History of Religion – Watch

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world’s most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

6 Responses to “History of Religion – Watch”

1. Hani Obaid says:

   September 18, 2008 at 3:07 AM

   Nice but in my sense of what a religion is, Buddhism doesn’t qualify. It’s more like a philosophy.

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2. Madhav Tripathi says:

   September 18, 2008 at 8:44 AM

   No religion died all religions are still alive its good thing, our aim should be humanity no matter of which religion all of us are, because 1st and 2nd world war and all disease could not killed as much peoples killed for religions.

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3. Tamera says:

   September 19, 2008 at 6:02 AM

   Cool!

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4. Hisham says:

   September 20, 2008 at 10:35 AM

   @Hany Obaid
   Ye.. you are right Hany, this is what I think also!

   @Madhav Tripathi
   Thank you for your comment!

   @Tamera
   Thanks!

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5. Thomas Ponco says:

   October 15, 2008 at 4:15 PM

   hmm i think for all religion is good because all religions teach one another for fellow human or fellow god of creation

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6. Zentora says:

   February 25, 2010 at 7:52 AM

   Nice way to understand

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