Religious Diversity in the Middle East before Christianity

The Middle East is so religiously diverse that the three major religions,Judaism,Christianity and Islam,are intercon nected and each originated within the Middle East.Islam in its many forms is by far the most heavily represented religion in the region though many branches and sects diversify and segment it.In addition to the widely acknowledged religions,smaller,mi nority religions such as Bahá’í,Druze,Yazidi,Mandean,Gnosticism,Yarsanism,Shabakism,Zoroastrianism are also prevalent throughout the Middle East.This article begins with Mideast civilization and attempts at outlining a religious map of the region.Finally,the study concludes that Hellenistic culture,Jewish religion system and Roman polity all had found their way into spread ing the influence of Christianity before Christianity,the missionary religion established itself in the Middle East.