The PYRAMIDS AND THE GREAT SPHINX rise inexplicably from the desert at Giza, relics of a vanished culture. They dwarf the approaching sprawl of modern Cairo, a city of 16 million. The largest pyramid, built for the Pharaoh Khufu around 2530 B.C. and intended to last an eternity, was until early in the twentieth century the biggest building on the planet. To raise it, laborers moved into position six and a half million tons of stone—some in blocks as large as nine tons—with nothing but wood and rope. During the last 4,500 years, the pyramids have drawn every kind of admiration and interest, ranging in ancient times from religious worship to grave robbery, and, in the modern era, from New-Age claims for healing "pyramid power" to pseudoscientific searches by "fantastic archaeologists" seeking hidden chambers or signs of alien visitations to Earth. As feats of engineering or testaments to the decades-long labor of tens of thousands, they have awed even the most sober observers.
Answer:
1, Aside from being monotheistic belief systems that arose in the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism and Islam have a great deal in common. There are notable similarities in notions of sacrifice, good works, hospitality, peace, justice, pilgrimage, an afterlife and loving God with all one's heart and soul.
2. Buddhism and Hinduism agree on karma, dharma, moksha and reincarnation. They are different in that Buddhism rejects the priests of Hinduism, the formal rituals, and the caste system. Buddha urged people to seek enlightenment through meditation.
3. The five major religions have some similarities on this issue. Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam believe in after life, though the afterlife situation varies across these religions because of their teachings; similarities in their beliefs are distinct
4. By 1500 a.d., major states and empires had developed in various regions of the world. By 1500 a.d., the five world religions had spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere. The five major world religions are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
Huge decline in poverty and crime is not a characteristic of the cities in 1800.
<u>Explanation</u>:
During 1800, the cities in United States face increase in poverty and crime. Immigrants came to US due crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes and scarcity.
Crop lien system is the biggest problem faced by the farmers in the year of 1800. Farm aid was not formed to solve the problems of farmer.
Immigrants in America were paid low at their new jobs, this lead them to live in poverty. Poverty made individuals to commit theft, robbery and other violent acts.
