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The usual one - of a range of gods with different roles, headed by the high god Zeus. The gods of the western world were similar, and they recognised that they were the same gods under different names, ie Greek Zeus = Roman Jupiter. It was not until the emergence of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic single gods that religion turned nasty and religious wars broke out with vast numbers of people slaughtered in the god's name.
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What is polythisem?
Polytheism is the belief and or worship practices for a belief in "many gods". The religious systems of the ancient world often called paganism also fit the definition of polytheism. Ancient peoples such as ancient Greeks and ancient Romans can be said to believe in polytheism.
What are the religious practices of ancient Greeks?
The Ancient Greeks were polytheists, or they believed in many gods and goddesses. They went to temples to worship and had many religious festivals.
What where the religious beliefs of ancient Greeks?
Greek gods. The ancient Greeks believed in gods that lived on mt Olympus.
The ancient Greeks had what type of religious beliefs?
Polytheism; nature religions--
How did the ancient Greeks honor Poseidon?
they had religious festivals for him and built temples
What ancient religious belief influenced both Christianity and Islam?
Judaism
Romans derived much of their art and mythology and many of their religious ideas from who?
From the ancient Greeks.
How did the Greeks react to the world of the Gods?
The ancient Greeks made them up, they came up with that belief. They just grew up believing that as time went on.....
What was not a important early religious belief in china?
Buddhism was an belief in ancient China. With the advent of Communism, the religion has been decimated.
What will happen to the Jews if they don't change their religious belief in Spain back then?
Their penalty was death. This is also the same with the Greeks
What were the ancient Greeks religious beliefs?
They were polytheistic and believed the gods controlled everyone and everything for a reason.
What was not an important religious belief in ancient china?
Making Sacrifices to the gods <3 CONFUCIANISM
