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1.Judaism 

          Leader and Beginnings (Timeline)

          Holy Writings and Guidelines

          Beliefs/influence of Beliefs

    3800 B.CE - 2001 BCE - The Dawn of “History”

    2000 B.C.E. - 587 BCE - Context of Ancient Israelite Religion

    538 BCE - 70 CE - Judaism After the Babylonian Exile

    230 BCE-400 CE - Rule of Rome

    70 - 500 - Rabbinic Jewish Period of Talmud Development

    325 - 590 - Consolidation & Dominance of Classical Christianity

    600 - 1500 - “Medieval” Period in the West

    570 - 1258 - Reception & Classical Development of Muhammad's Islamic 

Message

    1095-1258 - Crusades

    1258-1500 - Further Transitions and Rebuilding of Political Islam

    1291-1516 - Mamluk Rule

    1517-1569 - Reformation and Post-Reformation Christian Period

    1500-1920 - Dominance of Ottoman Muslim Empire in Turkey

    1700-1917 - Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods

    1914-1918 - Islamic Unrest and Realignment in the Middle East

    1918-1947 - British Rule in Palestine

    1947-Present - Modern Israel & the Diaspora

                                          Founded by Abraham

Made up of three parts: The Torah, The first five books

                                  The Nevi'im, Eight books

                                  The Ketuvim, Eleven books

Jews Believe in...

~One eternal, all knowing,God

~Heaven and Hell

~The Messiah hasn't come yet

~The words of the prophet are true

~Moses is the greatest prophet

2. Christianity

        Leader and Beginnings (Timeline)

        Holy Writings and Guidelines

        Beliefs/Influence of Beliefs

c. 4 BC      Birth of Jesus

c. 26 AD      John the Baptist begins ministry

c. 27 AD      Jesus begins ministry                                                        

c. 30 AD        Crucifixion of Jesus                        Founded by Jesus

c. 35      Conversion of Paul

c. 44      Martyrdom of James

c. 46-48      Paul's first missionary journey

c. 49      Council of Jerusalem

c. 50-52      Paul's second missionary journey

c. 51-52      First and Second Thessalonians written

c. 53-57      Paul's third missionary journey

c. 57      Letter to the Romans written

c. 59-62      Paul imprisoned in Rome

c. 60      Andrew martyred by crucifixion in Achaia (Greece).

c. 66-67      Second Timothy written

c. 68      Martyrdom of Paul

70      Fall of Jerusalem

c. 90-95      John exiled on island of Patmos

c. 95      Book of Revelation written

c. 96      Clement of Rome's Letter to the Corinthians written

c. 120      Didache written

202      Christians persecuted under Septimus Severus

211      Christians tolerated under Emperor Antoninus Caracalla

222      Christians favored Emperor Alexander Severus

230      Origen's On First Principles

235      Christians persecuted under Emperor Maximin the Thracian

238      Christians tolerated under Emperor Gordian III

244      Christians favored under Emperor Philip the Arabian

251      Cyprian's Unity of the Catholic Church

The Holy Book of Christians is the Bible.

The Christians follow a list of rules called the Ten Commandments.

1. There is only one God

2. No other Gods before me.

3. Do not take the name of the Lord your God's name in vain.

4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

5. Honor your father and mother.

6. Don't murder

7. Don't commit adultery 

8. Don't steal

9. Don't lie

10. Don't covet

Christians believe that God came down to earth in human form as Jesus.He 

loved us so much that He died on the cross and paid the debt for our sins so 

that we could be let into heaven. The Jesus came back from the dead and is 

now waiting for us in Heaven.

3.Hinduism

          Leader and Beginnings (Timeline)

          Holy Writings and Guidelines

          Beliefs/influence of Beliefs

2800-2000 BCE      Indus Valley civilization.

1200-900 BCE      Early Vedic Period - earliest Vedas are compiled.

900-600 BCE      Late Vedic period - Brahmanical religion develops, emphasizing ritual and social 

obligation.

800-300 BCE      The 11 major Upanishads are written, which include the ideas of reincarnation and 

karma.

500 BCE-1000 CE      Epics and Puranas are written, reflecting the rise of devotional movements 

dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Devi.

5th cent. BCE      Buddhism and Jainism founded in India.               No one Founder

c. 320-185 BCE      Mauryan Dynasty founded by Chandragupta.

c. 320-500 CE      Gupta empire.

c. 500-650 CE      Gupta empire divides into several kingdoms.

c. 600-1600 CE      Rise of devotional movements, puja (worship) rituals, and idea of equality of devotees.

7th-11th cent.      Esoteric movements based on Tantras develop.

c. 870-1280      Cholas dynasty. Hinduism arises in the south.

1498      European presence in southern Asia begins with the arrival of Vasco de Gama.

1540s      Portugese missionaries arrive in India.

17th-19th cent.      Hindu Renaissance.

c. 1700      British East India Company formed.

1720      Collapse of the Mughal empire; British begin to take power.

1857      National War of Independence against the British is sparked by the British use of cow fat in 

guns.

1876      Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India.

1895      Vedanta Society founded by Vivekananda. Promotes Hinduism as a world religion and India as 

a single nation.

1915      Gandhi joins the nationalist movement.

1947      India regains independence, but its partitioning leads to conflicts between Hindus, Muslims, 

and Sikhs.

1948      Assassination of Gandhi.

1950      Constitution of the Republic of India. 

There are scared writings, but no one book. The vedas one of the many 

scared writings that they use.

Hindus believe in a wide variety of things, but the main 

goal is to release (moksha) from the cycle of rebirth 

(samsara). 

4.Buddhism

          Leader and Beginnings (Timeline)

          Holy Writings and Guidelines

          Beliefs/Influence of Beliefs

c. 800-500 BCE     Composition of Hindu Upanishads

552-479 BCE     Life of Confucius

c. 500 BCE     Life of Lao-Tzu

c. 480 BCE     Birth of the Buddha in Kapilavastu.      

c. 450 BCE     The Buddha's enlightenment and first sermon.

c. 405 BCE     Death of the Buddha.

c. 405 BCE     First Buddhist Council, at Rajagrha.

c. 350 BCE     Second Buddhist Council, at Vaisali.          Founded by Buddha 

327-325 BCE     Alexander the Great in India.

c. 300 BCE     Buddhism arrives in SE Asia.

272 BCE     Emperor Asoka takes throne.

250 BCE     Third Buddhist Council, resulting in Great Schism and Theravada and Mahayana 

Buddhism

247 BCE     Mahinda introduces Buddhism to Sri Lanka.

200-0 BCE     Stupa construction at Sanci.

1st cent. BCE     Theravada Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) completed in Sri Lanka.

1st cent. CE     Indian Buddhists settle in Southeast Asia.

150-250 CE     Life of Nagarjuna.

4th cent.     Rise of Vajrayana Buddhism.

350-650     Gupta dynasty in India; Buddhist philosophy and art flourish.

372 CE     Chinese monks bring Buddhism to Korea.

399-414     Fa-hsien travels to India.

c. 420     Schools of Tiantai, Huayan, Chan, and Jingtu appear in China.

520     Bodhidharma arrives in China.

526     Viniaya school founded in Korea.

527     Korea accepts Buddhism.

The Tripitaka is the Buddhist holy book, it is very big 

and takes up forty volumes in the English language.

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