World Religions
- Science & History
The Rise of Islam
From a trading town in the Arabian desert to a caliphate stretching from Iberia to Central Asia in under a century
30 events · 100% sourced - Science & History
History of Christianity
A crucified Jewish teacher, a persecuted sect that became an empire's official religion, and two thousand years of councils, schisms, and missions that carried it to every continent
28 events · 100% sourced - History
History of Judaism
A small highland people, a book that outlasted every empire that tried to erase it, and a faith that survived exile twice and built a state a third time
26 events · 100% sourced - History
History of Buddhism
A prince who saw four sights and walked out of his palace, and a teaching that spread from one valley in northern India to become a global religion
26 events · 100% sourced - History
History of Hinduism
Hymns memorized for three thousand years without writing them down, a philosophy that a self and the universe are the same thing, and a religion with no founder that became the world's third largest
26 events · 100% sourced