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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Olmecs raise large clay platforms, probably with temples at the top, beginning the long American tradition of sacred pyramids | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | Burial mounds feature in the Ohio valley, built first in the Adena culture and then by Hopewell tribes | |
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| c. 960 BC |
| | | Solomon, the king of Israel, builds the first Temple in Jerusalem | |
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| c. 650 BC |
| | | The Greek city states make a habit of consulting the oracle at Delphi, hoping mainly for reassurance | |
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| c. 600 BC |
| | | Isis, who is able to restore her husband Osiris after he has been chopped into pieces, becomes one of the most popular deities in Egypt | |
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| c. 600 BC |
| | | Hindu hermits live in groups described as ashramas | |
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| 586 BC |
| | | The Jews, taken into captivity in Babylon, form the first community of the Diaspora | |
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| c. 580 BC |
| | | The synagogue, as a simple place of Jewish worship, develops during the Babylonian captivity | |
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| c. 580 BC |
| | | The Iranian prophet Zoroaster teaches that there is one god, Ahura Mazda | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | The optimistic concept of the Messiah is part of the Jewish response to captivity in Babylon | |
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