RELS Timeline

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  • 3000 BCE

    3000-1700 B.C.E. (H)

    Pre-Hindu Indus River Valley civilization flourishes.
  • 2000 BCE

    2000 - 1700 B.C.E. (J)

    2000 - 1800 B.C.E. --> Abraham and the Patriarchs
    1700 B.C.E. --> Abraham's descendants migrate to Egypt
  • 1500 BCE

    1500-1000 B.C.E (H)

    Aryans migrate into northern India; the early Vedic period
  • 1280 BCE

    1280 B.C.E.(J)

    The Exodus
  • 1010 BCE

    1010 - 970 B.C.E. (J)

    Jerusalem made capital city by King David
  • 600 BCE

    600-400 B.C.E. (H)

    Upanishadic period; early Upanishads are formed emphasizing reincarnation and karma.
  • 586 BCE

    586 - 538 B.C.E. (J)

    586 B.C.E. - Babylonians conquer Judah and destroy the First Temple 538 B.C.E. - Captives return from Babylon; rise of terms Jew and Judaism
  • 550 BCE

    550 - 500 B.C.E. (B)

    Siddhartha Guatama's lifespan (the Buddha)
  • 480 BCE

    480 - 375 B.C.E (B)

    1st Council (480-410 B.C.E) --> Buddhist scripture recited and standardized 2nd Council (375 B.C.E) --> Split between the Theravada and the Great Sangha
  • 400 BCE

    400 B.C.E - 300 C.E. (H)

    Classical period; epics and law codes written
  • 250 BCE

    250 B.C.E. (B)

    King Ashoka converts to Buddhism, sends out Buddhist missionaries
  • 200 BCE

    200 B.C.E - 200 C.E. (B)

    Mahayana Buddhism emerges
  • 200 BCE

    200 B.C.E. - 150 C.E. (J)

    Canonization of the Hebrew Bible
  • 26

    27 - 100 C.E. (C)

    27 C.E. - Jesus's ministry begins
    30 C.E. - Death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus
    45 - 64 C.E. - Paul and other missionaries begin churches in the Eastern Roman Empire
    70 - 100 C.E. - Separation from Judaism begins
  • 66

    66 - 135 C.E. (J)

    66 - 70 C.E. - Jewish revolt against Rome; destruction of Second Temple
    130 - 135 C.E. - Bar Kokhba revolt
  • 298

    298 - 380 C.E. (C)

    298 - 380 C.E. - State religion in Armenia, Ethiopia, And Roman Empire
    300 C.E. - the first mission in India
    312 - 324 C.E. - Constantine ends persecution
    360 C.E. - Christianity in Central Asia
  • 453

    451 C.E. (C)

    Council of Chalcedon
  • 570

    570 - 632 C.E. (M)

    570 C.E. - Birth of the Prophet Muhammad in Mecca
    608 C.E. - First revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad
    622 C.E. - Flight of Muhammad and followers to Medina
    630 C.E. - Return to Mecca
    632 C.E. - Death of Muhammad
  • 600

    600-1000 C.E. (H)

    Esoteric movements based on Tantras develop
  • 600

    600 C.E. (B)

    Buddhism enters Tibet
  • 656

    656 - 661 C.E. (M)

    First civil war; caliphate of Ali Formation of the Shi'a branch begins
  • 711

    711 - 1492 C.E. (M)

    Islamic rule in parts of Spain
  • 850

    850 C.E. (M)

    Religious law (Shari'a) completed
  • 988

    988 - 1100 C.E. (C)

    988 C.E. - Russia is converted
    1054 C.E. - Separation of the Roman and Byzantine Churches
    1095 C.E. -Beginning of the Crusades
    1100 C.E. - Christianization of the Scandinavian countries
  • 1000

    1000 - 1280 C.E. (H)

    Hinduism spreads to South India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Nepal
  • 1000

