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900 B.C.
 | Benhadad besieged Samaria. A
severe famine resulted. Miraculously the Syrian army panicked and
fled, producing a great plenty. Ahaziah became the king of Israel.
He reigned one year and was noted as an evil king. (891 B.C.)
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| The book of Second Kings began
its 308-year record of history. (890 B.C.) |
| First and Second Chronicles
appeared in this century. First Chronicles was written in entirety,
providing a genealogical history from the Creation to the death of
David in 1015 B.C. Second Chronicles began its 427-year history,
spanning from the death of David to the captivity by Nebuchadnezzar
in 588 B.C. |
| Joram became the king of Israel.
He reigned 12 years. (892 B.C.) |
| Jehoram became the king of
Judah. He reigned four years. (889 B.C.) |
| Ahaziah became the king of
Judah. He reigned one year. (885 B.C.) |
| Hazael became the king of Syria.
He reigned 40 years. |
| Jehu became the king of Israel,
reigning 27 years and Athaliah became the queen of Judah, reigning 6
years. (984 B.C.) |
| Nebo-Baladan became the king of
Babylon. A boundary was fixed by treaty with Assyria. (880 B.C.)
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| Joash became the king of Judah
at seven years of age, under the guidance of Jehoiadah the High
Priest. Joash reigned 39 years. While Jehoiadah lived Joash was
noted as a good king. At Jehoiadah's death Joash turned evil. He was
finally slain. (878 B.C.) |
| Dido, from Tyre, sister of
Pygmhlion, founded Carthage. ("Dido purchased, for her city, as
much land as a bullock's hide would enclose; then cutting it into a
very fine string made it enclose a large space.") (869 B.C.)
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| Jehoahaz became the king of
Israel. He reigned 16 years. (857 B.C.) |
| During this time Elisha the
Tishbite was a prophet in Israel. He served for about 55 years.
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| Jehoash became the king of
Israel. He reigned 16 years. (841 B.C.) |
| Amaziah became the king of
Judah. He reigned 29 years. (839 B.C.) |
| Jeroboam II became the king of
Israel. He reigned 41 years. (825 B.C.) |
| Caranus founded Macedon. (813
B.C.) |
| Uzziah, became the king of
Israel. He reigned 52 years. (810 B.C.) |
800 B.C.
| Jonah was called to preach to
Nineveh. The book of Jonah was written. (785 B.C.) |
| Amos prophesied. The book of
Amos was written. At this time, according to Archbishop Usher, there
was an inter-regnum of 11 years in Israel. During this period
Zechariah reigned for one year and Shallum for one month. (784 B.C.)
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| The first Olympiad was held.
(July 1, 776 B.C.) |
| Romulus, the founder of Rome,
was born. (770 B.C.) |
| Menahem became the king of
Israel. He reigned for 11 years. |
| A remarkable eclipse of the sun
was noted in the Assyrian Chronological Canon. The date proved
correct. (763 B.C.) |
| Pekahiah became the king of
Israel. He reigned two years. (761 B.C.) |
| Isaiah became a prophet in
Israel. The book of Isaiah started. Isaiah prophesied for about 62
years. (760 B.C.) |
| Pekah became the king of Israel.
He reigned 20 years. (759 B.C.) |
| Joel prophesied. The book of
Joel was written. (758 B.C.) |
| Rome was founded by Romulus. He
ruled 38 years. (April 21, 753 B.C.) |
| Jotham became the king of Judah.
He ruled for 16 years and "did right." (758 B.C.)
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| Tiglathpileser II became the
king of Assyria. He conquered Babylon. (745 B.C.) |
| Ahaz became the king of Judah.
He ruled for 16 years and "did not right." (742 B.C.)
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| Anarchy reigned in Israel. (739
B.C.) |
| Babylon and Assyria became one
nation under Assyria. Shalmaneser IV was king. (731 B.C.)
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| Hoshea became the king of
Israel. (730 B.C.) |
| Hezekiah became the king of
Judah. He reigned 23 years and was noted as "good."
Shalmaneaser invaded Israel. Israel, under King Hoshea, became a
tributary to Assyria. (728 B.C.) |
| Hosea prophesied. He was called
to reprove Israel for their sins and idolatry and warn Judah. Hosea
prophesied for 60 years. Hoshea revolted against Assyrian
domination. (725 B.C.) |
| Assrya invaded Israel. (724
B.C.) |
| The Ethiopian twenty-fifth
Dynasty began in Egypt. Shabak was ruler for 12 years. (723 B.C.)
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| The kingdom of Israel came to an
end. Samaria was taken and Israel, comprised of the 10 northern
tribes of the "Children of Israel," was carried away into
Assrya, never to return. (They disappeared into the lands across the
north, vanishing from worldview. Hence they are called "The
Lost Tribes.") (721 B.C.) |
| Micah prophesied. The book of
Micah was written. (710 B.C.) |
| Media revolted against Assrya.
