Judaism Christianity

Hinduism

Islam Buddhism

Along Arab trade routes and across

North Africa

By monks teaching/ travelling along Asian trade routes

Diaspora Along Roman Trade routes; Constantine

500 million 2.2 billion

Jesus Muhammad

Torah Bible

Siddhartha Gautama 1 billion

Vedas Tripitaka

Qu’ranCovenant with

Abraham; Kosher Food; Chosen

People; Messiah

4 Noble TruthsEightfold PathEnlightenment

Reincarnation, Karma, Samsara

Moshka

Holy Trinity, Baptism,

Communion5 Pillars

CatholicOrthodoxProtestant

SunniShia (Shiite)

OrthodoxConservative

Reform

MahayanaTheravada

VaishnavismShaivismShaktism

Hearth – (Southwest Asia)

Hearth – (Southwest Asia)

Hearth - Arabia Peninsula

(Southwest Asia)

Hearth - South Asia/Nepal

Hearth – Indus Valley (present day

Pakistan)

Ethnic Ethnic

14 million Main religion practiced in the U.S.

Main religion practiced in the

Israel

Main religion practiced in the

Arabian Peninsula

Universalizing Universalizing

Universalizing 1.6 billion

Main religion practiced in India

Main religion practiced in China