    1000 C.E. - 1200 C.E. (B)

    • Zen comes to Japan (1100-1200 C.E.)
    • Tibetan Buddhism spreads to Mongolia and Nepal (900 - 1300 C.E.)
    • Muslims all but eliminate Buddhism in north India (1200s C.E.)
  • 1050

    1050 - 1270 C.E. (M)

    1050 C.E. - Sufi order begins
    1096 - 1270 C.E. - Crusades
  • 1200

    1200-1500 C.E. (H)

    North India ruled by Turkish-Afghan Muslims
  • 1290

    1290 - 1516 C.E. (J)

    1290 - 1384 C.E. - Jews expelled from England and France 1490s C.E. - Jews expelled from Spain, Portugal, Sicily, and Italy 1516 C.E. - First ghetto formed for Jews in Venice Italy
  • 1300

    1300 - 1453 C.E. (M)

    1300 C.E. - Ottoman Turks rule most of Middle East
    1453 C.E. - Muslim forces capture Constantinople
  • 1500

    1500 C.E. (H)

    European presence in India begins
  • 1501

    1501 C.E. (C)

    Spanish state church in the Americas
  • 1526

    1525 - 1858 C.E. (M)

    Mughal Muslim dynasty rules in India
  • 1532

    1532 C.E. (C)

    English national church independent of Rome

  • 1618 - 1680 C.E. (C)

    1618 - 1648 C.E. - Thirty Years' War in Europe
    1620 C.E. - Pilgrims come to America
    1680 C.E. - Antislavery movement in England begins

  • 1729 - 1897 C.E. (J)

    1729 - 1786 C.E. - Moses Mendelssohn leads the Jewish enlightenment 1800s C.E. - Jewish emancipation; the rise of the Orthodox and Reform movements 1870 - 1897 C.E. - Rise and foundation of Zionism; Jewish migration to Palestine begins

  • 1810 - 1890 C.E. (C)

    1810 - 1825 C.E. - Latin American National Churches
    1810 - 1825 C.E. - Founding of the Protestant missionary societies
    1890 C.E. - African Independent Churches begin

  • 1850 C.E. (B)

    Beginning of Western interest in Buddhism

  • 1857 - 1947 C.E. (H)

    All of India under British rule

  • 1900 - 1945 C.E. (J)

    1900 - 1930 C.E. - Millions of Eastern European Jews emigrate to the United States 1935-1938 C.E. - Civil rights of Jews restricted in Germany 1938 - 1945 C.E. - Holocaust

  • 1920 - 1975 C.E. (B)

    Communist attack on Buddhism
    - Soviet Communist attack on Buddhism in Mongolia (1920s)
    - Beginning of Chinese Communist attack on Buddhism (1950s)
    - Marxist Cambodian ruler Pol Pot persecutes Buddhism (1975)
    - Dalai Lama flees to India (1959)

  • 1928 - 1960 C.E. (M)

    1928 C.E. - Muslim Brotherhood founded in Egypt
    1947 C.E. - Pakistan partitioned from India as Muslim nation
    1960 - Present - Islamic diaspora in Europe

  • 1947 C.E. (H)

    Gandhi led India to gain independence; partition of Pakistan as an Islamic nation.

  • 1948 - Present (J)

    1948 - Present - The state of Israel was founded; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1978 C.E. - Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

  • 1962 - 1965 C.E. (C)

    Second Vatican Council

  • 1979 C.E. (M)

    Shi'a Islamic Revolution in Iran

  • 1989 C.E. (B)

    Dalai Lama receives Nobel Peace Prize

  • 1994 - Present (M)

    1994 - 2001 C.E. -Taliban rule in Afghanistan
    2009 - Present - Islamic State

  • 2010 - Present C.E. (B)

    Buddhists in China protest occupation of Tibet by self-immolation; government pressure on Tibetan Buddhist areas in China continues

  • 2013 C.E. (C)

    Francis, first pope from the Global South