| Mesopotamia |
Canaan |
Egypt |
Mediterranean |
| Sumerians
Early Dynastic I 2900 BC after the great flood, Sumerian
King List, Adam
Genesis 5, Writing begins |
Early Bronze Age 3200-2200
BC Jericho-oldest
city in the world |
Dynasty
0-2 |
Early Minoan I-III,
Crete |
| Sumerians-Early
Dynastic II |
|
Old Kingdom
Pyramid
Builders 2686-2181 Dynasty 3-6 |
|
| |
|
Sanakhte - 2686-2668 |
|
| |
|
Djoser 2686-2649
Step
Pyramid Vizier Imhotep |
|
| Early Dynastic III |
|
Khufu 2589-2566 The
Great Pyramid Hemon the master builder |
|
| |
|
Djedefre - 2566-2558 |
|
| |
|
Khafre - 2558-2532 Great
Sphinx 2nd Pyramid of Giza built |
|
| |
|
Menkaure - 2532-2504 Third
Pyramid of Giza built |
|
| |
|
Shepseskaf |
|
| Akkadian
Empire Sargon
the Great 2334-2279 BC |
Middle Bronze Age 2000-1500 |
Dynasty 5 Unas 2375-2345
The Pyramid Texts, Book
of the Dead, His
pyramid |
|
| Ur
III Dynasty 2100 BC-2004BC |
Patriarchal Period Genesis
12-36 |
First
Intermediate Period 2181-2040 Dynasty 7-10 |
|
| Isin-Larsa
Period 2025 BC
Mari Tablets |
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob |
The
Middle Kingdom 2040-1782 BC Dynasty 11-12, Coffin & Execration
Texts |
Middle Minoan I-III 2000-1500 |
| First
Dynasty of Babylon 1894 BC- 1300 BC Hammurabi
1792-1750 BC |
Joseph taken to Egypt and
rises to power during the Hyksos |
Second Intermediate Period
1782-1570 Dynasty 13-17 |
Amorites |
| Kassite
Dynasty 1570-1157 Nuzi Tablets- Hurrians |
Exodus from Egypt when
Hyksos are exspelled |
Dynasty 15-16 Hyksos |
Eruption of Thera Atlantis
sinks 1633 |
| Old and Middle Assyrian
Periods |
Late Bronze Age 1500-1200
BC |
New Kingdom Dynasty 18-20
1570-1070 BC |
Late
Minoan I-III |
| |
Conquering Canaan-Joshua |
Ahmose I exspell the Hyksos |
Mycenaen |
| |
Judges
Deborah
|
Tuthmosis III invades Canaan |
New
Hittite Empire 1450-1200 The
Hittites |
| Ashur-uballit I 1365-1330 |
Ehud |
Akhenaten 1350-1334 BC
Tel Armana Letters |
Suppiluliumas I 1380-1336 |
| Adad-nirari I 1307-1275 |
Gideon |
Dynasty 19 1293-1185 |
|
| Salmanasar I 1274-1245 |
Samson |
Ramesses II the Great 1304-1237 |
Muwatallis 1309-1287 Battle
of Kadesh 1300 Treaty 1286 |
| Tukulti-Nimurta I 1244-1208 |
The
Iron Age begins 1200 Dan |
Merneptah 1212-1202 BC
invades Canaan |
Phygians and Gasgas destroy
Hittite empire 1200 |
| Tiglathpileser
I 1115-1077 |
The United Kingdom
Saul |
Dynasty 20 1185-1070 BC |
Sea
People invade Egypt Philistines |
| |
David 1010-970 |
Third Intermediate Period
1069-525 |
Geometric Period of Greece |
| |
Solomon 970-930 Temple
Built |
Sheshonq I 945-924 BC invades
Israel takes Temple treasures, Ark? II Kings 14:26 |
|
| Neo-Assyrian Empire 911-609 |
930 Divided Kingdom Israel in Blue,
Judah in Red |
Osorkon I 924-889 |
Homer 750? First Olympic
Games 776 |
| Adad-nirari II 911-891 |
Rehoboam 930- 913,
Jeroboam I, 930-909. |
|
|
| Ashurnasirpal
II 883-859 |
Asa 910-869,
Baasha 908- 886, Omri 885- 874. |
Takelot I 889- 874. |
Ben-Hadad I 880-841 |
| Shalmaneser III Black
Obelisk 858-824 |
Jehoshaphat 872- 848,
Jehoram 853- 841. Obadiah?
