World Religions Timeline
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Updated: 10 Mar 2022
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Confucianism
General Abrahamic
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First Buddhist Council and Buddhist Canon established.Buddhism is transmitted to China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.Buddhism is adopted as the state religion in ChinaDuring the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the current Dalai Lama escaped to India, where he currently lives in exile while remaining the most important spiritual leader of Tibet.Periods
Life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.Development of Theravada Buddhism.Development of Mahayana BuddhismPeak of Chinese Buddhism (TANG DYNASTY)Christianity
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Jesus bornJesus crucifiedPeriods
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke are written, later to be the Christian Bible.Many Christians in Western Europe start preaching against the Roman Catholic Church, leading to a split between Catholics and ProtestantsFundamentalist Protestant Christianity, arises in the US and Britain as a reaction to modernism and liberalism.Taoism
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Approximate birth year of Lao Zi, supposed writer of the Tao Te Ching.Periods
Written text called the I-Ching, the Book of Changes, documents the concepts of yin yang.Taoism develops during the Shang dynasty.Taoism loses popular support with the decline of the Tang Dynasty. It is later replaced by Confucianism and Buddhism.Hinduism
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Hinduism spreads widely throughout SE Asia as a result of war and trade.Muslims arrive in India and influence the evolution of the Hindu faith.Periods
Indian scholars put the sacred texts, the Vedas in written form; basic tenets of Hinduism are established.The Age of Protest as Buddhism and Jainism break away from the main flow of Hinduism.The era of Mahatma Gandhi’s profound influence on Hinduism and India.Group of events
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The Sikh faith began when Guru Nanak began teaching a faith that was quite distinct from Hinduism and Islam.The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Between 8,000-17,000 Sikhs were believed to be killed.Periods
The Vadda Ghalūghārā was a dramatic and bloody massacre of Sikhs by Afghanistan's (Durrani Empire).Islam
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Muhammad's first revelation by the angel GabrielMuhammad's Night Journey to JerusalemIslam continues to spread through the continent of Africa, including Nigeria, which served as a trading liaison between the northern and central regions of Africa.The Ottomans take Constantinople from the Byzantines, renaming it Istanbul.World War I ends with the defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, which was the last of the Islamic empires. Many regions populated by Muslims in Africa and Asia are colonized by Europeans. Traditional religious ways of life are threatened and, in some cases, destroyed.The Iranian Revolution results in the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the first attempt at an Islamic state in the modern era.Periods
Muhammad’s life.“The Golden Era of Islam” marked by notable accomplishments in science, arts, and literature.Judaism
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