HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bamyan, Abrahamic Religions, Upanishads
22 Nov 2012
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The buddhas (6th century ce) were 55 m and 37 m respectively, bamian province, afghanistan. Jaspers: took place between 800 and 200 bce, from the mystics of the upanishads. Buddhism emerged from hindu india, based on teachings of the buddha (siddhartha gautama) prince of a small kingdom. Aim of buddhist teaching is to end the cycle of rebirth and achieve nirvana. By 700 bce (tang dynasty china), buddhism was patronized by the state. Tang empress wu zetian (only empress in chinese history) patron of buddhism who invoked a sutra to justify her rule. Underground cult to imperial religion, c. 60-500 ce. First christian state was armenia after 301 ce. Islam founded by prophet muhammad (d. 632 ce) Muhammad preaches an equality between people and an end to tribal divisions. He was a prophet, not the son of god. He is a model to which muslims should model themselves after.
