western religions timeline s1

judaism founded

3500 BCE

Torah is written

1312 BCE

David becomes king of Israel making Jerusalem his capital

1010 BCE

David was anointed king and wasn't even present. Growing up he always had the hard work and his brothers treated him bad. When he became king Saul promised to kill his replacement. David learned to deal with danger and learned to fight. They say he was made king by god because his heart was rightly inclined towards him.

King Solomon builds First Temple in Jerusalem

950 BCE

When he builds the first temple it was important to him and king David because the temple was going to be known as the resting place for the ark of the covenant which contained the ten commandments.

Jesus was born

4 BCE

Fall of the temple of Jerusalem

70

The fall of the temple was caused from the Jews of Judea rebelled against their Roman masters. Roman legions surrounded the city and began to slowly squeeze the life out of the Jewish stronghold. When the Romans claimed their victory they slaughtered thousands of peoples who were speared from death.

christianity founded

325

Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire

380

Christianity gained followers not only from Jewish communities but from throughout the Roman world. A man named Paul started writing letter after Jesus passed the letters showed that Paul and his fellow Christians were still figuring out exactly what being a Christian meant. Christianity didn't change Rome right away Roman religious beliefs changed slowly over time and slowly over time Christianity grew out of Jewish traditions and was shaped by Roman culture.

Saint Jerome begins a translation of the Bible into Latin.

382

Muhammad was born

570

Quran revealed to Muhammad in vision

610

Muslims successfully attack Meccan caravans

624

They attack because Muslims were forced out of their homeland just because of their religion some migrated to Ethiopia and others to the Medina.

Islam splits into 2 main parts: Sunni and Shia

632

The split is one of the most important schisms in modern religion. The split was about who should lead Islam and it began the moment Muhammad died. Muhammad was he undisputed leader of Islam and if he was to have a son the split probably wouldn't have happened

Islam founded

1000

Jews expelled from Spain

1492

when the expulsion happened it was because many peopl refused to convert to Christianity so they were mugged murdered or raped as they fled to north Africa or Italy. Some went to Portugal but got forcibly expelled again. Not many stayed because whoever stayed became a target of the Spanish Inquisition.