HUMN 1700 By mdelgreco14 1812 BCE Abraham makes the Covenant 1428 BCE Slavery of Israelites in Egypt begins 1312 BCE Jewish Exodus out of Egypt 1312 BCE Torah given at Mount Sinai 800 BCE Major Upanishads written 500 BCE Life of the Buddha 500 BCE Epics and Puranas are written 139 BCE Miracle of Chanukah 100 BCE Rise of Mahayana Buddhism begins 4 BCE Birth of Christ 30 Death of Christ 70 Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke written 90 Gospel of John written 100 Buddhism enters China 132 Rebellion of Bar Kochba 320 Gupta Empire founded 500 Fall of the Gupta Empire 570 Mohammed born in Mecca 583 Buddhism enters Japan 610 Mohammed visited by the angel Gabriel to write the first revelations of the Quran 622 Mohammed and his followers migrate to Medina 633 Mohammed dies, Abu Bakr is named as caliph 644 Uthmar becomes third Caliph and later creates standard form of Quaran 661 Beginning of Umayyad rule in Islam 692 Dome of the Rock created 700 Vajrayana Buddhism established in Tibet 1054 Great Schism 1095 Crusades begin 1199 Nalanda University destroyed causing demise of Buddhism in India 1299 Earliest Ottoman state formed in Turkey 1300 Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren Buddhism established in Japan 1378 Western Schism 1418 The era of Christian colonialism begins 1517 Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses 1600 Hinduism Renaissance 1611 King James Bible published 1869 Vatican Council I 1893 World Parliament of Religions 1894 Vedanta Society formed 1897 First Zionist Congress 1920 Gandhi launches campaign of noncooperation 1924 Caliphate abolished 1930 Nation of Islam created in the US 1942 Hitler's "Final Solution" against the Jews formulated 1947 The UN formulates the partition of Palestine 1947 Partition of India into Pakistan and India by Britain 1948 State of Israel declared 1962 Vatican Council II 1967 Six Day War and Unification of Israel