When was the Gospel of Matthew written? When did the Buddha
live? When were the Vedas written? When were the Salem Witch
Trials? When did Constantine convert to Christianity? So many
questions... so difficult to find quick answers to them. One of
the best ways to learn about religion is to study religious
history, but too often events are studied in isolation. This new
feature will present comprehensive timelines of religious
history. One way to explore the site's information on religious
and philosophical history is to go to the Today in History
feature - click on a date and find out what happened on that
date: who was born, who died, what books were published, etc.
There are two different ways to go through the timelines. The
first is from the "overviews" - short general timelines which
list major events from Europe, the Middle East and Asia in three
columns. Clicking on any event will take you to a specific
chronology where you can learn more and see other events
happening at the same time: The second mean