Judaism

“The association of monotheism with Judaism was further developed with the codification of the Hebrew Scriptures, which also showed reflected the influence of Mesopotamian cultural and legal traditions. The Assyrian, Babylonian and Roman empires conquered various Jewish states at different points in time. These conquests contributed to the growth of Jewish diasporic communities around the Mediterranean and Middle East.” And “The core ideas in Greco-Roman philosophy and science emphasized logic, empirical observation and the nature of political power and hierarchy.”

      As the story of the scriptures came to be, the Mesopotamian systems began to change as well. The Old Testament began to collect the Israelites' history and formulate the history. This caused dispute among many people and they began to build religious systems around it, including the belief in one god, Yahweh. This was the beginning of monotheism, the belief in one god. The conflict between old religions and new began to arise as many Israelites were interested in new religion. The two Israel kingdoms fought and the north was victorious in forcing the losers to migrate to the east. This would soon mark the real start of the Jewish faith as when offered a position back centuries later, the large populace would decline, and only a few would make the trek back to Judah to rebuild and edit the Hebrew Bible. The Jews would begin to foster a sense of community in their isolation.