World Religions Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 12 Mar 2023
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Created byAdelie Nuckols
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Yuan court reopens Confucian
style civil service recruitment
examinationsBuddhism Transmitted to China,
Cambodia, Vietnam, IndonesiaBuddhism adopted as the
state religion in ChinaThe current Dalai Lama
escaped to India during
the Tibetan uprising, where
he still currently livesLao Tzu writes the
Tao te ChingThe Mahabharata is writtenSikh faith begins
with Guru NanakAnti-Sikh riotsAbraham lived in
ancient MesopotamiaFirst Temple destroyed
by BabyloniansJewish state of Israel is establishedThe Gutenberg Bible is
the first printed BibleMuhammad's first revelation
by the angel GabrielMuhammad's Night
Journey to JerusalemDome of the Rock is completedThe Iranian Revolution results
in the establishment of the
Islamic Republic of IranPeriods
Life of ConfuciusConfucianism is established
as state policy for the Han DynastyLife of the BuddhaHindu sacred texts, the Vedas,
are put into written formThe text I-Ching documents
the concept of yin yangTaoism loses popular supportAge of Protest: Buddhism
and Jainism break away
from HinduismHinduism returns as the
dominant religion of IndiaGandhi influenced
Hinduism and IndiaEvidence of the first Jain
figure, named ParshvanathaLife of Mahavira, the
24th and last TirthankaraJainism becomes a
worldwide faithVadda Ghalūghārā: a bloody
massacre of Sikhs by AfghanisFirst Temple built
by King SolomonJews experience extreme
persecution in Central/
Western EuropeJesus is bornThe Christian Bible is writtenFundamentalist Protestant
Christianity arises in the
USA and BritainMuhammad's life
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