Creation c. 4004 BC Enoch Taken to Heaven c. 3017 BC The Flood c. 2349­2348 BC Tower of Babel c. 2242 BC Nimrod Founds Babylon c. 2238 BC Mizraim Founds Egypt c. 2188 BC Job’s Life c. 2150 BC Javan Founds Greece c. 2089 BC Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt c. 2100 BC ? Sumerian Civilization ______Sargon ______God Calls Abraham c. 1921 BC (or 1922?) Old Kingdom in Egypt & Great Pyramid Built c. 1900 BC God’s Covenant with Abraham c. 1897 BC? Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed c. 1897 BC? Hagar and Ishmael c. 1897 BC? Isaac Born c. 1896 BC Ice Age Peak 1848 BC Jacob and Esau Born c. 1836 BC First Assyrian Empire c. 1810 BC Shang Dynasty in China ______Babylonian Empire Defeats Assyria c. 1760 BC Middle Kingdom in Egypt _____ Joseph Sold into Slavery c. 1728 BC Famine in Egypt c. 1707­______BC Minoan Civilization Peaks ______Second Intermediate Period in Egypt ______Joseph Dies c. 1635 BC Eruption of Thera c. 1627 BC ? Moses Born c. 1571 BC Code of Hammurabi ______Hyksos (Amalekites) Invasion of Egypt 1405­1018??? The Exodus c. 1491 BC The Ten Commandments c. 1491 BC Joshua Leads Israelites into Promised Land c. 1452 BC Jericho Falls c. 1451 BC Hittite Empire c. 1430 BC Early New Kingdom of Egypt 996 BC­ ______Hatshepsut (Queen of Sheba) visits Solomon 941 BC Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) and Monotheism 824 BC Tutankhamon 802 BC Second Assyrian Empire c. 1364 BC Olmec Civilization Founded in Central America c. 1300 BC Indus Valley Settled: Harappan Civilization c. 1200 BC Troy Destroyed c. 1200 BC Mycenaean Civilization ______Greek Dark Ages 1200­700 BC ?? Phoenician Civilization ______Samson Judges Isreal c. 1157 Book of Ruth c. 1155 Philistines Capture the Ark of God c. 1117 BC Brutus Founds London, England c. 1104 BC Saul Becomes King c. 1095 BC David Becomes King c. 1048 BC Solomon Becomes King c. 1015 BC Sparta Built c. 1000 Mayan Civilization Founded in Central America c. 1000 BC Israel Divided c. 975 BC Elijah Confronts the Prophets of Baal c. 889 BC Civil War of Egypt c. 836 BC Carthage Founded c. 814 BC Jonah Swallowed by Great Fish c. 808 BC Zechariah, Isaiah, and Joel Prophesy in Judah c. 810 BC Jonah, Hosea, and Amos Prophesy in Israel c. 808 BC First Olympics in Greece 776 BC Homer Writes The Iliad and The Odyssey c. 760 BC Rome Founded by Romulus c. 748 BC Israel Conquered by Assyria c. 722 BC (or 721 ?) Sennacherib Flees 709 B.C. Great Dam of Marib Built in Arabia c. 700 BC Isaiah and Micah Prophesy in Judah c. 690 BC Assyria Conquers Babylon c. 680 BC Ashurbanipal Rules Assyria c. 664­627 BC ?? Nahum Prophesies Against Nineveh c. 650 BC Jeremiah and Zephaniah Prophesy in Judah c. 630 BC Aesop Born in Greece c. 620 BC Nineveh Destroyed c. 612 BC Habakkuk Prophesies in Judah c. 609 Nebuchadnezzar Conquers Judah c. 607 BC Babylonian Captivity c. 607­534 BC ? Hanging Gardens of Babylon Built c. 600 BC Ezekiel Prophesies to Exiled Jews c. 595 BC Jerusalem Destroyed by Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar) 588 BC Obadiah Prophesies Against Edom c. 587 Book of Lamentations c. 580 BC Pythagoras Born in Greece c. 570 BC Nebuchadnezzar Goes Mad c. 570­563 BC Buddha (Siddhartha) Born in India c. 563 Darius Becomes King of the Medes c. 560 BC Cyrus the Great 559­525 ?? Daniel and the Lion’s Den c. 560 BC Belshazzar Becomes King of Babylon c. 555 BC Confucius Born in China c. 551 BC Temple of Diana/Artemis Built in Ephesus c. 550 BC Cyrus Defeats Babylon 538 BC Artaxerxes Becomes King of Persia 522 BC Haggai and Zechariah Call Israel to Repentance 520 BC Ahasuerus (Darius) Becomes King of Persia ______Esther Becomes Queen 515 BC Temple Rebuilt 515 BC Esther Saves the Israelites 510 BC Founding of Roman Republic 510 BC Battle of Marathon 490 BC Xerxes Becomes King of Persia & Wars Against Greece 485 Ezra Obtains Permission to Resettle Jerusalem 467 BC Statue of Zeus Built in Olympia 457 BC Nehemiah Serves as Cupbearer to Artaxerxes 454 BC Parthenon Completed 432 BC Death of Pericles 429 BC Peloponnesian Wars 431­404 BC Beginning of 400 “Silent Years” of OT 416 BC Trial and Death of Socrates 399 BC Rome Sacked by Gauls 390 BC Plato Founds Academy 385 BC Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Built in modern Turkey c. 350 BC Aristotle Founds Lyceum 335 BC Alexander the Great Reigns Over Greece 336­323 BC or 331 BC? Alexander the Great Conquers Egypt 332 BC Mauryan Empire in India 321­233 BC Archimedes the Inventor Born in Greece 287 BC Colossus of Rhodes Built in Greece 280 BC Septuagint Translated 277 BC Pharos Lighthouse Built in Alexandria, Egypt c. 270 BC Punic Wars 264­146 BC Qin Zheng Unifies China 230 BC Great Wall of China Built 220­206 BC ? Hannibal of Carthage Attacks Rome in Second Punic War 218­202 BC Greeks Capture Jerusalem and Ransack the Temple 170 BC Judas Maccabeus and His Brothers Retake the Temple and Jerusalem 165 BC Roman Empire Conquers Greece 146 BC Anna Begins Prayer and Fasting at the Temple 88 BC Julius Caesar Becomes Praetor of Asia 81 BC Romans Attack Jerusalem and Take the Temple 64 BC Julius Caesar Invades Britain 55 BC Roman Civil War: Julius Caesar Defeats Pompey 49­45 BC Caesar and Cleopatra 48 BC Julius Caesar Becomes Dictator of the Roman Empire 45 BC Julius Caesar Stabbed on the Ides of March 44 BC Octavius is Consul of Rome 43­27 BC Egypt Falls to Rome (Octavius Defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra) 30 BC Caesar Augustus (Octavius) Becomes First Emperor of Rome 27 BC Herod Begins to Rebuild the Temple 19 BC (17 BC?) John the Baptist Born 5 BC Jesus Born c. 5­4 BC