how and where did Islam,Judaism,Buddhism,Hinduism,spread around the world? help me please!
Judaism Many regard the founder of Judaism to be Abraham, whom they consider to have lived before 2000 BCE. Others may regard the true founder of Judaism to be Moses, who is traditionally considered to have lived around 1400 BCE. However, many scholars regard the stories of Abraham and Moses as creations of the first millennium BCE. They point out that the Bible also tells us that the people of Israel (the northern kingdom) were, throughout its history, polytheistic in their religious beliefs. Even in the south, in Judah, the people worshipped many gods until at least the time of King Hezekia (729-686 BCE), who made the first real attempt, in historic times, to impose a monotheistic religion. However, Hezekiah's son allowed Judah to revert to polytheism. On this evidence, Judaism, as we know it, did not yet exist in Judah. We now know that much of what we know as the Hebrew Bible was written by the 'Deuteronomist' source during the reign of King Josiah ( about 640-609 BCE. From the time of Josiah, a monotheistic religion seems to have become dominant among the Jews. The role of Josiah in finally enforcing a monotheistic religion with its own canon of literature, make him arguably the real founder of Judaism as we know it - in the 7th century BCE. Islam Islam is known to have been founded by the prophet Muhammad in the 7th century CE. Hinduism The earliest form of Hinduism evolved in the proto-Indo-Iranian culture of southern Russia over 2000 BCE. The Brahmins migrated from this area into the Indus Valley, from which the religion gradually spread through India and to south-eastern Asia. There is no known founder of Hinduism. Buddhism Buddhism was founded by Siddharta Gautama (c. 563-483 BCE), who became the Buddha.
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