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| 5251029293 | Christianity | Founded by Jesus of Nazareth, follows the old testament and the Gospels. Teaches the 10 commandments where punishment is fair. Messiah prophesied that Jesus would come, male dominated religion. Spread through commerce, conquest and conversion. | 0 | |
| 5251029294 | Jainism | Believes in nonviolence, has influence in the Gupta Empire. (India) | 1 | |
| 5251029295 | Buddhism | Four noble truths as well as the 8 fold path which explains how to reach nirvana or enlightenment. Founded by the buddha, a prince who meditated/fasted to reach an answer. Women were considered inferior, spread through the silk road. | 2 | |
| 5251030828 | Hinduism | More of a life style, developed from brahmanism. Reincarnation is based off of good deeds or karma. Vedas (Hymns of knowledge, Upanishads are reflection of Vedas. Men and women are supposed to be equal, spread through trade and commerce. | 3 | |
| 5251030829 | Polytheism | Belief of multiple gods. | 4 | |
| 5251030830 | Zoroastrianism | The cosmic order between the struggle of good and evil. Polytheistic religion. | 5 | |
| 5251032709 | Daoism | Almost seems lazy, people go with what happens, yin and yang, opposites. Founded by Lao Tzu. Restore central order through disengagement. Doctrine of Wu wei which is central order through disengagement. Spread through school teachings and migration. | 6 | |
| 5251032710 | Confucianism | Started by confucius, the belief that there is good in everyone. The order of the family (Elders in the highest rank) line up with the state. Aristocratic roots, the analects are Confucian teachings. Women show obedience, loyal to men. Filial piety, respect of everyone, especially the elders. Junzi "Superior individual" Avoided religion, politics and ethics were focused on. Spread through schools. | 7 | |
| 5251032711 | Legalism | Complete opposite of Confucianism, believed everything was ethically wrong and ruled with strict laws and punishment. | 8 | |
| 5251034611 | Judaism | Worship the Torah and the Talmud which are the first five books, known as the Exodus. The Exodus tells about the Israelites and there salvation from Egypt. Founded by Abraham, they can only worship Yahweh, first monotheistic religion. People (And women) are treated equally, women could be rabbi. Spread through diaspora. | 9 | |
| 5251036696 | Islam | Started by Muhammad in Mecca. They worship the Quran which is Muhammad's revelations. Went to Yathrib and built a community based on holy writings he found during meditation. Strict monotheistic religion, only one god which is Allah. Egalitarian belief. It is easy to learn and practice, non-muslims are welcome. | 10 |
