Religious Development Timeline

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  • 2100 BCE

    Calling of Abraham, father of the Jewish nation

    Judaism
  • 2000 BCE

    Birth of Jacob (Israel)

    Christianity
  • 1900 BCE

    Israelites become captives in Egypt

    Christianity
  • 1813 BCE

    Abraham is born

    Judaism
  • 1713 BCE

    Abraham makes the first covenant with God

    Judaism
  • 1600 BCE

    Aryan invaders bring vedic religion to Indus River Valley

    Hinduism
  • 1500 BCE

    The Vedic Age begins

    Hinduism
  • 1280 BCE

    Exodus led my Moses begins

    Judaism
  • 1200 BCE

    Vedas were completed

    Hinduism
  • 930 BCE

    Israel is spit into two kingdoms after King Solomon's death

    Judaism
  • 800 BCE

    The major Upanishads are written and introduced

    Hinduism
  • 586 BCE

    Babylonians take the Jewish nation into captivity

    Judaism
  • 551 BCE

    Confucius is born

    Confucianism
  • 550 BCE

    Daoism is founded

    Daoism
  • 522 BCE

    Confucius starts teaching his philosophies

    Confucianism
  • 500 BCE

    The Epics and Puranas are written

    Hinduism
  • 490 BCE

    Siddhartha Gautama is born

    Buddhism
  • 479 BCE

    Confucius dies

    Confucianism
  • 455 BCE

    Gautama becomes Buddha ("Enlightened One")

    Buddhism
  • 410 BCE

    Gautama dies

    Buddhism
  • 330 BCE

    Mencius spreads Confucianism through China

    Confucianism
  • 320 BCE

    Maurya Empire is founded

    Hinduism
  • 261 BCE

    Emperor Ashoka adopts Buddhism as India's state religion

    Buddhism
  • 220 BCE

    Confucianism loses influence when the Han Dynasty ends

    Confucianism
  • 150 BCE

    Taiping Jing is completed

    Daoism
  • 142 BCE

    The Way of the Five Bushels of Rice is founded

    Daoism
  • 141 BCE

    Han Emperor Wu abandons Legalism for Confucianism

    Confucianism
  • 6 BCE

    Dao Te Ching is written

    Daoism
  • 1 BCE

    Mahayana Buddhism splits from Theravada Buddhism

    Hinduism
  • 4

    Birth of Christ in Bethlehem

    Christianity
  • 30

    Death of Christ

    Christianity
  • 33

    Saul converts to Christianity and changes his name to Paul

    Christanity
  • 49

    Paul preaches Christianity in Greece

    Christianity
  • 66

    Jews revolt against Roman rule

    Judaism
  • 93

    Christians are persecuted based on orders from Emperor Domitian

    Christianity
  • 141

    Daoism becomes an organized religion

    Daoism
  • 200

    Hindu laws codified

    Hinduism
  • 220

    Daoism takes hold in China after Han dynasty collapses

    Daoism
  • 313

    Edict of Milan is issued and Christians have freedom of religion in Rome

    Christianity
  • 372

    Buddhism is introduced to Korea

    Buddhism
  • 480

    Confucianism starts to spread through Asia

    Confucianism
  • 538

    Buddhism is introduced to Japan

    Buddhism
  • 604

    Lao Tzu was born

    Daoism