The destruction of the Temple and the devastation of Judea paradoxically strengthened the Diaspora Jewish communities — they had already developed synagogue-centered, Torah-focused religious life that didn’t depend on Temple sacrifice. The Babylon community (established since 597 BC), the Alexandria community (the largest single Jewish population in the world at that time), and Jewish communities throughout the Roman Empire continued without fundamental disruption. The Diaspora communities also absorbed refugees from Judea. The institutional forms they had developed — synagogue, prayer, Torah reading, communal charity — become the template for all subsequent Judaism.