By Dan & Cameron World Religions Presentation

Our Two Topics Unifying- Ancient Israel Dividing- 30 Year War Protestants vs. Catholics Answers… (For each Topic) Who Where When WHAT is this all about? WHY did this happen? Importance?

Unifying Ancient Israel Who : King Saul “There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, a man of wealth. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he.” –The Bible (NIV)

Unifying Ancient Israel Where: Ancient Israel  <- Modern Israel

Unifying Ancient Israel When: 11 th Century B.C.

Unifying Ancient Israel Israel was jealous of the other countries’ Kings and wanted a man to lead them in Battle(s) “Now appoint for us a King to judge us like all the nations." and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.' "And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. -1 Samuel

Unifying Ancient Israel Importance: United Israel, and created one of the strongest nations at the time. Their uniting allowed the defeat of the Philistine Nation; because of their strong government

Dividing 30 Year War Protestants vs. Catholics #LemmeTakeASelfie

Dividing 30 Year War Who: Catholics and Protestants, also France and Denmark as well

Dividing 30 Year War Where: Holy Roman Empire in Europe

Dividing 30 Year War When: (Hence the 30 years war) in Europe

Dividing 30 Year War The 30 Years War was mainly a religious battle between the Catholics and the Protestants, but then led to a “Power Battle” so to speak. “The threads of religion, state-building, internal social conflict, and international interests were so tangled up in one another that signal triumphs in one area could have unexpected repercussions in a different area” -John C. Theibault What and Why:

Dividing 30 Year War The end of the Thirty Years War produced a number of dramatic consequences and altered Western Europe in significant religious, political, and social ways. “Generally speaking, the post-war period produced the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent fall of the Habsburg powers” -Nicole Smith Importance:

Citations: "David Becomes King of a United Judah and Israel: c bce." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History. Ed. Jennifer Stock. Vol. 5: Middle East. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, World History in Context. Web. 5 Feb Mark, Joshua J. "Israel." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb THE BIBLE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AMEN Theibault, John C. "Thirty Years' War." Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, World History in Context. Web. 8 Feb