Ancient History Timeline

UPDATE:  6/6/14  I'm slowly updating the timeline through the End of the Roman Empire and will later explain how we broke up the study over two years.

Here is the timeline we will be using this year as the back bone to our Ancient History study.  I created this timeline through much research that I explained in a previous post.  As we study Ancient History this year I will be adding links to my posts about how we study each point on the timeline.  I have created an accompanying *PDF of free images for creating a timeline book (Click Here).

The Year Two I have yet to link to the timeline but notes and a daily plan can be found in this document (NT, Greek and Roman History).

Group	Dates		People/Events
YR1	B.C. 4004		Creation
YR1			The Fall in the Garden
YR1	3874		Cain & Abel, Seth - The Godly Line
YR1	2302		The Flood (Post 1)  (Post 2)
YR1	2300	1600	The Ice Age
YR1	2242		Tower of Babel
YR1	c. 2200		Sumerian Civilization in Mesopotamia
AMER	c. 2100		Caral Civilization in Peru
YR1	c. 2100		Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Pharaoh Menes
YR1	c. 2100	1700	Old Kingdom in Egypt - Age of Pyramids (Dynasty 1-11)
AFRICA	c.2000	400AD	Nubia and Kingdom of Kush
EURO	c.2000	800	Cimmerians
YR1	BC 1884		Call of Abram (b. 1950)
YR1	1875		God's Covenant with Abraham
YR1	1864		Hagar and Ishmael
YR1	1853		Sodom and Gomorrah
YR1	1850		Birth and Sacrifice of Isaac
YR1	1792	1750	Code of Hammurabi
EAST	1766	1045	Shang Dynasty in China
EAST	c. 1750		Aryans establish Indus River Valley Civilizations
YR2	1750	1450	Minoan Culture
YR1	1703	1445	Middle Kingdom in Egypt (Dynasty 12-13)
YR1	1682		Joseph as a Slave
YR1	1662	1655	Famine in Egypt
YR1	1660		The Twelve Tribes of Israel
YR1	1525		Moses' Birth
EAST	c. 1500		Hinduism in India
YR2	1450	1200	Mycenaean Culture replaces Minoan Culture
YR1	1445		Plagues in Egypt
YR1	1445		The Exodus
YR1	1445		Ten Commandments
YR1	1445	1018	Hyksos Invasion of Egypt
YR1	1405	1380	Joshua Leads Israelites into Canaan
YR1	1380	1051	Judges rule in Israel
YR2	c.1300		Assyrian Civilization established in Mesopotamia
YR2	1250		Trojan War
YR1	1241		Deborah Judged
YR1	1201		Gideon - an unlikely warrior
AMER	c. 1200	400	Olmec Civilization in Mesoamerica
AMER	c.1200		Chavin Culture
YR2	1200		Dorians Defeat the Myceneans
YR1	1091		Samson Judged
YR2	c.1150	750	The Greek Dark Ages
YR1	1051	1011	King Saul - First King of Israel
EAST	1045	221	Zhou Dynasty in China
YR1	1018	690	New Kingdom in Egypt (Dynasty 18-19)
YR1	1011	971	Davidic Kingdom
YR2	c. 1000		Phonecian Civilization establishes their Alphabet
AMER	1000	1450AD	Early Native American - Mound Builders (Land Bridge/Poverty Point SC68)
YR1	950	929	Hatshepsut - Female Pharaoh of Egypt
YR1	971	931	Solomon's Reign
YR1	931		Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms
YR1	931	722	Kings of Israel - Prophets Elijah and Elisha
YR1	929	897	Thutmosis III - The Greatest Pharaoh
YR2	900		Homer and Greek Mythology
YR2	825		Lycurgus of Sparta
YR1	824	802	Amenhotep IV and Monotheism (Akhenaten & Nefertiti)
YR1	802	792	Reign of Tutankhamen
EURO	c.800	300	The Scythians
YR2	776		The Olympics
YR1	770		Jonah
