After years of prosperous life in Israel, the people of Judah were eventually conquered by the Neo-Babylonian army in 587 C.E. This Babylonian victory lead to the deportation of the wealthy and skilled inhabitants. After the Judah Kingdom was destroyed, the remainder of the population were left to roam in the Mediterranean. However, rather than forming a single, large party, the Jews were split into multiple small groups that dispersed into many different areas. However, the religion was not dismantled or destroyed. As Jews migrated, so did their religion. Between each village of Jews and other inhabitants, there was a solid sense of community connection and shared culture. Because Judaism was exclusive to Jews by marriage only, it became extremely exclusive, and highly desirable due to other religious aspects. The dispersion of the Jews formed the basis of the strongest and largest network of Judaism culture.
Rather than including monotheism, the belief in one god, in the roman and greek religions, these worshipers answered to thousands of gods, all of which possessed their own characteristics and abilities. The number of gods in a religion has no relation to it's durability and amount of worshipers, or it's value. In Greco-Roman society, the core values were not centered on religious obedience, but rather in science. Both Romans and Greeks attempted to explain, scientifically and mathematically, how nature operates and how humans are involved in relevance to the rest of the world. Neither Romans or Greeks viewed religion as a way to explain the happenings of the world, most likely because they didn't see religion as a worthy explanation, and because they could never actually obtain an answer that they believed themselves. Scientific, mathematic, and natural proof satisfied the Romans and Greeks to life questions.
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