Theme

Religion

Faiths, myths, and the sacred traditions shaping civilisations across millennia.

Figures of Religion33

Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

c. 563–483 BCE

Religious teacher · Founder of Buddhism

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Mansa Musa

c. 1280–1337 CE

Mansa of Mali · Pilgrim · Builder of Timbuktu

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Ashoka the Great

c. 304–232 BCE

Mauryan Emperor · The Conqueror Who Wept

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Rumi

1207–1273 CE

Sufi Mystic · Poet · Founder of the Mevlevi Order

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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

980–1037 CE

Polymath · Physician · Philosopher

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Martin Luther

1483–1546 CE

Theologian · Reformer · Translator

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Mother Teresa

1910–1997 CE

Catholic Nun · Founder of the Missionaries of Charity

Cyrus the Great

c. 600–530 BCE

Achaemenid King · Founder of the Persian Empire

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Sitting Bull

c. 1831–1890 CE

Hunkpapa Lakota Holy Man · War Chief

Leo Tolstoy

1828–1910 CE

Novelist · Moral Philosopher · Christian Anarchist

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Wu Zetian

624–705 CE

Empress Regnant · Founder of the Zhou Dynasty

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Joan of Arc

c. 1412–1431 CE

Peasant · Visionary · Military Commander · Saint

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