Show HN: How religions evolved? Charts, Maps, Citations

Category: other

Tags: data-visualization, history, religion, interactive-charts, open-data

Score: 5.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 4, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

A data visualization project that charts the evolution of five major religions over 9,000 years, with cited dates, branches, and turning points on a compressed time axis. It stands out for its rigorous sourcing policy—every date tied to a chapter and its epistemic confidence—and for making the data and build checks reproducible under CC BY 4.0.

Target audience: historians, educators, data journalists, general audiences interested in comparative religion

Repository: https://howitevolved.com/chart/

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