My Name 11/25/13 Per. 6 My Teacher AP Human Geography Comparative Religions Project Judaism Confucian Hinduism Buddhism Christianity Islam Taoism Point of origin? Near eastern region of Canaan China India India Palestine Middle East, Southeast Asia China How did it spread? Voluntary and forced migration of Jews Confucius traveling through China Migration and cultural exchange Chinese immigrants Expansion combined with relocation diffusion, missions Muhammad and his followers and king?s armies Missions, diffusions through China Where influential today? Israel, the US, localized areas of the UK, Russia, and Canada China China, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand