Interactive Maps
Religion in the Biblical World
Where the gods of the ancient world held territory — and how a movement beginning with a dozen fishermen in Jerusalem displaced them all across three continents within four centuries. Click territories and city markers to learn more.
Select a time period to see the dominant religious territories. Click any shaded region to learn about the deity worshipped there.
Religions & Deities
Boundaries are approximate scholarly estimates. Religious territories overlapped; Canaanite religion was practised inside Israel throughout this period.
30 AD
Speed:
City Legend
30–100 AD (Apostolic era)
100–200 AD (Post-apostolic)
200–313 AD (Pre-Constantine)
313–400 AD (Imperial era)
Paul’s Journeys:
1st (47–48 AD)
2nd (50–52 AD)
3rd (53–57 AD)
Pagan background:
Roman state religion
Artemis territory
Egyptian mysteries
📅 Timeline of Events
Dates are scholarly estimates; founding dates of early churches are often debated. The spread shown represents a broad historical consensus, not a precise chronology.