Deioces became the king of Media and Persia. He ruled for 53 years.
(705 B.C.) |
700 B.C.
| Bablyon was destroyed and
Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib, the king of Assryia. Nahum
prophesied. The book of |
| Nahum was written. (700 B.C.) |
| Manasseh became the king of
Judah. He reigned 55 years and was noted as the most wicked of
Judah's kings. During a short captivity Manasseh repented of his
wickedness. He was restored to his kingdom and sought to reverse the
effects of his earlier evil actions. (698 B.C.) |
| Esarhaddon restored Babylon.
(681 B.C.) |
| Chinese historian, Sematsin,
affixed the first dates to Chinese history. King-Vang I was ruler of
China. (651 B.C.) |
| Amon became the king of Judah.
He ruled two years and "did evil." (643 B.C.) |
| Josiah became the king of Judah.
He ruled 31 years and is noted as a "noble king." (641
B.C.) |
| Zephaniah prophesied. The book
of Zephaniah was written. (630 B.C.) |
| Jeremiah's prophesying began. He
continued for 41 years. The book of Jeremiah started. (629 B.C.)
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| Nabopolassar became the king of
Babylon. Uniting with Necho of Egypt and Cyaxares of Media, he took
Nineveh and ended the Assyrian Empire. Thales, first of the seven
sages, or wise men of Greece, suggested that the earth was round.
(626 B.C.) |
| Aesop was born. He lived 56
years. (620 B.C.) |
| Rome flourished under Tarquin.
(616 B.C.) |
| Jehoahaz became the king of
Judah. He ruled for three months. Pharoah Neco of Egypt then deposed
and imprisoned him, installing his son, Jehoiakim as king. Jehoahaz
was taken prisoner to Egypt where he died. Jehoiakim became the king
of Judah. He ruled for 11 years. Habakkuk prophesied. The book of
Habakkuk was written. This is the time of Sappho, the Greek poetess.
(610 B.C.) |
| Babylon invaded Judah. Daniel
and his fellows, and "all the princes and all the mighty men of
valor and all the craftsmen and smiths were carried away into
Babylon." Daniel arose on the prophetic scene. His lived 72
years. The book of Daniel was started. 2 Kings 24:10-17 (606 B.C.)
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| Nebuchadnezzar became the king
of Babylon. He ruled 43 years. The Chaldee-Babylonian Empire
extended from the Tigris River to the Nile River. Daniel 11:38 (605
B.C.) |
600 B.C.
| Babylon again invaded Judah and
took captives. (595 B.C.) |
| Ezekiel prophesied. The book of
Ezekiel started. (595 B.C.) |
| Babylon invaded Jerusalem and
brought Jewish independence to an end. From this time on the Jews
are under Babylon, Persia, Egypt, Syria and Rome until 70 A.D. when
they were scattered around the world. On the tenth of Loos,
Solomon's temple burned. The kingdom of Judah existed 133 years
after the ten tribes, comprising the Kingdom of Israel, were carried
away into Assyria. (588 B.C.) |
| Obadiah written. (587 B.C.) |
| Cyrus became ruler of Media.
Confucius was born in China. He lived 88 years. (559 B.C.)
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| Daniel was cast into the Lion's
den. (554 B.C.) |
| The Temple of Diana, the third
wonder of the world, was built at Ephesus. (552 B.C.) |
| Cyrus conquered Asia Minor. A
republic was established in Carthage. (550 B.C.) |
| Thespis, Greek poet and
tragedian. What about him? Born? (Circa. 549 B.C.) |
| Pisistratus founded the first
public library at Athens and collected the poems of Homer. (544
B.C.) |
| Cyrus conquered Babylon, setting
Darius on the throne as an under-king. The city of Babylon was 15
miles square. It had walls 350 feet high and 87 feet thick which
incorporated 25 brass gates on each side. (538 B.C.) |
| Zerubbabel was sent up to Judah
with 42,360 people to rebuild the Temple. Zerubbabel was governor of
Jerusalem. The book of Ezra started its 80-year history. Pythagora,
of Magna-Graecia visited Egypt. Pythagoras discovered the
forty-seventh problem, the multiplication table and suggested ideas
of which the Copernican system was the full development. (536 B.C.)
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| Cambyses became the king of
Persia. (529 B.C.) |
| The dynasty of the Pharaohs
ended and Egypt became a Persian Province. (527 B.C.) |
| Confucius remodeled the sacred
books of the Chinese. The books of Haggai and Zechariah were
written. (520 B.C.) |
| Darius I became the king of the
Persian Empire. (521 B.C.) |
| Jeshua became the High Priest in
Jerusalem. (515 B.C.) |
| The ruler of Carthage made the
first alliance with Rome. (503 B.C.) |
500 B.C.
| Sophocles, the dramatist was
born. He lived 90 years and wrote 113 plays. Only 7 are existent
today. (495 B.C.) |
| Xerxes became the king of
Persia. He ruled 21 years and was succeeded by Artabanus for 1 year.
