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Where did monotheism emerge?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 11/10/2020

Monotheism is not just one religion, and therefore emerged in more than one place and time:

  • There is some uncertainty where Zoroastrianism, the most ancient extant form of monotheism, emerged, but probably in southern Russia around 1700 BCE or earlier.
  • Akhenaten introduced a form of monotheism in Egypt in the second millennium BCE, but it did not survive his death.
  • Monotheistic Judaism finally took hold in Judah around the sixth century BCE. Eventually, Christianity formed out of this milieu.
  • The prophet Muhammad introduced a new monotheistic religion known as Islam, with Christian and Jewish roots, into southern Arabia in the eighth century CE.
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10y ago

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