Western belief systems

  • 1700 BCE

    Judaism started

    Judiasm
  • 586 BCE

    The first significant Jewish Diaspora (Babylonian Exile)

    Judaism
  • 332 BCE

    Land conquered by Alexander the Great; Hellenistic rule.

    Judaism
  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar deified by the Roman Senate

    Christianity
  • 66

    Death of Peter Death of James, brother of Jesus and head of the church in Jerusalem

    CE
  • 100

    Christianity started

    CE
  • 570

    Muhammad is born in Mecca.

  • 630

    Muhammad returns to Mecca and gains control of the city.

  • 700

    Islam started

    CE