(485 B.C.) |
| Herodotus was born. Herodotus
was called the father of history. He lived 84 years. (484 B.C.)
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| Joiakim became High Priest in
Jerusalem. |
| Artaxerxes I Longimanus,
(Long-hands) (also known as Xerxes or Ahashuerus) became the king of
Persia. He ruled 40 years. The story of Esther occurred during his
rule. Artaxerxes I was succeeded by Sogdianus for 1 year. (483 B.C.)
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| Euripides was born. He lived 74
years. (Oct 20, 480 B.C.) |
| Socrates was born. He lived 70
years. (469 B.C.) |
| Hypocrites known as the
"The Father of Medicine" was born. (460 B.C.) |
| Ezra was sent to govern
Jerusalem. (458 B.C.) |
| Nehemiah was sent to
"restore and rebuild" the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah
2:5-8. The book of Nehemiah started. (445 B.C.) |
| Eliashib was high priest in
Jerusalem. (433 B.C.) |
| Plato was born. He lived 82
years. (429 B.C.) |
| The book of Malachi began in 420
B.C. (Malachi was completed in 397 B.C.) |
| Egypt became free of Persian
rule. The Egyptian freedom lasted 63 years. Joiada was High Priest
in Jerusalem. (413 B.C.) |
| Soldiers were first paid in
Rome. (406 B.C,) |
| Artaxerxes II Mnemon (Memory)
became the king of Persia. (405 B.C.) |
400 B.C.
| Delhi founded in India. (400
B.C.) |
| The 39 books of the Old
Testament ended. Four hundred years of Biblical silence started.
(397 B.C.) |
| Aristotle was born. He lived 62
years. (384 B.C.) |
| John was the High Priest in
Jerusalem. (373 B.C.) |
| Philip II became the king of
Macedon. He first married Olympias, then Cleopatra. (359 B.C.)
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| Alexander III, The Great,
succeeded his father at the age of 20, as the king of Macedon. He
swept across the then known world creating the Macedonian Empire and
after conquering the "world" died at the age of 33. (336
B.C.) |
| Alexander the Great defeated the
city of Tyre. Alexandria, in Egypt, the walls of which were six
miles in circumference was built by Alexander the Great. It became
the residence of the Ptolemies, the Greek sovereigns of Egypt. (332
B.C.) |
| Persia fell to Alexander the
Great. (330 B.C.) |
| The Macedonian empire divided
into: Egypt under Ptolemy I Lagus (Reputed son of Philip, half
brother of Alexander); Syria, under the King of Phrygia, Anticonus;
Cappadocia, Asia Minor, under Eumenes; Bithynia, under Bas; Pergamus,
under Lysimachus; Greece, under Cassander; Thrace, under Lysimachus;
and Macedon under, Philip Aridaeus III. (323 B.C.) |
| Alexander was buried in
Alexandria. (322 B.C.) |
| Rome waged war and made
conquests everywhere. |
| Onias became High Priest in
Jerusalem. (321 B.C.) |
| Appius Claudius constructed the
first Roman military road, 350 miles long and called the "Appian
Way." (312 B.C.) |
300 B.C.
| Time was first divided into
hours by a sundial of L. Papirius, Cursor at Rome. (293 B.C)
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| The sixth wonder of the world,
the Brass Colossus of Rhodes, was built. (290 B.C.) |
| Archimedes was born. He
invented, among other things, the screw and lever. (287 B.C.)
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| The Alexandrian Library was
built by Plolemy-Philadelpohus. It contained 700,000 volumes. (284
B.C.) |
| The Pharos of Alexandria, the
seventh wonder of the world was built by Plolemy-Philadelphus. It
was 550 feet high. (280 B.C.) |
| The Forth Dynasty, Tsin, began
in China. Chi-Hoang-Ti was the first Emperor. The "Great Wall
" of China was started by Chihoang-Ti. (263 B.C.) |
| The first Roman fleet was built.
(260 B.C.) |
| The Parthian Empire is started.
Arsaces was the first ruler. "There was always a second power
in the world, civilized or semi-civilized, that in a true sense
balanced Rome, acted as a counterpoise and check, and had to be
consulted or considered. That power for nearly 300 years (64 B.C. to
225 A.D.) was Parthia." Rawlinson (250 B.C.) |
| The "Great Wall" of
China was completed. The wall was 1,500 miles long, averaging a
height of 20 feet, with a tower every 300 feet. It crossed mountains
5,000 feet high. (236 B.C.) |
| Hannibal became the ruler of
Carthage. He ruled for 37 years. (220 B.C.) |
| Hannibal defeated the Romans.
