Religions Timeline: A Historical Overview of Major World Religions, Study notes of World Religions

Download Religions Timeline: A Historical Overview of Major World Religions and more Study notes World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! Page 1 of 4 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, 1 st 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 850-800 Parshva 800- 600 Creation of Upanishads; Axis age 660 Emperor Jimmu 563-483 Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) 600- 400 Destruction of 1 st Temple; Exile in Babylonia; 599-527 Mahavira Prehistory to 350 worship of sun & fertility 600-500 Lozi; 551- 479 Confucius; 470-391 Page 2 of 4 Second Temple1 st ; public reading of Torah; Mozi 400- 200 200 Completion of scriptures 350 Split of Digambara & Shvetambara 371-289 Mencius; 369-286 Zhuangzi; 300 Tao Te Ching; 298- 238 Xunzi 273-232 Ashoka, India King 200- 0 Creation of Bhagavad Gita 4 BC-29 AD Jesus; 4 BC-64 AD Paul 0-200 Destruction of 2 nd Temple; Canon of Scriptures; Completion of Mishnah 50 Buddhism into China; 100 Lotus Sutra creation 200- 400 Completion of Palestinian Talmud Unification of clans & Kami 300 Spread to SE Asia; 400 to Korea 313 Toleration made legal; 354-430 Augustine; 476 Collapse of Rome Empire West 400- 600 Completion of Babylonian Talmud Buddhism to Japan 550 Bodhidharma School to China; 552 480-547 Benedict 570-632 Muhammad