A B I B L E S T U DY

BIBLICAL TIMELINE

Emergence of civilization as measured by formations of cities and written language

Nomadic until arrivalOf Europeans 1492 AD

Maya 1000 BC – 1521 AD Aztec 1200 AD – 1521 AD

1700 BC -1027 BC Shang Dynastywriting on oracle bonesUruk Period

3500 BC – 3000 BC

Egypt Early Dynasty3100 BC – 2500 BC

4000 BC 3500 BC 3000 BC 2500 BC 2000 BC

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Adam &

Eve3900 BC

Seth 3770 BC

Enos 3666 BC

Mahalalel

3506 BC

Jared 3440 BC

Uruk Period 3500 – 3000 BC Cities first emerge in the Area of Southern Babylon.

Enoch 3274 BC

Methuselah

3214 BC

Lamach 3027 BC

Noah 2845 BC

Mesopotamia Period 3000 – 2000 BC Capital City at Ur

Egypt Early Dynasty3100 – 2700 BC

Egypt Old Kingdom2700 – 2000 BC

Flood 2245 BC

Nahor 2054 BC

Terah 2025 BC

Fall of the Great States:

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Abraham1955 BC

Mesopotamia Babylonian Period 2000 – 1500 BC

Egypt Middle Kingdom 2000 – 1700 BC

The Judges 1363 - 1050 BCIsaac 1855 BC

Moses 1530 BC

Jacob 1795 BC

Joseph 1704 BC

Exodus 1450 BC

Enter the Promise

Land 1408 BC

Ruth

Ehud

Deborah

Gideon

Tola & Jair

Sampson

Samuel

The Kings 1050 - 721

Hammurabi 1763 BCThe Great States: 1500 – 1200 BCBabylonia, Anatolia, Mesopotamia

Egypt New Kingdom 1700 – 1000 BCTutmoses III 1479 BC Ramesses II 1213 BC

1200 – 900 BC

Asia: Shang Dynasty 1700 – 1000 BC Secular Timeline

2000 BC 1750 BC 1500 BC 1250 BC 1000 BC

Saul

Tower of Babel

Israel/JudeaDivided Kingdom

933 BC

Persian World Domination 539 BC - 323 BC

Babylon Domination 626 BC - 539 BC

Assyrian World Domination 900 BC - 626 BC

David King1003 - 970 BC

Fall of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) to Assyria

in 710 BC

Solomon 970 BC

Josiah’sReformation628 BC

Asia: Zhou Dynasty 1000 BC – 221 BC/South America: Maya 1000 BC – 1521 AD

1000 BC 750 BC 500 BC 323 BC

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Assyria AttacksEgypt 700 BC

Persians ConquerEgypt 525 - 323

Judea saved by miracle from Assyria in 710 BCFall of Southern Kingdom (Judea) to Babylon

in 586 BC

Upper & Lower EgyptSplit 1000 BC

Jeremiah600 BCEzekiel580 BC

Ezra returns to Jerusalem from Babylon 458 BCNehemiah goes to Jerusalem & Rebuilds the walls 445 BCNehemiah returned to Babylon 433 BCNehemiah returns to Jerusalem ? BC

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Ptolemaic Dynasty200 BC – 30 BC

Greeks conquer Egypt 323 BC – 200 BC

Romans Conquer Egypt 30 BC – 646 AD

Roman Empire200 BC – 500 AD

Hellenistic Greece Empire323 BC - 200 BC

Jews in the Diaspora.

Writing of the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: Susanna [Daniel] 90 BC, Prayer of Azariah 175 BC, Bel and the Dragon 50 BC, Esther addition 50 BC, 1st Esdras 50 BC, Judith 300 BC, Wisdom of Solomon 50 BC,

Sirach 180 BC, Baruch 180 BC, Letter of Jeremiah 50 BC, 1 Maccabees 103 BC, 2 Maccabees 100 BCE

Asia: Shang Dynasty 1700 – 1000 BC

323 BC 240 BC 160 BC 80 BC 1 BC

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Asia: 221 BC beginning of the Great Wall (Qin Dynasty); Han Dynasty 206 BC – 8 A.D.

