<p> Precept Upon Precept Daniel, Pt 2 Events of Interest Around the World BC 7</p><p>ASSYRIA Sennacherib King Sennacherib’s mountain climbing is first mention of “Alpine Sports” 0 0</p><p>Assyria develops water clocks </p><p>Assyria’s famous library, >22,000 clay tablets (history, medicine, </p><p> astronomy, astrology, astronomy) </p><p>Pharaoh Nechos (Egypt) starts canal bet. Nile & Red Sea </p><p> orders first circumnavigation of Africa from Red Sea </p><p>6</p><p>BABYLON Nebuchadnezzar 605 Jerusalem falls to Babylon (Daniel taken captive) 0 0</p><p>Neb. builds Hanging Gardens, traverses the Euphrates below the river bed </p><p>Babylon: First use of colored glazed bricks (blue) on Ishtar portals </p><p>Babylonian astronomers dev calendar of 12 months, banking practices </p><p>Acropolis (Athens) is begun </p><p>Temple of Artemis (Ephesus-Turkey) </p><p>Temple of Apollo (Corinth) </p><p>Aesop Fables, Papyrus introduced to Greece </p><p>581-497 Pythagoras: geometry, introduces the musical octave </p><p>Sun dial used in Greece, China </p><p>Greek philosophers develop theory of earth floating free in sky </p><p>Greek scientist taught that all life develops from amphibians </p><p>Greek anatomist discov diff bet veins, arteries, connect bet brain, senses </p><p>Romans adopt arched ceilings from Etruscans </p><p>Romans: first stone bridge </p><p>551-479 Confucius (China) </p><p>521 Buddha </p><p>Zoroaster (god of Light, god of Dark) </p><p>5</p><p>Mayan civilization (Mexico) 0 0</p><p>500 Indian surgeon performs cataract operations </p><p>India constructs dams </p><p>Cyrus the Great 439 Cyrus the Great takes Babylon </p><p>MEDO- </p><p>Introduces regular courier service by horseback (pony express) </p><p>PERSIA </p><p>Persians wear tight fitting leather clothes </p><p>First coin with picture of ruler </p><p>Xerxes I 485 Queen Esther </p><p>485-424 Herodotus, Father of History </p><p>462 Soldiers & judges (Athens) receive regular salaries </p><p>Greece: Ball games, Carrier Pigeons, Trumpet competitions </p><p>Greece-2M citizens:1M slaves, Athens-50K citizens: 100K slaves </p><p>470-399 Socrates </p><p>440 Hippocrates, Father of Medicine </p><p>427-347 Plato </p><p>384-322 Aristotle, teacher of Alexander the Great, </p><p>340 Aristotle lays foundations of musical theory 4 0</p><p>0 Indian Empire begins</p><p>Alexander 336 Alexander defeats Darius III of Medo-Persian Empire </p><p>GREECE </p><p> the Great 330 Alexander orders his admiral to explore Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, </p><p>Euprates Greek explorer reaches Britain </p><p>323 Principles of Euclidian Geometry </p><p>312 Construction begins on Appian Way (Italy) </p><p>307 Alexandria (Egypt) is center of Greek learning </p><p>Jews develop trading centers in Egypt </p><p>3 0 0</p><p>300 Sun temple built at Teotihuacan (Mexico) </p><p>Romans & Greeks: play ball games, board games, dice </p><p>275 Colossus of Rhodes completed (destroyed by EQ 40 yrs later) </p><p>275 Lighthouse of Alexandria completed </p><p>264 First public combats of gladiators in Rome </p><p>276-194 Eratosthenes suggests that the earth moves around the sun, </p><p> estimates earth’s circumference (fairly accurate) </p><p>255 Jews write Septuagint (Old Testament in Greek) </p><p>218 Hannibal crosses the Alps </p><p>215 Great Wall of China built to keep out invaders (1,400 mi long) </p><p>Unification of Chinese weights, measures </p><p>2</p><p>200 Rosetta Stone engraved 0 0</p><p>200 Use of gears leads to invention of ox-driven water wheel for irrigation </p><p>170 First paved streets appear in Rome </p><p>Antiochus </p><p>167 Maccabean Revolt…Miracle of First Hanukkah! Epiphanes </p><p>Macedonians sold as slaves in Rome: males $50-75, females $1,000 </p><p>Empire of 147 Romans control Greece </p><p>ROME </p><p>7 Provinces 1 0</p><p>100 First Chinese ships reach east coast of India 0 82 Oldest extant amphitheater erected at Pompeii 71 Revolt of slaves under Spartacus 70-19 Virgil, Roman poet 65-8 Horace, Roman poet 63- 14 Augustus Caesar 63 Former slave of Cicero invents system of shorthand 62 Founding of Florence 50 earliest form of oboe (Rome) 47 Herod appointed governor of Galilee 46 Julian calendar: 365.25 days, leap year 42 Brutus & Cassius defeated, commit suicide 40 Herod appointed King of Judea 31 Mark Antony & Cleopatra defeated, commit suicide 4 Birth of Jesus Christ (after adjustment of calendar)</p><p>From The Timetables of History by Bernard Grun</p>