Western Religions Timeline Project

Judaism: Torah was written

1312 BCE

Torah is a book

King David unites and grows the kingdom

1000 BCE

Judaism
First monarch of the Israelite tribes.
He is important to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

First temple in Jerusalem

950 BCE

Solomon's Temple
Also known as the First temple and the Holy temple.
Had a subsequent replacement called the Second Temple.

Assyrians destroy Northern Israelite kingdoms, disperse 10 tribes:

722 BCE

Judaism
Nearly ten to twenty years after the initial deportations, the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Samaria, was finally taken by Sargon II after a three-year siege started by Shalmaneser V.

Quran revealed to Muhammed in vision

609 BCE

An angel grabbed a hold of him an embraced him heavily.
Commanded him to recite certain verses

Babylonians overthrow southern kingdom

586 BCE

Judaism

The fall of Jerusalem temple

70 BCE

(Judea) Rebellion towards the roman masters.
Dispatch army to restore order.

Jesus' Birth

6 BCE

Don't know exactly when he was born
or where
at the time of the Annunciation

Christianity Founded

324

1st century to the present
Spread all over Europe in the middle ages

Christianity becomes official religion of Roman empire

380

Emperor Theodosius the first made it the sole authorized religion

Muhammad born

570

Mecca,Saudi Arabia

Islam Splits into 2 main parts: Sunni and Shia:

632

Two major denominations in Europe.
Different opinions in hadith.

Islam Founded

1000

Believed to be originated in Mecca and Medina.

First bible printed

1450

First major book printed in a movable metal type in Europe.

Judaism Founded

1482

One of the oldest monotheistic religions. God appointed the jews to be chosen people in order to set an example of holiness.