Holy Cities of Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

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Holy Cities of Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

• Paige N. Strong, Kelsey L. Martinez and Dustin
  Benson
• AP World
• Mrs. Ruthford

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Holiest City of Hinduism

• The holiest city of Hinduism is Varanasi or Kasi.
  
• It is located in India and has a population of
  1,211,749

Varanasi
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The River of Ganga

• The holy city of Hinduism is Varanasi or Kashi is
  surrounded by the Ganga river .
• 1,000,000 pilgrims come to this river and city
  every year.

• To Hindus it is believed that bathing in this
  river will remiss there sins.
• People also drink from the water of this river
  during Hindu ceremonies.

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Temples of Varanasi

• Varanasi is a city of many small little temples
  on almost every street corner that are used for
  prayers and rituals throughout the day.

• The one large temple in Varanasi is Kashi
  Vishwanath Temple (Golden Temple) this temple
  helps to make Varanasi such and place of great
  religion.

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Mecca

• Kaaba
• Sacred House (mosque)
• Fifth Pillar
• Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Medina

• Second holiest city
• Where Muhammad is buried, the final prophet of
  Islam

• Masjid Nabawi

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Jerusalem

• Third holiest city
• Muslims believe that Muhammad ascended through
  the heavens

• The Dome of the Rock

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Judaism Basic Facts Jerusalem

• Jerusalem is the holiest city of Judaism (since
  the 10th century BCE) and some denominations of
  Christianity (since the 5th century CE) and,
  after Mecca and Medine, the third holiest city of
  Islam (since the 7th century CE).
• Geography
• Elevation 2000 2500 feet (650 840 meters)
• located between the dead sea and the
  Mediterranean sea.
• Population
• Current 724,000

Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Old City from Mount of Olives.
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Judaism History Jerusalem

• The city is believed to have been built and
  founded by Canaanite peoples, it may have also
  been occupied by the Jebusites.
• During the Canaanite period, the city of
  Jerusalem had the name Urušalim, which has the
  meaning the city of peace.

• Around 960 BCE, Solomon built the First Jewish
  Temple.
• For about four centuries Jerusalem served as the
  capital for the southern kingdom of Judah.

Oldest Printed Vision
First Temple
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The oldest printed vision of Jerusalem (Hartmann
Schedel, Nürnberg 1493)
Construction of the First Temple
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Judaism Roles Jerusalem

• Jerusalem has an important role in three major
  religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as
  well in many smaller religious groups.

• Jerusalem has many places which include religious
  significance to the groups mentioned above. These
  Include

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• Christians The church of Holy Sepulcher.

• Jews The Temple Mount, and its Western Wall.

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• Muslims Dome of the Rock.

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Compare / Contrast of Holy cities

• Though it is not required like in Islam, Hindu
  people that have enough money and are able to
  travel a pilgrimage to Varanasi for their
  religion.
• Islam and Judaism and easily be compared because
  they both such Jerusalem as a city.
• All three of the Religions holy cites have a
  major holy temple that has some kind of
  significant to it even if it just helps to
  signify their religion and beliefs.
• There are definite similarities between the holy
  cities of these religions they are also very
  different and in many senses hard to compare.