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Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism are three major religions in the world. Christianity was founded in Palestine around 33 AD, Islam was founded in Saudi Arabia around 622 AD, Buddhism was founded in India in the 5th century, Hinduism was founded in India around 2000 BC, and Judaism was founded in Canaan also around 2000 BC. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are all Monotheistic. There is only one religion that is polytheistic and that is Hinduism. Buddhism is neither because they have more than one god. Judaisms holy books are the Torah, Tankh, and Talmud; Christianity uses a bible; Islam has a Qur'an, Buddhism does not use a holy book; and Hinduism has a Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Epics. Judaism has 14,000,000 followers, Christianity has 2,100,000,000, Islam has 1,500,000,000, Buddhism has 350,000,000, and Hinduism has 1,000,000,000. Each religion has a central figure. Judaism's are Abraham, Isaac, ans Jacob; Christianity is Jesus Christ, Islam is Allah (God), Buddhism is the Buddha, and Hinduism has several gods. There is also a geographical concentration for each religion. Judaism are Israel and the United states; Christianity is mostly in the Western World, Islams are Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Northern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, and Russia and China; Buddhism are Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Southeast Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan; Hinduism are of Indian extraction but it is found throughout Asia and Indonesia.