(221 B.C.) |
| Simon became the High Priest in
Jerusalem. (217 B.C.) |
200 B.C.
| The Jewish Sanhedrin was first
mentioned. ? (198 B.C.) |
| The Greek Bible (Septuagint) was
translated at Alexandria, in Egypt by 70 Hebrew scholars. This
translation was authorized by the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem in order to
give Jewish exiles a scripture in the language of their exile. (?
B.C.) |
| Onias became the High Priest in
Jerusalem. The Rosetta stone was created. Britain appeared with
Caswallon as the king. (195 B.C.) |
| Jason became the High Priest in
Jerusalem. (175 B.C.) |
| The streets of Rome were paved.
(174 B.C.) |
| The first public bakery was
started in Rome. (170 B.C.) |
| Macedon was conquered by Rome.
(168 B.C.) |
| Jud was vaascant ???in
Jerusalem. (165 B.C.) |
| The Jews signed a treaty with
the Romans. The first treaty with the Jews on record. (161 B.C.)
|
| Hipparchus of Nice, Bithynia,
laid the foundations of Geographical and Astronomical Science. Elder
Pliny called him "the confidant of nature" and
"Patriarch of Astronomy." He flourished between 160 B.C.
and 125 B.C. |
| Simon became the High Priest and
governor in Jerusalem. (150 B.C.) |
| Greece became a Roman province
under the name of Athens. Carthiage was taken by Scipio and became a
part of Rome. (146 B.C.) |
| Hyrcanus became the High Priest
in Jerusalem. (136 B.C.) |
| Spain became a Roman province.
Pergamus became a Roman province. (133 B.C.) |
| John Hyrcanus destroyed the
temple on Mount Gerizim. (130 B.C.) |
| Hyrcanus, the High Priest of
Jerusalem, took the title "King of the Jews." (107 B.C.)
|
| Cicero, Roman orator and
philosopher was born. He lived 63 years. |
| The government of the Maccabees
began in Palestine. (The priest Mattathias took refuge in Modin with
his five sons, the Maccabees. Mattathias gave the signal for the
attack. The Hassidaeans joined him. Judas Maccabaeus led the revolt
after Mattathias died.) Janneus became the King of the Jews. (106
B.C.) |
100 B.C.
| Britain was first known to be an
island by the Romans who sailed around it. (84 B.C.) |
| Alexandra, Janneus' widow,
became Queen of the Jews. 79 B.C. |
| The poet Virgil was born. He
lived 51 years. Odin settled Scandinavia. (70 B.C.) |
| Hyrcanus became the ruler of the
Jews. (69 B.C.) |
| Horace, the poet was born. He
lived 57 years. (65 B.C.) |
| The first Triumvirate of Julius
Caesar, Crassus and Pompey were formed. (60 B.C.) |
| Crasus invaded Parthia and was
destroyed. (53 B.C.) |
| The Sanhedrin took over ruler
ship of the Jews. Pompey of Rome conquered Jerusalem. (57 B.C.)
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| Pompey was defeated at Pharsatia.
Syria became a part of Rome. (August 9, 48 B.C.) |
| Antipater ruled the Jews. (47
B.C.) |
| Ovid, "the love-poet of the
Romans" was born. He lived 61 years and authored over 54 books.
(46 B.C.) |
| Caesar, then dictator for four
years, was slain in the Senate House by Brutus and Cassius, and fell
at Pompey's statue, He sustained 23 wounds. He was known as a great
general, statesman and warrior. (March 15, 44 B.C.) |
| Octavius, Lepidus and Mark
Antony formed the second Triumvirate. (43 B.C.) |
| The Roman Senate appointed
Herod, an Idumean Arab, King of Judea. He ruled for 34 years. Herod
began construction of the great Jewish Temple on Mt. Moriah in
Jerusalem. (37 B.C.) |
| Lepidus was expelled from the
Triumvirate. (36 B.C.) |
| Octavius, at Actium, defeated
Cleopatra and Antony. (September 2, 31 B.C.) |
| Egypt became a Roman province.
(30 B.C.) |
| Octavius, being sole ruler,
assumed the Imperial Purple. (27 B.C.) |
| Augustus Caesar was the first
Emperor of Rome. The Golden Age of Rome started. Augustus ruled 44
years. He died August 19, 14 A.D. (27 B.C.) |
| The Apostle Peter was born.
Peter lived 78 years. (10 B.C.) |
| John the Baptist was born. He
was six months older then Jesus. (? B.C.) |
| Jesus Christ was born. (6-4
B.C.) |
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