Elijah 875-848,
Ahab 874-853, Joram 852-841. Elisha
848-797 |
Osorkon II 874-850. Tarkelot
II 850 -825. |
Mesha Stele or Moabite
Stone 2 Kings 3:4. Hazael 841-806 |
| |
Battle
of Qarqar 853 |
|
|
| Shamshi-Adad V 823-811 |
Athaliah 841- 835,
Joash 835- 796. Jehu 841- 814 |
Sheshonq III 825-773. |
Ben-Hadad II 806- |
| Adad-nirari III 810-783. |
Azariah (Uzziah) 792-740,
Jeroboam II 793-753 |
|
|
| Shalmaneser IV 783-773.
Jonah preaches in Nineveh 785- 775. |
|
|
|
| Ashur-dan III 772-755 |
Amos 760-750 |
Pami 773-767 |
|
| Ashur-nirari V 754-745 |
Jotham 750- 735, Menahem
752- 742, Pekah 752 -732. Hosea 750-715 |
Sheshonq V 767-730 |
|
| Tiglathpileser III 744-727
Conquest of Damascus 732 |
Ahaz 735-715. |
Osorkon IV 730-715 |
Razin 740-732 Damascus
conquered |
| Shalmaneser V 726-722 |
Hoshea 732-722 |
Dynasty 25 Nubian/Kush
Piankhi 747- 716 |
Neo-Hittite & Aramaeam
Kingdoms become part of Assyria 747-704 |
| Sargon II 721-705 |
Israel taken captive by Assyria 722 BC Ten
Lost Tribes |
Shabaka 716- 702 |
Greek Archaic Period |
| |
Hezekiah 715-686. Jerusalem
spared |
Shebitku 702- 690 |
Etruscans |
| Sennacherib
704-681 BC |
See Isaiah 38, II
Kings19:9, Isaiah 740- 681 |
Taharqa 690-664 BC |
Herodotus II:141 |
| Esarhaddon 680-669 BC |
Manasseh 687-642 |
Tanutamun 664-656 |
|
| Ashurbanipal
668-627 Great
Library-22,000 clay tablets, Flood
story found |
Josiah 640-609
Nahum 3:8 |
Thebes sacked 663 |
|
| Nineveh
falls 612 |
Nahum foretells Nineveh's fall. |
Dynasty 26 at Saite 664-525
Psamtik I 664-610 |
First Coins struck in Lydia
in 625 |
| Neo-Babylonian Empire (Chaldaean
Dynasty) Nabopolassar 625-605 BC |
Jehoiakim 609- 598.
Ezekiel in Babylon 605? Jeremiah warns Battle of Karkemish |
Nekau (Neco) 610-595.
2 Kings 23:33 Jehoahaz is replaced by Jehoiakim |
|
| Nebuchadrezzar II
604-562 BC takes Jerusalem Tyre falls 573, Ishtar
Gate |
Zedekiah
597- 586. Jerusalem falls 586 Jeremiah - Lamentations Lachish Letters |
Psamtik II - 595-589 BC
supports Zedekiah's revolt |
|
| Nabonidus 550 City
of Babylon |
Daniel
in Babylon |
Wahibre (Apries) 589-570
BC |
|
| Persian Empire Cyrus the
Great conquers Babylon 539 BC |
Jews allowed to return
to Jerusalem Zerubbabel 538 BC |
Ahmose II - 570-526 BC
kills Apries (Herodotus) |
Classical Greek.
