The oldest to newest religion

Answer 1

There are very very many religions that developed in

different parts of the world at the same times, so a

clear timeline that is "simple" is likely impossible.

but, in simple terms... the mainstreams ?

earliest ?

the burial icons from china 8,500 years ago

placed in graves. some of the symbols have been

interprited to the satisfaction of the researchers

involved since some of those 8,500 year old

symbols were found to be still in use as text

as late as 2,000 BC. a few translations of the

text symbols referred to the "eyes as windows"

egyptian text go back to approx 5,500 BC.

they had many religions and gods. but they

kept superb records ! and the absense of major

military conflicts in the central parts of Egypt

kept intact their many library records rooms.

there are approximately 25,000 recovered

text of the egyptian bible "the book of the dead"

then the sumariens, 4,500 -to- 2,000 BC

and their gods / religions...

Then the babylonians

The Mesopotamians

The egyptians spanned a pretty huge chunk of calendar.

then the early mosaic religions about 1000 / 800 BC.

which became judaeism.

then the early christianities.

but during these times in the Middle East, in

early North America, in asia, religions were also

mutating, evolving, and new ones springing up

just like everywhere else.

basically, every isolated area of the worlds major

5 / 7 areas had their own oldest religtion, and timeline.

we have religions now with millions of members which were

invented in the last few hundred years...