Who can be credited with inventing God? Was it the Persians,

>>1575997
But God created those peoples.

>>1575997
Are you asking who gave birth to organized religion? Because even the religions of all the major early civilizations can be traced back into the Neolithic and probably even Paleolithic times. Religion of some sort or another has probably been around as long as we as humans have been able to contemplate our place in the world and the purpose of our existence. People didn't just all of a sudden decide to start worshipping gods once they settled down and built cities. Just look at Gobekli Tepi, that site proves that temples and places of worship were around long before the first cities.

>>1575997
gods were an attempt to personify natural forces in explanations and philosophies.

Monothiesm came from 'my favorite god is better than your favorite god' getting picked up by authoritarian states to convince themselves they were 'the one good' and everyone who disagrees is 'evil'.