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SALT LAKE CITY — The world's rich history of religion began thousands of years ago, and a new animated map illustrates the spreading of the five most prominent faiths.
The video, released this week by Business Insider, begins by showing the birth of Hinduism in 3000 BCE in the Indus River Valley.
As the timeline moves along, historical dates associated with the starting and spreading of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam indicates the growth as the map shows the color-coded religions spreading throughout regions.
The two-and-a-half minute video continues to show the process of religions spreading throughout the world as events such as the age of discovery and the partition of Africa begin.
"Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and had a profound influence on the trajectory of the human race," the video description states. "Through countless conflicts, conquests, missions abroad and simple word of mouth, these religions spread around the globe and forever molded the huge geographic regions in their paths."
