2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pg.1 Title page
Pg.3 -4 Egypt
Pg.5-6 Greek
Pg. 7-8 Mesopotamia
Pg. 9-10 Rome
Pg.11-12 Canada

3. EGYPT!!
† The Egyptians believed that the sky turns red (from sunset) because
the serpent of evil, who tries to destroy the sun. The god of sky
(Horus) fights him.
† Most Egyptians believed that the gods were unlikely to help them
out with problems in everyday life.
† Most Egyptians believed in many superstition.
† Gods often enter a creature.

4. EGYPT
† Egyptians were more scared of gods than their rivals
army.
† Their beliefs would be according to where they grow up
and lived.
† Most people in Egypt are Islam.
† Religion is very important in ancient Egypt.
† They never questions their beliefs that have been handed
down to them.
† Afterlife was a famous part of their beliefs.

5. GREEK
† The Greeks beliefs were a part of their social identity.
† They would have prayers and festivals.
† Religion is very important in ancient Greece.
† They had to believe that religion was useful. (To explain the
unexplained)

6. GREEK
† Religion is very important in ancient Greece.
† They believed that all gods were in human form.
† Since there was no bible or church, poets would make up stories about
the Gods.
† Greek gods did not make the world, but lived on it.
† The gods didn’t love humans.
† Greeks believed that gods would protect them.

7. ROME
† Early Roman religion was based on sprits.
† Religion is important in ancient Rome.
† Romans believed that gods controlled their lives.
† The Romans spent a lot of time worshiping the gods.
† Each god had a special festival day.(which was usually a public holiday)
† Each temple (where people would worship the gods) would usually have
the same building design.
Temple in Ancient Rome

8. ROME
† Animals would sometimes be sacrificed for the gods in temples.
† Romans were very superstitious.
† They believed that luck was controlled be the gods.
† The Romans believed that if the gods were happy, than you would have
good luck.
† They also believed that if the gods were mad, than you would have bad
luck.
† The Romans believed that if an Emperor died, than he becomes a god.
† They would sometimes worship in their own homes.

9. CANADA EH!
† There are lots of religion in Canada.
† Canada is similar to the U.S.A. as they both have lots of different
cultures and religions.
† Canada is a country without an official religion.
† 75% of Canadians are Christian.
† Religion in Canada has slowly decreased over the years.

10. CANADA EH!
† 2% of Canada is Muslim.
† Almost half of all Canadian Buddhists live in Ontario.
† Before 1971, only 1% of Canadians said they weren't religious, 20 years
later 23% of Canadians said that they were not religious.
† Immigrants that come to Canada tend to be more religious than non
immigrants.
† People on the eastern side of Canada are more religious than the
people on the west coast.

11. MESOPOTAMIA
† They worshiped lots of gods and goddesses.
† They thought that the gods influenced much of what happened to them
in their lives.
† Each city in Mesopotamia had its own god.
† In the center of each city, there was a temple that was built for whatever
god the city worshiped.
† That was where the priests would live and make sacrifices.

12. MESOPOTAMIA
† The temples looked like step pyramids with a flat top.
† The Sumerian gods often had human characteristics. (sometimes they were
good, and sometimes they were bad)
† Although Anu (king of all gods) was a very important Mesopotamian god,
archeologists have yet to find a picture of him.
† They also believed in genies, demons, and evil spirits.
† They believed that the Earth floated on an ocean of fresh water.