-
2100 BCE
Calling of Abraham, father of the Jewish nation
Judaism -
2000 BCE
Birth of Jacob (Israel)
Christianity -
1900 BCE
Israelites become captives in Egypt
Christianity -
1813 BCE
Abraham is born
Judaism -
1713 BCE
Abraham makes the first covenant with God
Judaism -
1600 BCE
Aryan invaders bring vedic religion to Indus River Valley
Hinduism -
1500 BCE
The Vedic Age begins
Hinduism -
1280 BCE
Exodus led my Moses begins
Judaism -
1200 BCE
Vedas were completed
Hinduism -
930 BCE
Israel is spit into two kingdoms after King Solomon's death
Judaism -
800 BCE
The major Upanishads are written and introduced
Hinduism -
586 BCE
Babylonians take the Jewish nation into captivity
Judaism -
551 BCE
Confucius is born
Confucianism -
550 BCE
Daoism is founded
Daoism -
522 BCE
Confucius starts teaching his philosophies
Confucianism -
500 BCE
The Epics and Puranas are written
Hinduism -
490 BCE
Siddhartha Gautama is born
Buddhism -
479 BCE
Confucius dies
Confucianism -
455 BCE
Gautama becomes Buddha ("Enlightened One")
Buddhism -
410 BCE
Gautama dies
Buddhism -
330 BCE
Mencius spreads Confucianism through China
Confucianism -
320 BCE
Maurya Empire is founded
Hinduism -
261 BCE
Emperor Ashoka adopts Buddhism as India's state religion
Buddhism -
220 BCE
Confucianism loses influence when the Han Dynasty ends
Confucianism -
150 BCE
Taiping Jing is completed
Daoism -
142 BCE
The Way of the Five Bushels of Rice is founded
Daoism -
141 BCE
Han Emperor Wu abandons Legalism for Confucianism
Confucianism -
6 BCE
Dao Te Ching is written
Daoism -
1 BCE
Mahayana Buddhism splits from Theravada Buddhism
Hinduism -
4
Birth of Christ in Bethlehem
Christianity -
30
Death of Christ
Christianity -
33
Saul converts to Christianity and changes his name to Paul
Christanity -
49
Paul preaches Christianity in Greece
Christianity -
66
Jews revolt against Roman rule
Judaism -
93
Christians are persecuted based on orders from Emperor Domitian
Christianity -
141
Daoism becomes an organized religion
Daoism -
200
Hindu laws codified
Hinduism -
220
Daoism takes hold in China after Han dynasty collapses
Daoism -
313
Edict of Milan is issued and Christians have freedom of religion in Rome
Christianity -
372
Buddhism is introduced to Korea
Buddhism -
480
Confucianism starts to spread through Asia
Confucianism -
538
Buddhism is introduced to Japan
Buddhism -
604
Lao Tzu was born
Daoism