Major Religions in the Eastern Hemisphere, ca. 600 CE
Christianity and
Zoroastrianism
Judaism, before 600 BCE
Christianity
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North
Sea
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Black Sea
Constantinople
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Europus
Antioch
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Ctesiphon
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Jerusalem
Alexandria
Babylon
Bethlehem
Hinduism
Buddhist missionaries,
ca. 250 BCE–600 CE
Lake
Baikal
Susa
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AFRICA
Taxila
KOREA
Ch’angan
Mathura
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Ga
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INDIA
Re d
ARABIA
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CHINA
NEPAL
East
China
Sea
Pataliputra
Ellora
Se a
PACIFIC
OCEAN
PYU
Naneghat
Arabian
Sea
Sea of
Japan
ASIA
EMPIRE
Gor
Jewish Diaspora,
600 BCE–200 CE
Confucianism and Taoism,
ca. 300 BCE–100 CE
PERSIAN
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ETHIOPIA
Axum
Christian missionaries,
45–600 CE
Sea
ian
Rome
Aral
Sea
sp
Ca
D a nu
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ROMAN EMPIRE
Lake
Balkhush
us
R
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
lga
EUROPE
Spread of the religions
Bay of
Bengal
Anuradhapura
CEYLON
Mison
MONS
FUNAN
Oc Eo
South
China
Sea
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INDIAN OCEAN
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