# How religions evolved? Charts

> Evidence-based histories, family-tree charts, and world maps of major world religions

- Website: https://howitevolved.com
- Category: Notes & knowledge bases
- Launched on RankRoot: 2026-10-24
- Visitors sent by RankRoot: 0
- Show HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50219044

## About

How It Evolved provides chronologically ordered historical series for major world religions, supported by cited sources, excavations, inscriptions, and peer-reviewed studies. Every historical claim includes confidence tags indicating whether the evidence is consensus, majority, contested, speculative, or political. Users can also explore a family-tree chart and an interactive world map to track how religions evolved and moved over time.

## Who it's for

Students, researchers, and curious readers seeking evidence-based histories of world religions.

## Use cases

- Exploring chronological histories of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- Tracking religious history and migrations using an interactive world map and family-tree chart
- Verifying historical claims with citations to specific verses, excavations, inscriptions, manuscripts, and peer-reviewed studies
- Reviewing different scholarly perspectives on contested historical claims and dates

## Features

- 69 chapters and 3132 cited sources covering five major religious traditions
- Confidence tags (Consensus, Majority, Contested, Speculative, Political) for historical claims
- Family-tree chart mapping all five major traditions together
- World map playable through time with dates and places linked back to source chapters
- Primary sources quoted in their original script alongside transliterations and translations

## FAQ

### What does How It Evolved do?

How It Evolved provides chronological histories of major world religions with evidence from verses, inscriptions, excavations, and peer-reviewed studies. It features a family-tree chart and an interactive world map to show how religions evolved and moved through time.

### Who is How It Evolved for?

It is for anyone who wants to know what changed in religious traditions, when those changes occurred, and how scholars know based on historical evidence.

### How much does How It Evolved cost?

The charts and maps are free to print and share.

### Which religions are covered on the site?

The site covers Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, with series on Sikhism in preparation.


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