They were the first group in the middle east to practice monotheism (or at least monolatry, which is an early form of monotheism).
the hebrews
The traditional by Judaism, Christianity and Islam is that monotheism has existed since the time of creation. However, many scholars say that Judaic monotheism is of quite late origin. Given that Zoroastrianism is likely to be the earliest essentially monotheistic religion, then monotheism began when Zoroastrianism was founded - somewhere around 1700 BCE to perhaps 2000 BCE.
Athens, in Greece, has been known to be the very first city to practice democracy.
Your question is incomplete. Monotheism means belief in only one god (ex: Christianity) while polytheism means belief in more than one god (ex: ancient Greek).ANSWER 2:Assuming the question to be Where did monotheism begin?...All of the world's major religions began in the East. Hinduism, the oldest known religion (since the written word), began in India and is the first recognized religion to teach of a lone Creator God (Vishnu).
They were the first group in the middle east to practice monotheism (or at least monolatry, which is an early form of monotheism).
the hebrews
It was the first religion to preach uncompromising monotheism.
Urmonotheismus (German for "primeval monotheism") or primitive monotheism is the hypothesis of a monotheistic Urreligion, from which non-monotheistic religions degenerated and is supported by a number of scholars. Judeo-Christian scripture supports this view. Evolutionary biologists argue for Judeo-Christian scriptures as mythology so dismiss them out-of-hand. They argue preanimism, then animism, totemism, polytheism and finally monotheism developed based on the archeolological evidence; however, the physical evidence does not "prove" that the first modern humans were not monotheists... it's just their best guess after dismissing ancient manuscripts that assert it as myth.
The Zoroastrians in ancient Persia are considered one of the first groups to adopt monotheism, with their belief in Ahura Mazda as the supreme deity.
Persia did not have a monotheistic religion. Zoroastrianism had two gods - Ahura Mazda and his adversary Aura Mainyu.
Legalist were the first to put there ideas into practice throughout ancient china
Ancient Athens
The animisim came first, then the polytheism and then the monotheism
Legalist were the first to put there ideas into practice throughout ancient china
The traditional by Judaism, Christianity and Islam is that monotheism has existed since the time of creation. However, many scholars say that Judaic monotheism is of quite late origin. Given that Zoroastrianism is likely to be the earliest essentially monotheistic religion, then monotheism began when Zoroastrianism was founded - somewhere around 1700 BCE to perhaps 2000 BCE.
Henry More first used the word monotheism in a work published in 1660.