Evaluate the extent to which religious belief shaped societies before 1200 CE

Before 1200 CE, religious belief had a huge impact on societies and how they functioned.

Explanation:

Religious belief has most probably occurred as early as the appearance of modern-day humans. Throughout human history, it has had a huge influence on societies and how they function. This was simply due to the fact that humans had very limited knowledge so religion was used to explain things, as well as to justify certain actions.

t Religion had such a stronghold until 1200 CE, and since then its influence has been gradually declining. Religion had such a big influence on societies that very often the religious authorities were even more powerful than the political figures, or they were the same. The influence was not just seen in public, but also in the private lives of the people, and unfortunately, often it has been abused to have full control of the people and their actions and punish or even kill the ones that dared to do things differently.