YR1	759		Ramses II - Fought the Hittites at Battle of Kadesh
YR2	753		Founding of Rome - Romulus & Remus (Monarchy Period)
YR2	750	508	Greece Colonized Democracy Begins
YR1	722		Israel (Northern Kingdom) Falls to Assyria
YR1	690	332	Late Egyptian Dynasties (25-31) - The Glory Departs
YR1	605	560	King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon takes Judah Captive
YR1	b. 620	534	Daniel - Hebrew advisor to King Nebuchadnezzar
YR2	600		Solon Reforms Athens
EURO	600	50	Celtic Civilization Dominates Europe
AMER	600	800AD	Zapotec Civilization in Mesoamerica
YR2	551	330	The Mighty Persian Empire
EAST	c. 550		Taoism, Buddhism and Confucius
YR1	539	526	Cyrus King of Persia conquers Babylon
YR1	536	515	Zerubbabel Returns to Jerusalem to Rebuild the Temple
YR2	521	486	King Darius I of Persia - Lost Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
YR2	510	366	Roman Republic Developed
YR2	500	480	Persian Wars
AMER	500	1200AD	Anasazi or Pueblo People of SW America
AFRICA	500	600AD	The Kingdom of Axum/Ethiopia
YR2	479	431	Golden Age of Greece (Hellenic or Classical Period dominated by Pericles)
YR2	486	465	King Xerxes of Persia - Lost battle of Bay of Salamis to Greece in 480 BC
YR1	480	465	King Xerxes Marries Esther the Jew
YR1	467		Ezra Returns to Jerusalem
YR2	471	399	Socrates - the Greek Philosopher
YR1	454		Nehemiah and the Jewish Return
YR2	431	404	Peloponnesian War
YR2	424	348	Plato - Disciple of Socrates
AFRICA	400	500AD	Nok Culture and Bantu Speakers
YR2	390		Sack of Rome by Gauls
YR2	384	322	Aristotle - Plato's disciple and Alexander the Great's tutor
YR2	356	323	Alexander the Great - Conquered the world in 10 years
EAST	321	185	India's Maurya Empire
YR2	305	146 or 30	Hellenistic Period
AMER	300	600AD	Maya Civilization
EURO	c.300		The Sarmatians (Huns fleeing China)
YR2	264	146	Punic Wars -Scipio defeats Hannibal
YR2	250		Architectural Advances in Rome
EAST	221	206	Qin/Ch'in Dynasty builds “Great Wall” in China
EAST	202	220AD	Han Dynasty - Uniting the Land
YR2	170		Judas Maccabeus "The Hammer" lead Maccabean revolt against Syria
YR2	146		Rome Rises to World Power Conquering Greece
YR2	100	44	Roman Dictator Julius Caesar - The greatest of the Caesars
YR2	69	30	Cleopatra Queen of Egypt - Last reigning Ptolemy
YR2	30		Egypt lead by Mark Antony and Cleopatra Falls to Rome
YR2	30	4	Reign of Herod the Great
YR2	27	14 AD	Caesar Augustus and Pax Romana (27BC - 180AD)
YR2	27	476AD	Roman Republic changes to Roman Empire
YR2	5 BC	28AD	Birth of Christ and John the Baptist
YR2	4 BC	39AD	Reign of Herod Antipas
YR2	AD 25		Ministry of John the Baptist
YR2	25	28	Ministry of Christ
YR2	28		Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ
YR2	64		Rome Burns, Nero Persecutes Christians
YR2	70		Destruction of Jerusalem
YR2	79		Pompeii Burns
YR2	c.100		End of New Testament - Death of John the Apostle
YR2	161	180	Marcus Aurelius - Last Emperor of the Golden Days of Rome
YR2	285		Split of the Roman Empire - Diocletian
YR2	306	337	Constantine the Great - Christianity and the Byzantine Empire
YR2	410	476	Goths sack Rome - Western Roman Empire Ends/Dark Ages Begin

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