In India during the classical era, Indo-European Aryan introduced Hinduism to the natives which started social disparity and patriarchy. In response to this Siddhartha Gautama founded a new religion that was more equalitarian called Buddhism. While in Mediterranean and Middle east the Jewish were being exiled and killed, they started a new religion called Christianity in response. They believed that a Messiah would come and save them from the cruel injustice they were facing. Both of these religions ended up expanding and taking over Europe, Asia, and the middle east. Christianity was spread by missionaries and merchants through the silk road and Buddhism was spread by monks and merchants using the Indian Ocean trade but both of them also have
