, husband/wife, older brother/younger brother, 
friend/friend) and thereby establishing who may assume the role of superiority, 
and who should simply pursue obedience. The principles of Ren
(humanity/kindness//loyalty/respect towards others), Li (deference to elders),
and Xiao (filial piety) are also stressed. The ultimate aim of Confucianism is
to bring about good government through the education of superior individuals
(Junzi) who are conscientious and self-sacrificing, and thereby fit to rule. 
 
Christianity, however, starts to move into the realm of a 
religion that wasn’t simply used to restore order. Christianity actually 
prevented order at the beginning, as believers were long persecuted in Rome. 
Once it had gained a sizable and accepted following, though, Christianity’s 
emphasis on compassion, love of others, self-sacrifice in order to compensate 
for, and generic moral soundness allowed it to become more of a societal 
guideline. Its promise of an 
eternal life for those (regardless of gender, age, or social standing) who 
accept the divinity, death, and 
resurrection of Christ, shows Christianity’s role in informing people of a 
certain kind of “afterlife, ” which could be good or bad, depending on whether 
or not an individual had accepted Christ and attempted to absolve themselves of 
their sins. This is a concept shared with Buddhism, as Buddhism also preaches 
that an individual’s posthumous fate may be either an improvement or a worsening 
of his current state. Buddhism, however, explains this in terms of reincarnation 
(which pertains to explaining the next life), as it stresses that successful 
reincarnation may be achieved by fulfilling one’s duty faithfully (dharma) and 
making good decisions (karma) so that one may rise up in the social pyramid, 
seeing as one’s position in society is attributed based on duties. Furthermore, 
the basic principle of Buddhism as found in the Four Noble Truths (All life is 
suffering, suffering is caused by desire, overcoming non-virtue may relieve the 
suffering, following the Eightfold Path is the way to overcome non-virtue) 
stresses that individuals engage in “right”behavior (views, aspirations, speech, 
conduct, livelihood, endeavor, mindfulness, and meditation), thus being a manner 
in which society may be organized.

Meanwhile, Greco-Roman philosophy was less concerned with 
restoring order than with understanding the nature of order in and of itself, 
along with an intensified understanding of the self, life, society, and universe 
at large. Much emphasis was also placed upon that which could not simply be 
inferred, such as information about gods, chemical elements, and numbers. Often, 
Socrates is seen as the essence of Greco-Roman philosophy, as it is his 
‘Socratic dialogue’ that influenced much of modern rhetoric, reasoning, and even 
political theory, as explained in terms of justness.

All in all, these religions or belief systems dealt with the general societal circumstances of their place and time, unifying people under common beliefs, and instructing them with widely accepted ethical values.
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Socrates is often regarded as one of the key figures of Greco-Roman Philosophy.
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Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism, a religion which stressed the concepts of dharma and karma, so as to return to a better life after death.

Works Cited:



Armstrong, Monty, David Daniel, Abby Kanarek, and Alexandra Freer. "Chapter 6;
Ancient Stuff: Around 8000 BCE to Around 600 CE." Cracking the AP: World History Exam 2013. 2013 ed. New York: Random House, 2012. 118-123.
Print. The Princeton Review.

"Buddhism- Our Learning Profiles." Westerlund10. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov.
2012.
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Mr. Compton's ppts

"Socrates vs Jesus." - FreeThoughtPedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2012.
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"World Religions Map" Harvey Edu. N.p.,n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2012.
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