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Religions Timeline (Revised 2/14)
Years Hinduism Judaism Jainism & Sikhism
Shinto Taoism & Confucian- ism
Buddhism Christianity Islam
Pre- history- 2000
Harappa culture in Indus valley 2000 - 1800
Aryan into India
Abraham, 1st patriarch 1800 - 1600 1600 - 1400
Creation of Vedas 1400 - 1200
1250 Moses exodus Egypt 1200 - 1000 1000 - 800
Established in Israelite by King David; Temple of Solomon; 721 N. Kingdom destroyed by Assyria
Parshva 800 - 600
Creation of Upanishads; Axis age
660 Emperor Jimmu
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
Destruction of 1st Temple; Exile in Babylonia;
Mahavira
Prehistory to 350 worship of sun & fertility
Lozi; 551- 479 Confucius; 470 - 391
Second Temple1st; public reading of Torah;
Mozi
Completion of scriptures
350 Split of Digambara & Shvetambara
Mencius; 369- Zhuangzi; 300 Tao Te Ching; 298- 238 Xunzi
Ashoka, India King
Creation of Bhagavad Gita
4 BC-29 AD
Jesus; 4 BC- AD Paul 0-200 Destruction of 2nd Temple; Canon of Scriptures; Completion of Mishnah
50 Buddhism into China; 100 Lotus Sutra creation
Completion of Palestinian Talmud
Unification of clans & Kami
300 Spread to SE Asia; 400 to Korea
313 Toleration made legal; 354- Augustine; 476 Collapse of Rome Empire West 400- 600
Completion of Babylonian Talmud
Buddhism to Japan
Bodhidharma School to China; 552
Benedict
Muhammad
Yangming Khi-pa in Tabet
Muslim;1483- 1546 Martin Luther; 1492 Expulsion of Jews & Muslims from Spain; 1509 - 1564 John Kalvin; Protestant Reformation; 1534 Church of England
from Spain; 1592- Shah Jahan (Taj Mahal)
British domination India; 1869- 1948 Mahatma Gandhi; 1947 India Independence
Baal Rhem Tov
Singh
1850Scholarly revival 1798- Nakayama Miki; 1836- 1918 Deguchi Nao; 1868 Emperor Meiji; State Shinto; 1945 end of State Shinto; Hirohito rejects divinity
Reform Movement in W. Europe;1937- 1945 Holocaust; 1948 Israel independent state
Communist takeover of China, repression of religion
1952 World fellowship
Modernization of Catholicism, 2 nd^ Vatican Council
1947 Pakistan Muslim Nation; 1966 War between Arabs & Israelis
