a historical examination of the development of religion and its importance in the lives of human beings

topic/ theme: religion – a historical examination of the development of religion and its importance in the lives of human beings. how does religion influence and impact peoples, cultures and civilization before 1500? what is religion? how and why has religion and religios worship become important and sometimes dominant in the lives of humans during our historical period of discussion? what tangible benefits have humans gained from following a particular religion? in what ways have religion aided in the development of a society?civilization? how are these benefits manifested? how has religion been used for good as well as evil purposes? who are the religious leaders? how are they appointed? how are they able to convince their followers of the purity of their intentions? and please follow the guidelines. its all in the file. don’t use more than 5 Bibliographical sources, only one (1) sourse from the internet and the others are from the book (traditions & encounters 5th edition)