The Emergence and Spread of Religions

Indigenous beliefs and world views are diverse and thus do not have a single start date or begin with one historical figure.
These world views have existed since time immemorial.

Turtle Island
(pre-colonization
North America)

3200 BCE: Approximate birth of Krishna (Hindu deity)

Birth of
KRISHNA

2001 BCE: Birth of Abraham (one of three patriarchs of Judaism)

Birth of
ABRAHAM

1300–1200 BCE: Approximate date that Israelites settle in Canaan

CONQUEST OF CANAAN
Israelites enter Canaan

597 BCE: Siege of Jerusalem and beginning of Jewish diaspora

597 BCE: Siege of Jerusalem and the beginning of the Jewish diaspora as Jews are exiled to Babylon

JERUSALEM SACKED
Jewish Diaspora

563 BCE: Approximate birth of Buddha (founder of Buddhism)

Birth of
BUDDHA

4 BCE–30 CE: Approximate lifespan of Jesus Christ (Jewish teacher and Christian savior)

Life of
JESUS

70–200 CE: Expansion of Jewish diaspora and spread of Christianity

Expansion of
Jewish Diaspora and
spread of Christianity

570 CE: Approximate birth of the Prophet Muhammad (founder of Islam)

Birth of
MUHAMMAD

632–750 CE: Early Muslim conquests

MUSLIM CONQUEST
Islam expands West

MUSLIM CONQUEST
Islam expands North

MUSLIM CONQUEST
Islam expands East

718 CE–1492 CE: Reconquista (wars between Christians and Muslims for control of the Iberian Peninsula)
Starting in 900 CE: Missionaries enforce conversion to Christianity into Scandinavia and Russia

RECONQUISTA
Christianity vs Islam

THE CRUSADES
Christianity vs Islam

1450–1700 CE: Missionaries enforce conversion to Christianity to North America and Africa

MISSIONS ABROAD
Christianity expands

1948: Founding of Israel and Jewish expansion

ISRAEL FOUNDED
Jewish Expansion

The Emergence and Spread of Religions

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