Groups the spreadevent entries documenting Manichaeism's unusually wide historical spread from its third century Persian origin under Mani, west into the Roman Empire and North Africa and east along the Silk Road into Central Asia and China, before its eventual near-total extinction. Belongs here: any event marking Manichaeism's geographic expansion, state adoption or suppression in a new region. Does not belong here: its own founding and doctrinal-formation events; the spread events of any other tradition.
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1. Wikipedia: Manichaeism
Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, 2026Wikipedia Manichaeism, lead section, cultural-origin statement (attrfill5)
was a major world religion founded in the third century CE by the Parthian Iranian prophet Mani (216-274) in the Sasanian Empire.
Wikipedia Manichaeism, lead section, era statement (attrfill5)
was a major world religion founded in the third century CE by the Parthian Iranian prophet Mani (216-274) in the Sasanian Empire.
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