PREHISTORIC TIMES - A.D. 200

World Events

• 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

Antiquity Style

Musical Characteristics  |  Genre and Forms  |  Theorists, Treatises and Collections

Composers and Major Works  |  Hymnology

Last Updated: Saturday, February 14, 2009