Question by Bill: Is there a good book which describes the evolution of religion/philosophy/thought throughout history?
From as early as Mesopotamia to the present age. I am looking for something uniformly organized and detailed.

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Answer by asavanu
Some 100-level (introductory) courses in departments like Modern Languages or Comparative Literature look at the history of western civilizations through a study of myths, birth of religions and development of major philosophical schools/ideas. Most of such courses and books touch upon, though briefly so, other civilizations and regions as well, usually to provide a background on their influence on Greek culture. Best is to google for their course readings and check out amazon for the reviews of those books.

I would also suggest checking Etienne Gilson’s classic “God and Philosophy” though it is more of a philosophy book than history, and starts with the Greeks.

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