·created thousands of years ago · consists of thousands of gods · mahabharata and ramayana are two sacred texts · approximately 1 billion people follow it today all of these describe what major religion?
a. buddhism
b. hinduism
c. islam
d. judaism elimi

The correct answer is B.

Hinduism is both a religion and a way of life practised in the Indian subcontinent and in certain Southeastern Asian regions. It is the third largest religion in the world, whose followers denominated Hindus, are approximately 1.15 billion (more or less the 15-16% of the total population on earth).

Hinduism is a polyteist cult that consists on a thousand deities, such as Deva, Devi, Ishvara, Ishvari, Bhagavān and Bhagavati

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for many centuries there were important factors which the economies of the muslim empires developed increasingly. they applied economic procedures in production, investment, finance, taxation and property. they used to tax certain goods (for example: harvest), they charged interest on money lent, they signed contracts with merchants; they relied on a common currency, and they used checks as well as promissory notes. with the money collected by means of taxation, the government provided the needy with an income. in addition, trading networks covered huge distances, so far regions started to have contact and exchange goods. this trade network covered areas of asia, africa and europe.