Religious history is a complicated and sensitive subject. A map video of how religions have spread throughout time could certainly shed light on a lot of the issues that the world is facing today.
This quick and easy-to-watch video shows how Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam were founded and spread. The color-coded bars at the bottom matching the religions on the map show a basic timeline. Among the seminal points in religious history:
The birth of Krishna, important for the Hindu religion, is put at around 3228 B.C.
The birth of Abraham, one of the key points in Judeo-Christianity, is put at circa 1800 B.C.
The birth of Buddha (or Siddhartha Gautama) is commonly believed to be around 563 B.C.
The crucifixion of Christ is cited to have occurred in 32 A.D.
The birth of Muhammad is put at 570 A.D.
An important event that can be seen on the map is the cause of the Jewish diaspora in 587 B.C., when the kingdom of Judea was sacked by the Babylonians.
Furthermore, one can see the spread of Islam after Muhammad’s death in 632 A.D. Finally, one can see the Islamic inroads into Europe and the Christian response with the crusades from 1095-1291.
While the rise of Christianity over the world is spectacular, the number of Islamic believers has been growing rapidly. The CIA puts the number of Christian believers at 2.2 billion; this is followed by Islamic believers at 1.6 billion; atheists are put at around 1.1 billion; Hindus at around 1 billion; and Buddhists near 376 million. Various religions total less than 100 million.
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/12/2204...es-90-seconds/
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