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5500 BCE
hinduism
hinduism was never seen as a religion but actually a culture and no one knows who founded it or if even one person founded it. many people believe that time was in four yugas, they thought that at the end of the fourth yuga the world would end. we are apparently in the second yuga. hinduism isn't a true polytheism, they all believe in one god but is in hundreds of other gods so hindus have to pick which god tehy worship -
4000 BCE
judaism
in 570 bce Judah was overrun by the Babylonians and they destroyed king Solomons temple the Romans ended up outlawing Jewish education and tehy killed the Jews that tried to teach the Jews believe in the first part of the bible called the torah but do not believe in that Jesus is the messiah -
3500 BCE
zoroastrainism
it is one of the worlds oldest monotheistic religions but was almost lost due to conquests the people believe in preserving nature and making sure they dont pollute or destroy and trees or rivers they believed that fire was a representation of gods light and wisdom, they also believe that the elements are pure -
500 BCE
buddhism
Buddha is actually a teacher, not a god people will place flowers and food at the front of the temple as a reminder that they will not live forever monks don't own anything so people will give them food. they also believe that giving things will help them go to nirvana -
500 BCE
confucianism
confucius never actually wrote anything instead he go people to write what he was thinking he had the largest family tree. about 80 generations have been recorded in the kong family . he also said "do not wish upon others what you would not want to receive yourself. he said that 5 centuries before Jesus' saying "love your neighbour as oneself"
