The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious experiences and ideas. This period of religious history typically begins with the invention of writing The history of writing follows the art of expressing thought by letters or other marks. In the history of how systems of representation of language through graphic means have evolved in different human civilizations, more complete writing systems were preceded by proto-writing, systems of ideographic and/or early mnemonic symbol. Language about 5,000 years ago (3,000 BCE) in the Near East. The prehistory of religion relates to the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records. The timeline of religion The timeline of religion is a comparative chronology of important events in human religious history and prehistory is a comparative chronology of religion.
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