1 – Prehistory

Stone Age – before 3000 BC.

Animism

• Plants, Animals, Rivers, Oceans, Rocks, Mountains.

Astrology

• Sun, Moon, Stars.

• Planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

Pantheism

• God is the whole universe, in everything.

Proto Indo-European

• Manu, Yemo, Dyēus Phtēr, Plthwih, Perkwunos, Heus, PriHeh, Welnos, Hepom Nepots, Seul, Meh.

2 – Polytheism

Bronze Age 3000 BC – 1000 BC to Iron Age 1000 BC – 500 AD.

– Africa –

Aksumite

•Biher, Maher.

Dahomey

• Agé,, Kokou, Maher, Nana Buluku, Ogoun, Shakpana, Xevioso.

Egyptian

• Amen, Anubis, Aten, Atum, Bastet, Bes, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Khepri, Ma'at, Nephthys, Osiris, Ptah, Ra, Sekhmet, Seshat, Seth, Sobek, Tawaret, Thoth.

Yoruba

• Aganju, Babalu Aye, Erinle, Ibeji, Kokou, Obatala, Oduduwa, Ogoun, Olokun, Olorun, Orungan, Orunmila, Oxossi, Shakpana, Shango, Sopona.

– Europe –

Hittite

• Kumarbi, Tarhun, Illuyanka, Hattic, Telepinu, Inara,
Ishara.

Greek

• Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera.

• Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis, Hephaestus, Zeus.

Roman

• Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus, Juno, Minerva, Ceres, Liber, Libera.

Norse

• Odin, Baldr, Beyla, Freyr, Gerðr, Hretha, Hœnir, Loki, Njörun, Sol, Thor, Tyr, Ullr.

– South America –

Aztec

• Tlaloc, Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca.

Inca

• Con-Tici Viracocha Pachayachachic, Inti, Mama Quilla, Pachamama, Kanopa.

Maya

• Itzamna, Kinich Ahau, Chaac, Bolon Dzacab, Bacabs.

– India –

Hinduism

• Dharma, Samsāra, Karma, Moksha, Yogas.

• Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Kali.

3 – Moral Systems

Recorded History – after 3000 BC.

Confucianism

• From 600 BC.
• Humanism 仁
• Justice 義
• Propriety 禮
• Knowledge 智
• Integrity 信

Buddhism

• Find peace.
• Be selfless.
• Achieve nirvana.

Taoism

• From 600 BC.
• The Tao Te Ching.
• Yin-Yang.

Humanism

• Free will.
• Altruism.
• Shape human destiny.

4 – Monotheism

Three descendants of Abraham.

Judaism

• From 3000 BC.
• The Torah.
• One God.
• The Covenant.
• 10 Commandments.

Christianity

• From 30 AD.
• The Bible.
• Turn the other cheek.
• Love thine enemy.
• Jesus died for our sins.

Islam

• From 600 AD.
• The Qur'an.
• Unify Arabia.
• Rules to stop wars.
• Rights for women.
• Convert others.

– North America –

Since 10,000 BC.

Indian

• The Great Spirit.
•Care For The Earth.
• Animism.

5 – Science

From Plato 425 BC.

Natural

• Astronomy.
• Biology.
• Chemistry.
• Geography.
• Mathematics.
• Physics.

Social

• Anthropology.
• Archaeology.
• Economics,.
• Linguistics.
• Sociology.
• Psychology.

6 – Philosophy

Since we've been human.

• Epistemology.
• Logic.
• Metaphysics.
• Ethics.
• Aesthetics.

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