Golden Age of writting |
| Cambyses II 530-522 BC |
|
Psamtik III - 526-525 BC
conquered by Persia. Fall of Thebes in 525 BC |
Plato, Aristotle |
| Darius I 522-486 |
Prophets exhort to rebuild
temple Haggai 520BC Zacheriah |
Persians rule Egypt |
|
| Xerxes I 485-465 |
Esther becomes Queen |
|
|
| Artaxerxes I 464-424 |
Ezra 458 BC Nehemiah cupbearer,
restores Jerusalem's walls. 432 BC Malachi 440- 430 |
Elephantine- Jews build
Temple Elephantine papyri |
Peloponnesian War 431-404
BC War with Athens and Sparta. Sparta won. see |
| Darius II 423-405 |
Intertestamental Period |
|
Thucydides |
| Artaxerxes II 405-359 |
Apocrypha |
|
|
| |
Tobit - taken captive 722
BC Judith - time of Manasseh |
|
Philip of Macedonia 359-337
BC |
| |
|
|
Alexander the Great 336-323
BC |
| Seleucos I 305-281 BC
SELEUCIDS |
Great Wall of China first
built about 300 BC |
Ptolemy I - 305-282 BC |
Hellenistic Period |
| Antiochos I 281-260 BC |
Pseudepigrapha Letter of Aristeas |
Ptolemy II (Philadelphus)
285-247 BC LXX |
Koine Greek |
| Antiochos II 260-246 |
Book of Jubilees |
|
Roman Republic |
| Seleucos II 245-226 |
Enoch I |
Ptolemy III - 246-222 BC |
Punic Wars Carthage |
| Antiochos III 222-187 BC |
|
Ptolemy IV - 222-205 BC |
Hannibal 218 invades Italy |
| |
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs |
Ptolemy V - 205-180 BC
Rosetta Stone |
|
| Antiochus IV |
Maccebean Revolt 167 BC
Hasmonean Dynasty, Book of Maccebees. Aristobulus |
Ptolemy VI - 180-164, 163-145
Ptolemy VII - 145 BC |
Parthian Period Arsacid
Mithridates I 171-138 conquers Babylon 144 |
| Demetrios I 162-150 |
Sibyline Oracles Book 3
163-45 |
Ptolemy VIII - 170-163,
145-116 BC |
Artabanus II 128-124 |
| Demetrios II 145-126 |
Dead
Sea Scrolls-Qumram |
Ptolemy IX - 116-107, 88-80
BC |
Mithridates II 123-88 |
| Antiochos VIII 126-96 |
|
Ptolemy X - 110-88 BC |
|
| Antiochos XIII 69-65 |
|
Ptolemy XI - 80 BC |
Orodes I 80-76 |
| Pompey conquers Antioch
64 BC |
Rome
conquers Palestine 63 |
Ptolemy XII - 80-58, 55-51
BC |
Phraates III 70-57 |
| Parthian Period continues
Orodes II 57-37 |
Han Dynasty in China |
Queen Berenice IV - 58-55
BC |
Julius Caesar |
| Phraates IV
37-2 BC |
King Herod 37-4 BC Temple
built |
Queen Cleopatra VII - 51-30
BC |
Julius Caesar 49 BC killed
in 44 BC |
| Scholars think the wisemen
came from his empire which controlled Babylon |
Jesus is Born 7BC? Conjunction
of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mar. |
Battle of Actium Mark Anthony
retreats to Egypt |
Rome conquers Egypt. Augustus
rules 31BC-14AD |
| Artabanus III 11-38 AD |
Jesus' ministry 29-33 AD |
Egypt becomes property
of Rome |
Tiberius
Caesar 14-37 AD |
| |
Church Age Book of Acts |
Day of Pentecost, Stephen stoned |
Caligula
(Gaius)Caesar 37-41 AD |
| Vologazes I 51-78 |
Paul's Missionary trips |
Spread of the Gospel |
Claudius
Caesar 41-54 AD |
| |
Paul beheaded First persecution
of Christians Tacitus, Annals 15:44 |
Peter crucified upside down |
Nero Caesar
54-68 AD |
| |
Great Tribulation |
|
Galba 68-69 |
| |
Book
of Revelation |
|
Otho 69 |
| |
|
|
Vitellius |
| |
Fall
of Jerusalem 70 AD |
|
Vespasian 69-79 |
| Pacorus II
78-115 |
Masada taken 74 AD |
Eruption of Vesuvius 79 Pompeii buried |
Titus 79-81 |
| |
Clement of Rome |
|
Domitian 81-96 |
| |
|
|
Nerva 96-98 |
| Osroes 109-128 Traian
takes Ctesiphon |
Ignatius of Antioch 110-15 |
|
Trajan 98-117 |
| Mithridates IV 128-147 |
|
|
Hadrian 117-138 |
| Vologazes III 148-192 |
Polycarp's martyrdom, Justin
Martyr, Marcion |
Justin Martyr Apology I, II Dialogue with
Trypho |
Antoninus Pius 138-161 |
| |
Montanus 172 Tertullian |
|
Marcus Aurelius 161-180
and Lucius Verus 161-169 |
| |
|
|
Commodus 180-192 |
| Vologazes IV 192-207 |
|
|
Civil War 193 Pertinax,
Didius Julianus |
| Artabanus V 208-226 |
|
|
Severan Dynasty Septimius
Severus 193- 211, Geta |
| |
|
|
Caracalla 211-217 |
| |
|
|
Macrinus 217-218 |
| |
|
|
Elagabalus 218-222 |
| |
|
|
Alexander Severus 222-
235 |
| |
|
|
Time of Chaos |
| Sassanian Period
Sassanids |
Origen 185-254 Hexapla,
First Principles, Against Celsus |
|
Maximinus Thrax 235- 238 |
| |
|
|
Gordian I, Gordian II,
Pupienus, Balbinus 238 |
| |
|
|
Gordian III 238-2444 |
| |
|
|
Philip the Arab 244-249 |
| |
|
|
Decius 249-251 |
| |
|
|
Trebonianus Gallus 251-253,
Aemilius Aemilianus 253 |
| |
|
|
Valerian 253- 260 |
| |
|
|
Gallienus 253-268 |
| |
|
|
Claudius II 268-270 Quintillus
270 |
| |
|
|
Aurelian 270-275 |
| |
|
|
Tacitus 275-276, Florianus
276 |
| |
|
|
Probus 276- 282 |
| |
|
|
Carus 282-283 |
| |
|
|
Numerian 283-284 |
| |
|
|
Carinus 283-285 |
| Ardeshir I 224- 241.
