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===Impact of Universal Religions===
[[File:12001510673 e6ab7c17d3 b.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px350px|Figure 2. The closure of ancient temples by Justinian, such as the temple of Philae in Egypt, led to the ultimate death of the ancient polytheistic religions and related knowledge. ]]
The impact was more than the disappearance of the old religions. Many traditions that were associated with worship began to diminish or cease all together. For instance, observations of the planets and stars became less relevant as the positioning of the starts and planets were not important in the worship of universal faiths. Old languages such as ancient Egyptian and Akkadian finally disappeared, which led to possible loss of knowledge these ancient languages possessed. Other changes though were more related to what universal religions achieved, which is a lessening of ethnic and cultural differences prevalent before and greater cohesion between multiple social groups.
