Incomplete, Un-Formated, Un-Adjusted Swing Draft for High, Mid & Low Chrono's
(A Good Division of Times, Peoples, Places)
Late Bronze to Early Iron Man Age (1645-700)
Dark Bronze Age 1645-1400 (245 years)
Late Bronze Age 1399-1180 (219 years)
Early Iron Age 1179-936 (243 years)
Middle Iron Age 935-700 (235 years)
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Patriarchial Age [1933?-1551]
Late Bronze Age: 1550–1200
Iron Age: 1200–586
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The Middle Kingdom of Egypt is the period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, between 2055 BC and 1650 BC, although some writers include the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties in the Second Intermediate Period. During this period, the Osiris funerary cult rose to dominate Egyptian popular religion.
The period comprises two phases, the 11th Dynasty, which ruled from Thebes and the 12th Dynasty onwards which was centered around el-Lisht. These two dynasties were originally considered to be the full extent of this unified kingdom, but historians now consider the 13th Dynasty to at least partially belong to the Middle Kingdom.
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The 11th-14th Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, the Middle Kingdom, though this dynasty overlaps partially with either (or both of) the 13th Dynasty or the 15th Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period.
It is associated with the Delta region of Egypt, and may have ruled from Xois, though for only little more than 100 years. Its rulers may have been related to the Hyksos, though they are very frequently identified as being of Semitic origin, owing to the distinct origins of the names of some of their Kings, like Yakobaam or Yaqub-Har.
As many as 76 kings are known from various king lists (from Manetho; the Turin Royal Canon gives 32), but only a few are attested in contemporary sources, so some may not have been actual rulers (eg some may be pseudonyms of other rulers). Most likely, many of these ruled concurrently over different parts of the Delta.
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The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. It is best known as the period when the Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt and whose reign comprised the 15th and 16th dynasties.
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a. 1000 = Approxiamate Dating
b. 2000 = Modern Bible Dating
c. 3000 = circa, about Dating
k. 1100 = My Added circa Dates
x. 2400 = Had no circa Dating
Dark Bronze Age 1645-1400
c. 1655 BC—Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, dies.
c. 1650 BC—Greeks start to live in Mycenae.
c. 1650 BC—Middle Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1674 BC).
c. 1650 BC—Second Intermediate Period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1674 BC).
c. 1650 BC-"Flotilla" fresco, Room 5 of West House, Akrotiri (Santorini), Thera. 2nd Palace period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
c. 1650 BC—Between Rapperswil and Hurden, on the so-called Seedamm, a first wooden bridge was constructed on Lake Zürich in Switzerland.
x. 1640 BC—The Middle Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt and the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.
x. 1633 BC—Egypt—End of the 13th and 14th dynasties of Egypt, start of the 15h dynasty.
x. 1633 BC—May 2—Lunar Saros 34 begins.
x. 1630 BC-1500—Landscape (Spring fresco), wall painting Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
x. 1637 BC—Death of Abraham according to Jewish calculations (2,123 years after biblical creation)
x. 1634 BC—Salah, son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar
x. 1627 BC—Beginning of cooling period, world climate, lasting several years, recorded in tree-rings all over the world.
x. 1627 BC—It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera, or the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
x. 1625 BC—Samsu-Ditana becomes King of Babylon (middle chronology).
x. 1621 BC—Lullaia becomes the King of Assyria.
x. 1620 BC—Mursili I becomes King of the Hittite Empire (middle chronology).
a. 1617 BC_1588-King Tang of Shang of China
a. 1602 BC—Shem, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar
x. 1600 BC—Shang Dynasty instituted in China.
x. 1600 BC—Tumulus culture started.
c. 1600 BC—Nebra skydisk created in what is now modern day Germany.
c. 1600 BC—The foundations of the Olmec civilization in Southern Mexico.
c. 1600 BC—Cycladic civilization ends.
