ReligionThe 2nd millennium BCE

Religion in the 2nd millennium BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 2nd millennium BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 1500 BCE to 1200 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
1500 BCE
Latest
1200 BCE
Asia
2
Africa
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 1500 BCEAsia

    India

    Composition of the Rigveda

    The Rigveda, the oldest Vedic text and a foundational scripture of Hinduism, is composed in early Sanskrit and preserved through oral tradition.

    Era: The Vedic Age and the Great Religions

    Sources: Rigveda · Wikipedia, Vedic religion (Research Starters) · EBSCO

  2. c. 1336 BCEAfrica

    Egypt

    Tutankhamun restores the old gods

    The young Tutankhamun reverses Akhenaten's Aten cult and restores traditional Egyptian religion; his intact tomb, found in 1922, made him world-famous.

    Era: The Pharaonic Kingdoms

    Sources: Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. from c. 12th c. BCEAsia

    Cyprus

    The sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos

    Old Paphos became the principal centre of the worship of Aphrodite, whose temple bore witness to one of the oldest Mycenaean settlements and drew pilgrims from across the Greek world.

    Era: Neolithic Settlers, Greek City-Kingdoms and the Cult of Aphrodite

    Sources: Paphos (World Heritage List, inscribed 1980) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paphos · Encyclopaedia Britannica