Conquers Mesopotamia in 226. Destroys Hatra in 240 |
Tertullian joins Montanists
in 207. Writes Apology and Against Maricon |
Novatian |
Gallic Empire 260-274 Postumus
260 -269, Marius |
| |
|
|
Victorinus 268-271 |
| |
|
|
Tetricus 271- 274 |
| Shapur I 241- 272, Bahram
II 276-293, Narses 293-302 |
Most severe persecution
of Christians |
|
Restored Empire Diocletian
284-305 |
| Sharpur II
309-379 |
|
|
Maximian 286-305, 307-308 |
| |
|
|
Costantius I 305-306 |
| |
|
|
Galerius 305-311 |
| |
|
|
Severus II 306-7 |
| |
|
|
Maxentius 306-312 |
| |
|
|
Maximinus Daia 310-313 |
| |
Edit of Milan Christianity
is legal 313 AD |
|
Constantine the Great 307-337 |
| |
Counsel of Nica 325 |
Donatus bishop of Carthage |
Political Union of church/state |
| |
Eusebius of Caesarea |
|
Constantius II 337-361 |
| |
|
|
Julian the Apostate |
| |
Basil the Great |
|
Jovian 363-4 |
| |
Ambrose of Milan 374 |
|
House of Valentinian Valentinian
I 364-375 |
| |
Council of Constantinople
381 |
Theodosius, Eastern Empire 379 |
Gratian 367- 383 |
| |
Jerome 383-405 Vulgate
Bible 23 years to do |
John Chrysostom 398-403 Constantinople |
Valentinian II 375-392 |
| |
Cyril of Alexandria |
Augustine of Hippo 396 Confessions, City
of God |
Eugenius 392-394 |
| Black Huns invade Europe |
American Eastern Woodland
Mound builders |
Visigoth Alaric sacks Rome 410 |
Theodosian Dynasty Honorius
395-423 |
| Leo the Great Bishop of
Rome 440 |
Adena, Hopewell, and Anasazi |
Vandals conquer North Africa 429-439 Augustine
died when Vandals besieged Hippo in 430 |
Johannes 423-425 |
| St. Patrick Ireland |
Nestorius 428 |
Vandal Gaeseric sacks Rome 455 |
Valentianian III 425-455 |
| Attila the Hun died 453.
Huns retreat |
Council of Chalcedon 451 |
|
Rome falls in 476 AD |
| Middle |
Ages or |
Dark |
Ages |
| West - Roman Catholic |
Middle East |
Eastern Empire |
Important Inventions or
Events |
| Rise of Papal Power |
|
Byzantine Empire 395-1453 |
Mayan Classical Period |
| |
Rise
of Islam |
|
Moche culture |
| Frankish Kingdom 482- 814 |
Mohammed
610 visions |
Coptic Period in Egypt |
Nazca culture |
| |
622
Hijra |
|
|
| |
630
Mecca taken |
|
|
| |
632
he dies |
|
|
| Charles Martel |
Caliphs
rule |
|
|
| Battle of Poitiers in 732 |
Holy
Wars |
|
|
| Holy Roman Empire 814 |
Sunnis-Caliphs |
|
|
| Charlemagne |
Shi'is-
Ali, son-in-law |
|
Vikings invade 800-900 |
| 1054 Church splits East-West |
William the Conqueror,
king of England |
German Empire 962- 1250,
Otto I |
Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Crusades |
|
Genghis
Khan |
|
| |
Marco Polo 1271-1295 Kublai
Khan |
Mongol
Empire 1206- 1405 |
Euroasia trade Genoese,
silk road |
| |
|
|
Renaissance |
| Erasmus Greek NT |
|
Fall of Constantinople
in 1453 to the Turks |
1448 Printing Press-Bible
Gutenberg |
| Wycliff- the morning star
of the reformation |
The Mameluke Empire Egypt,
Palestine |
Ottoman Empire 1301-1520 |
|
| Age |
of |
Exploration |
1492- |
| Prince
Henry the Navigator 1460 coast of Africa |
Columbus
discovers America 1492 |
Portugal
Vasco de Gama -1497 around Africa to India |
Spanish
Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean 1513 |
| Protestant |
Reformation |
|
|
| Roman Catholic |
Protestants |
Explorers |