c. 1600 BC_1550 BC—"Mask of Agamemnon" Funerary mask, from the royal tombs at Mycenae, Greece, is made. Grave Circle A. It is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
c. 1600 BC_1200 BC—Hittite (Anatolia) iron tools and weapons.
c. 1600 BC_1200 BC—Tiryns, Ancient Greece, is inhabited.
c. 1600 BC-Kings and princes on the mainland Greece have begun building large aboveground burial places commonly referred to as beehive tombs because of their rounded, conical shape.
c. 1600 BC—Hittites establish capital at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey).
a. 1600 BC—Egypt—End of Fourteenth Dynasty.
a. 1600 BC—The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).
a. 1600 BC—The end of the Indus Valley civilization.
a. 1600 BC—The overthrow of the ruling Amorite dynasty in Aleppo, Syria.
a. 1600 BC—The date of the earliest discovered rubber balls.
a. 1600 BC—Egypt conquered by Asian tribes known as the Hyksos—see History of ancient Israel and Judah.
a. 1595 BC—Mursili I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings an end to the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in that kingdom.
x. 1597 BC—Aaron born to Amram and his wife Jochebed (traditional date)
a. 1580 BC-Erishum III, King of Assyria, Hatshepsut and Egyptian queen. 1598–1586 BC (traditional date), or ca. 1580–1567 BC (newer dating)
a. 1580 BC-The Egyptians invented a new and better calendar. It is based on both the moon and a star. They observed the annual appearance of the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. This calendar was more advanced than the Babylonian calendar.
a. 1580 BC-Actaeus, King of Athens, first King of Athens according to the Parian Chronicle succeeded in the throne by Cecrops I
x. 1573 BC—Eber, son of Salah (b. 2037 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
x. 1573 BC_1570-Kamose, last Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt.
x. 1570 BC_1546-Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt
a. 1570 BC—The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ends and the New Kingdom begins in Ancient Egypt.
x. 1567 BC—Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty.
x. 1557 BC—Estimation: Memphis, capital of Lower Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Avaris, capital of the Hyksos in Egypt.
x. 1556 BC—Cecrops I builds or rebuilds Athens following the great flood of Deucalion and the end of the Golden age. He becomes the first of several Kings of Athens whose life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
c. 1552 BC—End of Second Intermediate period in Ancient Egypt. Start of New Kingdom. 18th–20th Dynasties.
c. 1550 BC—Second Intermediate Period ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1552 BC).
c. 1550 BC—New Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1552 BC).
c. 1550 BC—Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt starts (other date is 1552 BC).
x. 1550 BC—Ahmose I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt (although only de facto ruler of Upper Egypt) according to the Low Chronology.
x. 1550 BC—May 14—Lunar Saros 35 begins.
c. 1550 BC–1500 BC—Dagger blades with lion hunt, from Shaft Grave IV, Grave Circle A, at Mycenae, Greece, are made. They are now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
c. 1550 BC Stonehenge was built.
a. 1550 BC-The city of Mycenae, located in the northeast Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of Achaea, giving its name to Mycenaean civilization.
x. 1545 BC—Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, dies, according to the High Chronology.
x. 1539 BC—End of Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
x. 1539 BC—Approximate first use of the Valley of the Kings.
x. 1534 BC—The oldest dated star chart was made in Ancient Egypt.
x. 1530 BC—End of the First Dynasty of Babylon and the start of the Kassite Dynasty—see History of Iraq.
x. 1525 BC—End of Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt.
x. 1522 BC—Jacob migrates to Egypt, settling in the Land of Goshen, according to the Hebrew calendar.
x. 1521 BC—April 24—Lunar Saros 36 begins.
x. 1517 BC—The Heliacal rising of Sothis, a dating of the reign of Amenhotep I, followed by Thutmosis I.
x. 1512 BC—The flood of Deucalion, according to O'Flaherty, Augustine, Eusebius, and Isidore (bishop of Seville) (approximate date).