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Birth of Jesus 2 BC

1 AD 100 AD 200 AD 300 AD 400 AD

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Death &

Resurrection 30 AD

New Testament Writings

40 AD – 85 AD

Destruction of the Temple70 AD

Destruction Of

Jerusalem136 AD

Christians kicked

out of the Synagogue

Time of Heresies & SchismsMarcion - Rejected the OT & issued a NT of Luke + 10 letters Gnosticism - redeemer revealed away for souls to return to the spiritual world

150 AD – 325 AD

Romans persecute Christians

Starting with Nero in AD 86 – AD 313

Constantine makes Christianity the official religion of Rome AD 330

Ratificationof the

Cannon397 AD

The Nicene Creed

325 AD

The Empire is permanently

Divided 395 AD

400 AD 500 AD 600 AD 700 AD 800 AD

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Fall of Rome410 AD Mahmoud

AD 570 - AD 632Lose of Southern & Eastern Mediterranean

to Islam 650 AD – 800 AD

The loss of Northern Europe to Francia 550 AD – 800 AD

Map circa 800 AD

Boniface I became the 1st “papal vicar” of Rome418-422 AD

Establishment Of the Eastern

Orthodox Catholic Church

Christian Reaction to Islam incursion 650 – 800 AD

1st ResponseA chastisement

for sinsRepentance

2nd ResponseApocalyptic

interpretationPrepare

3rd ResponseRealistic

AssessmentPositioning

Internal Political and Theological battles (mostly East vs. West)

The Dark Ages

800 AD 900 AD 1000 AD 1100 AD 1200 AD

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Papal revival Under Leo IX1049

The Holy Roman Empire was a

German Empire established in

962 AD

Europe Main Map at the Beginning of the Year 1200

Schism betweenEast & West 1054

1st

Crusade1096-99

2nd Crusade1147-49

Caliph Al-HakimStarts campaignTo convert allJews & Christians1009 AD

Seljuk Turks take Palestine and Jerusalem 1070-71

3rd Crusade1187-92

DictatusPapae1075

Continuous Battles between Islam & Christianity

1200 AD 1300 AD 1400 AD 1500 AD 1600 AD

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The 4th to8th

Crusades1202-71

Europe Main Map at the Beginning of the Year 1600

Martin Luther1483 –1546

Intellectual revival and

establishment of universities

Aristotle’scorpus

becameavailable

The beginningof theage ofreason

ThomasAquinas’Natural

Theology1268

Rodger Baconintroduces

Math, science& Philosophyinto religiousStudy 1285

The 1400 began a time of financial corruption in the church/state

Leonardo da Vinci1452 to1519

Niccolò Machiavelli1469 to1527

The Renaissance: 1350-1550

Invention of Printing Press 1450

The PlagueKilled

1/3rd of

Population1347-51

John Calvin1509-1564

Protestants attempt to define themselves after Luther & Calvin

Henry VIIIBreaks withRome 1538

The SpanishArmada

1588

Shakespeare: 1564-1616

1600 AD 1700 AD 1800 AD 1900 AD 2000 AD

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Europe Main Map at the Beginning of the Year 2000

John Locke Reasonableness of Christianity

1695

Rene DescartesDiscourse on Reason

1637Beginning of PietismMovement 1606

WW I1914 –1918

WW II1939 –1945

Emergence of Puritanism in England 1603

Rene DescartesDiscourse on Reason

1637

Voltaireand

Deism 1763

French Revolution1789

AmericanRevolution1776

John Wesley 1703-1791)

David HumeExperienceonly source

of knowledge1711-76

Karl Marx 1818-1883

Frances Willard 1839-1898Women’s Christian

Temperance

Albert SchweitzerIntroducesBiblical criticalMethods 1875-1965

Carl BarthDialectical TheologyTheology of Crisis

1930’s & 40’s

30 YearsWar16181648