America |
| |
Reformation
Martin Luther 95 theses 1517 |
1519-22 Magellan 1st trip
around the world |
Cortez conquers Aztecs
1519- |
| |
John Calvin in Geneva |
|
Pizarro 1532 conquers Inca
empire |
| |
John Cranmer Church of
England |
Drake 1578 |
Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 |
| Counter Reformation |
Zwingli at Zurich |
Cook 1776-79 |
Ch'ing Dynasty 1644-1910
Manchus |
| Inquisition |
John Knox in Scotland 1560 |
Copernius Heliocentric |
Mughal Empire - India 1523-1707 |
| Counsel of Trent 1545-47 |
Pilgrim's Progress John
Bunyan |
Galileo 1609 telescope |
British rule of India 1805- |
| 1618-48 Thiry Years War
Catholic vs. Protestants |
Puritans & Separatist |
Hudson 1610 |
Mayflower Pilgrims 1620 |
| |
|
|
French & Indian War
1754-63 |
| Industrial |
Revolution |
1750-1850 |
Steam
engine |
| 1807 Robert Fulton stream
boat |
1804 train |
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 |
Revolutionary War |
| Darwin Origin of the
Species 1859 |
Modern Missionary Movement 1792 Carey |
Revival Camp Meetings 1803 |
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Lewis & Clark Expedition |
| 1837 Henry Rawlinson deciphers
Accadian |
Rosetta Stone discovered 1799. 1822 deciphered
by Champollion |
Napoleon 1799-1814 |
War of 1812 |
| Karl Marx |
|
|
|
| Miller 1845 |
Revival Prayer Meetings 1857 |
Sunday School |
Civil War 1861 |
| Bessemer steel 1856 |
Ford's model T 1896 |
1859 oil well drilling |
1826 photos 1884 Photo
film Eastman 1895 motion pictures |
| Michael Fairday |
Edison |
telegraph 1837 Morse |
Telephone Bell 1876 |
| Dinosauria |
George Smith Flood story 1872 |
Cuneiform Nineveh 1849
by Layard |
Bone Wars |
| 1880-1926 Petrie
in Egypt |
1887 Nippur U of PA Sumerian |
|
|
| Jehovah Witnesses |
|
|
World War I 1914 |
| 1903 airplane |
1906 Radio |
1923 TV |
1929 Stock Market crash |
| Prohibition |
Billy Sunday |
Gobi Desert Anderson |
Freud |
| 1922 Howard Carter King
Tut treasures |
|
1928 Hubble's Expanding
universe |
|
| 1926 Goddard first rocket |
1936 Jet engine |
1937 Radio telescope |
1935 RADAR |
| Einstein's Theories 1916 |
Wooley - Ur Albright |
1929 Ugaritic tablets found |
Great Depression |
| Bonhoffer |
Musselene |
Hitler |
World War II |
| 1945 Nuclear Age Atomic
bomb |
Dead Sea Scrolls 1947 Israel
nation 1948 |
World Counsel of Churches
48 |
Korean War |
| 1946 Computer Eckert and
Mauchly |
1948 Transistor |
Billy Graham |
Space Age Spunik I 1957 |
| Prayer out of School |
God is Dead |
1965 Cosmic Background
Radiation, Penzias-Wilson |
Kennedy
killed 1963 |
| Children of God |
Hippies, drugs, rock music |
Martin Luther King |
Viet Nam War |
| |
|
|
1969 USA lands on moon |
| Viking Mars lander |
Ebla tablets discovered
|
Viet Nam war ends 73 |
Nixon resigns |
| Voyager |
Tribulation
76 |
Iran hostages |
Gas shortage |
| Magellen-Venus |
planets
align worldend 1982 |
Space Shuttle |
Regan years |
| Mars lander, Galileo-Jupiter |
Hubble Space Telescope
90 |
Fall of iron curtain |
Persian Gulf War 1990 |
| Camping
world ends 1994 |
cell phones, CD, digital
TV |
personal computers |
Internet |
| 1-1-2000
end of World |
May
5, 2000 end of World, planets align |
2001
end of world |
2000-10
end of World |
