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Interesting, kind of inaccurate, and omits many belief systems. Also doesn't show the various interactions between religions, derivatives, etc... The easiest
by Mikeb85 11y ago
Interesting, kind of inaccurate, and omits many belief systems. Also doesn't show the various interactions between religions, derivatives, etc... The easiest and most canonical examples would be how Mesopotamian (ie. Sumerian/Babylonian) religion influenced Judaism and Islam, or how Proto-Indo-European religion influenced northern European, Hindu and near-eastern religions.
- empath75 11y agoI think a more narrowly focused one that tracked 'furthest reach' rather than state religion would be more interesting.. like watching the near east from, say 2000-bc to 600 AD only... seeing the persians sweep through with zoroastrianism, then alexander with greek philosophy, then the romans, and buddhist and hindu missionaries, and so on..
- shas3 11y agoAlso: 1. It omits Manicheaism, which as I understand, had a significant following for a century or two. 2. I am kinda doubtful that Hinduism spread to Indo-China and Southeast Asia as early as 1000 BCE. The cultural diffusion happened much later, with the rise of the maritime kingdoms of Southern India. (One cannot really call it a religious conversion, since that concept isn't explicit in Hindu religious cannon)