\”ACTIVITY: History of the World\’s Religions 30,000-2,000 years ago\” 30,000 BCE – Shamanism is the earliest form of religion. It is based on the belief that everything in the universe is connected and

30,000 BCE – Shamanism is the earliest form of religion. It is based on the belief that everything in the universe is connected and that an unseen world of spirits can be accessed through trance or altered states of consciousness.