Religion Timeline Project

By baileymack
  • 1440 BCE

    Hebrews (under Moses) escape enslavement in Egypt

    The Egyptians were horrified at the deaths of their sons and were urgent to leave hastily before any more people died.
  • 1300 BCE

    Moses receives the Ten Commandments

    Moses receives the Ten Commandments
    When God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him two tablets of stone inscribed by the very finger of God. The tablets contained the Ten Commandments.
  • 900 BCE

    Torah was written

    Torah was written
    The Torah has many different meanings. It can mean the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Which is known as the Written Torah. It can also mean the continued narrative from all the 24 books.
  • 586 BCE

    Fall of the temple in Jerusalem

    It was destroyed by the King of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar), when he conquered Jerusalem. There are remains of the temple on the south hill of the City of David.
  • 330 BCE

    Death of Constantine

    Emperor Constantine died in 337 CE of an illness, which one we don't know. He fell ill during his campaign against the Persians. He is baptized on his death bed.
  • 33

    Jesus Crucified

    Jesus Crucified
    Jesus is stripped and nailed to the Cross. Above his head is placed a sign that says 'King of the Jews'.
  • 53

    Letters of Paul

    The letter addresses division within the Christian community about whether new converts needed to be circumcised and follow the prescriptions of the Mosaic Law.
  • 64

    The great fire in Rome

    The great fire in Rome
    A fire broke out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus. History has blamed Nero for the disaster, implying that he started the fire so that he could bypass the senate and rebuild Rome to his liking.
  • 313

    Romans banned Christianity

    Roman leaders banned some religions because a ruler of Rome considered a religion a problem. Since Jews believed their God was the only god, some Romans thought the Jews insulted Rome's gods by not praying to them.
  • 380

    Christianity becomes official religion of Rome

    The emperor Constantine gave the Christians freedom of religion in the Edict of MIlan, and by 380 it was an official Roman religion.
  • 570

    Muhammad Born

    Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca, a mountain town in the high desert plateau of western Arabia.
  • 609

    Quran revealed to Muhammad in vision

    Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel.
  • 632

    Islam splits into two parts: Sunni and Shia

    A disagreement over succession after Mohammed's death in 632 split Muslims into Islam's two main sects, Sunni and Shia.
  • 637

    Muslim Conquest of Mesopotamia.

    Muslim Conquest of Mesopotamia.
    Hashim led 12,000 troops from Ctesiphon to win a victory over the Persians at the Battle of Jalawla.
  • 1031

    Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba

    When the puppet ruler Hishām III was deposed and the caliphate disintegrated into the so-called kingdoms of the taifa.