PREHISTORIC TIMES - A.D. 200

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  • ca 2600 BC - ca 2100 BC is the Early Bronze Age
    • ca 2600 BC - Earliest known use of papyrus for paper
    • The Sumerian Age until ca 2400 BC
    • ca 2400 BC - ca 2200 BC is the Empire of Akkad
    • The Egyptian Old Kingdom until ca 2250 BC (when the pyramids were built)
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened prior to or during this period:
      • Creation
      • Fall of man
      • The great flood
      • The tower of Babel
  • ca 2100 BC - ca 1550 BC is the Middle Bronze Age
    • The Egyptian Intermediate Kingdoms until ca 1700 BC
    • ca 2150 BC - ca 1950 BC is the kingdom of Ur
    • ca 1900 BC - ca 1575 BC is the Babylonian Dynasty
    • ca 1700 BC - ca 1550 BC is the Hyskos reign
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • The Patriarchs
        • Abraham
        • Isaac
        • Jacob
        • Joseph
      • ca 1875 BC - ca 1475 BC the Israelites were slaves in Egypt
  • ca 1550 BC - ca 1200 BC is the Late Bronze Age
    • ca 1550 BC - ca 1325 BC were the 15th-18th Dynasties in Egypt
    • ca 1550 BC - Amenhotep I
    • ca 1525 BC - Thutmose I
    • ca 1425 BC - ca 1075 BC is the Hittite Advance
    • ca 1375 BC - Amenhotep IV
    • ca 1325 BC - ca 1200 BC was the 19th Dynasty in Egypt
      • Rameses I, II
      • Seti I
      • Marneptah
    • ca 1300 BC - ca 640 BC was the Assyrian Rule
    • ca 1260 BC - Egyptian Hittite Treaty
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • ca 1475 BC - The Israelite Exodus from Egypt and slavery
      • ca 1475 BC - ca 1435 BC the Israelites wondered in the wilderness
      • ca 1435 BC - The Israelites inhabit Canaan
      • ca 1435 BC - ca 1050 BC was the reign of the Judges in Israel
  • ca 1200 BC - ca 900 BC is the Early Iron Age
    • ca 1200 BC - ca 1100 BC was the 20th Dynasty in Egypt
    • ca 1160 BC - Philistines in Palestine
    • ca 920 BC - Shishak I
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • 1020 BC -1000 BC was the reign of King Saul
      • 1000 BC - 962 BC was the reign of King David
      • 962 BC - 922 BC was the reign of King Solomon
      • 950 BC - Solomon's Temple completed
      • ca 920 BC - Israel divided into two Kingdoms
        • Israel
        • Judah
  • ca 900 BC - ca 600 BC is the Middle Iron Age
    • ca 875 BC - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were written
    • ca 850 BC - Battle of Qargar
    • ca 850 BC - Egyptian Dynasties begin to decrease in importance
    • ca 750 BC - Tiglath-Pileser III
    • ca 730 BC - Sargon II
    • ca 710 BC - Sennacherib
    • ca 630 BC - Ninevah
    • ca 620 BC - Neco II
    • ca 610 BC - Nebuchadnezzar II
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • The pre-exile Prophets
        • Elijah
        • Elisha
        • Jonah
        • Amos
        • Hosea
        • Isaiah
        • Micah
        • Zaphaniah
        • Jeremiah
        • Nahum
        • Habakkuk
      • ca 725 BC - Fall of Samaria
  • ca 600 BC - ca 330 BC is the Late Iron Age
    • ca 550 BC - Cyrus
    • ca 540 BC - Darius I
    • ca 500 BC - Xerxes
    • ca 480 BC - Socrates
    • ca 430 BC - Plato
    • ca 375 BC - Aristotle
    • ca 350 BC - Epicurus
    • ca 330 BC - Alexander the Great
    • ca 325 BC - End of the Egyptian Dynasties
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • 587 BC - Fall of Jerusalem and destruction of Solomon's Temple
      • Prophets
        • Ezekiel
        • Daniel
        • Haggai
        • Zechariah
        • Ezra
        • Nehemiah
        • Malachi
        • Joel
      • ca 520 BC - ca 400 BC  - Restoration
      • ca 520 BC - Dedication of the Second Temple
  • ca 330 BC - ca 75 BC is the Hellenistic Period
    • ca 280 BC - Stoicism
    • This is the inter-biblical period of which little is known
  • ca 150 BC - AD 476 was the Roman Empire
    • 152-37 BC - Hesmoneans (Maccabeans)
    • 37 BC - AD 4 - Herod the Great
    • AD 4-6 - Archelaus
    • AD 4-39 Herod Antipas
    • AD 4-34 Philip
    • AD 37-44 - Herod Agrippa
    • AD 44-100 - Agrippa II
    • Roman Emperors
      • 27 BC - AD 14 - Augustus
      • AD 14-37 - Tiberius
      • AD 37-54 Caligula, Cladius
      • AD 54-68 - Nero
    • The Bible describes the following events to have happened during this period:
      • ca 30 BC - Jesus Christ is born
      • ca AD 3 - Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ
      • ca AD 3 - Christian Church is founded
      • Missionary Journeys of Paul
      • ca AD 50 - Council of Jerusalem
      • ca AD 62 - Pompey conquers Jerusalem
      • ca 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

  • Postal System
  • Modern Specialized Army
  • Public Library

Babylonia

  • Astrology
  • Building with bricks
  • Water clock

Persia

  • First international empire
  • First internationally known coin (Daric)
  • Political tolerance

Phoenicia

  • Trade spread civilization
  • Written alphabet from which our own developed

Egypt

  • Surveying
  • Paper
  • Tamed the horse for riding and pulling
  • The lever
  • Copper and bronze
  • Calendar

Far East

  • Philosophy
  • Silk

Greece

  • Science of music
  • Architecture
  • Sculpture
  • Drama

Hebrew

  • Foundations of the Judeo-Christian Religion
  • Belief in one God
  • The Talmud
  • The Mishna
  • The Gemara
  • The Old and New Testaments of the Bible
  • System of judges and law
  • The Psalms
  • 957 BC - Solomon's Temple began
  • 950 BC - Solomon's Temple completed
  • 587 BC - Solomon's Temple destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

Rome

  • First modern university in Alexandria
  • Philosophy
  • Language
  • Higher Mathematics
  • Engineering
  • Aqueducts
  • Bridges & roads
  • Modern system of law
  • AD 476 - Fall of Roman Empire

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Composers and Major Works  |  Hymnology

Last Updated: Saturday, February 14, 2009