#9 Religious influences in India

There were many religious influences in India. The first religion to appear in India was Hinduism which began somewhere inbetween 5500–2600 BCE, but modern Hinduism started in 1700–1100 BCE. This first branch of Hinduism is known as the Vedic Period where the idea and religious practices of modern Hinduism were formed. The second main religion was Buddhism which began somewhere around 450 BCE. This was a new formed religion in India that began with Prince Siddhartha who descided to leave his palace, and go see the town. Once out there he found the types of problems everyday people faced and descided to leave his palace and its luxuries to go travel the land. He eventually came to rest under a Bodhi tree after fasting for many days. He vowed not to rise from under the tree till he had achieved nirvana. After completing some tests the God's sent for him, he finally passed and achieved nirvana.

#10 Problems with Tribes

There are many tribes throughout the Middle East. They have always had problems because of the struggle for power between them. There is always a conflict with separated groups or tribes because one always wants control of another tribes well, for example, and visa verse. The hardest part about the power struggle between tribes is that there peoples would have to constantly be ready to move at any moment including all their equipment. So if there was ever a raid, they would have to be able to move quickly and stealthily to avoid being seen by the attackers. Another example of how the problems between tribes affected history, was the struggle between Muhammad's tribe and the Mekkan tribe. Both were very well known tribes and were continually gaining forces, until one day Muhammad told his peoples to attack Mekkah where Avraham had placed all the idols in a large square box. Muhammad later on after defeating the Mekkans descided not to kill all of them and told them that if they joined him they would be spaired.