Adam and Eve | 4000 | BC | |
Cain murders Abel | 3900 | ||
Wheel Invented | 3700 | ||
Methuselah is born | 3250 | ||
Adam dies age 930 | 3000 | ||
First Egyptian hieroglyphs appear | 2900 | ||
Noah is born | 2885 | ||
Noah's flood [Methuselah dies at 969] | 2285 | ||
Babel, languages confused | 2150 | ||
Abraham born | 1995 | ||
Noah dies age 950 [500 pre & post flood] | 1935 | ||
Sodom & cities burned | 1900 | ||
Isaac [Abraham's (100 yrs old) first son] is born | 1895 | ||
Jacob & Esau born | 1835 | ||
Israel 1st children (Jacob & Leah 6 sons in 7 yrs) | 1777 | ||
Joseph viceroy of Egypt [famine ends] | 1700 | ||
Israel prospers in Egypt for 150 yrs | 1600 | ||
Israel slaves of Egypt for 175 yrs | 1450 | ||
King 'Tut' reigns 9 years | 1350 | ||
Moses leads exodus [Ten Commandments] | 1275 | ||
Israel invades Canaan - Walls of Jericho fall | 1234 | ||
Philistines in Canaan | 1190 | ||
Iron used for tools and weapons | 1190 | ||
Samson is born | 1090 | ||
Samuel leads Israel for 40 yrs | 1050 | ||
David born at Bethlehem | 1034 | ||
Saul first king of Israel | 1025 | ||
David king of Israel - rules for 40 yrs. | 1000 | ||
David dies at 69 | |||
and Solomon rules 40 yrs - Temple begins | 865 | ||
Solomon turns all Israel to idolatry | 935 | ||
Elijah & Baal priests | 860 | ||
Jonah - Assyria's enemy | 777 | ||
Israel falls to Assyria | 700 | ||
Babylon takes Judah - Temple burned - | 600 | ||
Earliest coins appear | 650 | ||
Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah | 600 | ||
Zechariah calls for new Temple | 520 | ||
Worship restored by Malachi, Ezra & Nehemiah | 450 | ||
Books of OT are now called Scripture | 350 | ||
Temple built in Samaria | |||
and Alexander conquers Palestine peacefully | 333 | ||
Egypt rules Palestine 100 yrs. - Many Jews in Egypt | 300 | ||
Septuagint: the law from Hebrew to Greek | 250 | ||
Antiochus III of Syria conquers Palestine | 200 | ||
Antiochus IV defiles Temple | |||
and Burns the Law and dedicates it to Zeus | 167 | ||
Antiochus V rescinds decree against Jewish Law | |||
and Temple is rededicated = Hanukkah | 164 | ||
Rome rules Judea | 64 | ||
Herod the Great is made king of the Jews | |||
and rebuilds the Temple | 37 | ||
Jesus is born | 4-3 | ||
Resurrection | 30 | AD | |
Titus demolishes Jerusalem & Judea | 70 |