Prehistoric Times - A.D. 200

World Events
bulletca 2600 BC - ca 2100 BC is the Early Bronze Age
bulletca 2600 BC - Earliest known use of papyrus for paper
bulletThe Sumerian Age until ca 2400 BC
bulletca 2400 BC - ca 2200 BC is the Empire of Akkad
bulletThe Egyptian Old Kingdom until ca 2250 BC (when the pyramids were built)
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened prior to or during this period:
bulletCreation
bulletFall of man
bulletThe great flood
bulletThe tower of Babel
bulletca 2100 BC - ca 1550 BC is the Middle Bronze Age
bulletThe Egyptian Intermediate Kingdoms until ca 1700 BC
bulletca 2150 BC - ca 1950 BC is the kingdom of Ur
bulletca 1900 BC - ca 1575 BC is the Babylonian Dynasty
bulletca 1700 BC - ca 1550 BC is the Hyskos reign
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bulletThe Patriarchs
bulletAbraham
bulletIsaac
bulletJacob
bulletJoseph
bulletca 1875 BC - ca 1475 BC the Israelites were slaves in Egypt
bulletca 1550 BC - ca 1200 BC is the Late Bronze Age
bulletca 1550 BC - ca 1325 BC were the 15th-18th Dynasties in Egypt
bulletca 1550 BC - Amenhotep I
bulletca 1525 BC - Thutmose I
bulletca 1425 BC - ca 1075 BC is the Hittite Advance
bulletca 1375 BC - Amenhotep IV
bulletca 1325 BC - ca 1200 BC was the 19th Dynasty in Egypt
bulletRameses I, II
bulletSeti I
bulletMarneptah
bulletca 1300 BC - ca 640 BC was the Assyrian Rule
bulletca 1260 BC - Egyptian Hittite Treaty
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bulletca 1475 BC - The Israelite Exodus from Egypt and slavery
bulletca 1475 BC - ca 1435 BC the Israelites wondered in the wilderness
bulletca 1435 BC - The Israelites inhabit Canaan
bulletca 1435 BC - ca 1050 BC was the reign of the Judges in Israel
bulletca 1200 BC - ca 900 BC is the Early Iron Age
bulletca 1200 BC - ca 1100 BC was the 20th Dynasty in Egypt
bulletca 1160 BC - Philistines in Palestine
bulletca 920 BC - Shishak I
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bullet1020 BC -1000 BC was the reign of King Saul
bullet1000 BC - 962 BC was the reign of King David
bullet962 BC - 922 BC was the reign of King Solomon
bullet950 BC - Solomon's Temple completed
bulletca 920 BC - Israel divided into two Kingdoms
bulletIsrael
bulletJudah
bulletca 900 BC - ca 600 BC is the Middle Iron Age
bulletca 875 BC - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were written
bulletca 850 BC - Battle of Qargar
bulletca 850 BC - Egyptian Dynasties begin to decrease in importance
bulletca 750 BC - Tiglath-Pileser III
bulletca 730 BC - Sargon II
bulletca 710 BC - Sennacherib
bulletca 630 BC - Ninevah
bulletca 620 BC - Neco II
bulletca 610 BC - Nebuchadnezzar II
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bulletThe pre-exile Prophets
bulletElijah
bulletElisha
bulletJonah
bulletAmos
bulletHosea
bulletIsaiah
bulletMicah
bulletZaphaniah
bulletJeremiah
bulletNahum
bulletHabakkuk
bulletca 725 BC - Fall of Samaria
bulletca 600 BC - ca 330 BC is the Late Iron Age
bulletca 550 BC - Cyrus
bulletca 540 BC - Darius I
bulletca 500 BC - Xerxes
bulletca 480 BC - Socrates
bulletca 430 BC - Plato
bulletca 375 BC - Aristotle
bulletca 350 BC - Epicurus
bulletca 330 BC - Alexander the Great
bulletca 325 BC - End of the Egyptian Dynasties
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bullet587 BC - Fall of Jerusalem and destruction of Solomon's Temple
bulletProphets
bulletEzekiel
bulletDaniel
bulletHaggai
bulletZechariah
bulletEzra
bulletNehemiah
bulletMalachi
bulletJoel
bulletca 520 BC - ca 400 BC  - Restoration
bulletca 520 BC - Dedication of the Second Temple
bulletca 330 BC - ca 75 BC is the Hellenistic Period
bulletca 280 BC - Stoicism
bulletThis is the inter-biblical period of which little is known
bulletca 150 BC - AD 476 was the Roman Empire
bullet152-37 BC - Hesmoneans (Maccabeans)
bullet37 BC - AD 4 - Herod the Great
bulletAD 4-6 - Archelaus
bulletAD 4-39 Herod Antipas
bulletAD 4-34 Philip
bulletAD 37-44 - Herod Agrippa
bulletAD 44-100 - Agrippa II
bulletRoman Emperors
bullet27 BC - AD 14 - Augustus
bulletAD 14-37 - Tiberius
bulletAD 37-54 Caligula, Cladius
bulletAD 54-68 - Nero
bulletThe Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
bulletca 30 BC - Jesus Christ is born
bulletca AD 3 - Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ
bulletca AD 3 - Christian Church is founded
bulletMissionary Journeys of Paul
bulletca AD 50 - Council of Jerusalem
bulletca AD 62 - Pompey conquers Jerusalem
bulletca AD 75 - Gnosticism

Since this period of time covers such a vast amount of history, below we have listed some of the major accomplishments for the following regions.

Asia - Middle East

Assyria
bulletPostal System
bulletModern Specialized Army
bulletPublic Library

Babylonia
bulletAstrology
bulletBuilding with bricks
bulletWater clock

Persia
bulletFirst international empire
bulletFirst internationally known coin (Daric)
bulletPolitical tolerance

Phoenicia
bulletTrade spread civilization
bulletWritten alphabet from which our own developed

Egypt
bulletSurveying
bulletPaper
bulletTamed the horse for riding and pulling
bulletThe lever
bulletCopper and bronze
bulletCalendar

Far East
bulletPhilosophy
bulletSilk

Greece
bulletScience of music
bulletArchitecture
bulletSculpture
bulletDrama

Hebrew
bulletFoundations of the Judeo-Christian Religion
bulletBelief in one God
bulletThe Talmud
bulletThe Mishna
bulletThe Gemara
bulletThe Old and New Testaments of the Bible
bulletSystem of judges and law
bulletThe Psalms
bullet957 BC - Solomon's Temple began
bullet950 BC - Solomon's Temple completed
bullet587 BC - Solomon's Temple destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

Rome
bulletFirst modern university in Alexandria
bulletPhilosophy
bulletLanguage
bulletHigher Mathematics
bulletEngineering
bulletAqueducts
bulletBridges & roads
bulletModern system of law
bulletAD 476 - Fall of Roman Empire

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