x. 1506 BC — Cecrops, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.
c. 1506 BC — Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) starts to rule. Alternatively, a date of c. 1504 BC is a possibility.
x. 1504 BC_1492-Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.
a. 1500 BC-Earliest remains of domesticated ferrets found.
a. 1500 BC-Biblical Exodus, according to Simcha Jacobovici in the earliest suggestion of the documentary Exodus Decoded.
a. 1500 BC-The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
a. 1500 BC-Polynesians settle in Fiji.
c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
c. 1500 BC - Formative/Preclassic period starts in Mesoamerica.
x. 1500 BC–500 BC—Vedas are composed.
x. 1497 BC—Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
x. 1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) died.
c. 1493 BC_1479-Thutmose II of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
c. 1492 BC—Thutmose I dies (other date is 1493 BC).
x. 1492 BC—April 3—Lunar Saros 37 begins.
x. 1487 BC—Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus.
x. 1481 BC—August 27—Lunar Saros 43 begins.
a. 1479 BC_1425-Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. He was the first who called himself "pharaoh".
c. 1478 BC–1390 BC—Hand mirror, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
c. 1473 BC—Hatshepsut (18th dynasty) started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II.
c. 1473 BC–1458 BC – Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahri is built. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
c. 1473 BC–1458 BC: Hatshepsut as sphinx, from Deir el-Bahri was made. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
x. 1473 BC_1458-Hatshepsut of Egypt, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.
c. 1469 BC—In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan.
x. 1457 BC-Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. The battle took place in year 23 I Shemsu day 20 (or possibly day 21). The exact year depends on the year Thutmose ascended to the throne of Egypt and among scholars the estimates range from 1479 to 1504 BC. Using the 1479 BC estimate the battle could have taken place in May of 1457.
x. 1456 BC—The Bible says, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.[citation needed]
c. 1450 BC—Mycenaeans attack Crete and destroy Knossos.[citation needed]
c. 1450 BC—Minoan Second Palace period ends and Late Minoan culture starts.[citation needed]
x. 1445 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt, to the land of Israel.
x. 1437 BC—Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I.
x. 1427 BC–1401 BC Amenhotep II, Pharaoh of Egypt riegns
x. 1426 BC-Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt dies
x. 1420 BC—Hebrew Exodus from Egypt (one proposed date).
x. 1420 BC—Incumbent Shahram from Persia declared his kingdom.
a. 1420 BC-Crete conquered by Mycenae, start of the Mycenaean period.
x. 1409 BC-April 16, Lunar Saros 38 begins.
x. 1400 BC—Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
x. 1400 BC—Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.
c. 1400 BC—Assyrians became very powerful.
c. 1400 BC—Beginning of Mycenaean era.
c. 1400 BC—political and cultural power in the Aegean has shifted from Crete to mainland Greece, home to wealthy warrior-kings.
c. 1400 BC-1350-Garden of Nebamum wall painting, tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. 18th dynasty of Egypt. British Museum, London.
c. 1400 BC—Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made.
c. 1400 BC-1200—Two women with a child, found in the palace at Mycenae, Greece. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
c. 1400 BC—Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
c. 1400 BC—The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.
Late Bronze Age 1399-1180 (219)
x. 1397 BC—Pandion I, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens.
c. 1390 BC-1352 BC: Queen Tiy, bust from Kom Medinet el-Ghurab (near el-Lahun) was made. 18th dynasty. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum.
a. 1395 BC-Hittites ruled by King Arnuwanda I (until 1360).
x. 1393 BC—Moses was born.
a. 1398 BC—Birth of Tiy to Egyptian nobleman Yuya and his wife Tjuyu. Chief Queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt, matriarch Amarna family.
c. 1390 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep III (18th dynasty) starts to rule.
x. 1380 BC-'s NONE
c. 1375 BC—Minoan culture ends on Crete.
c. 1375 BC—Site of palace complex Knossos is abandoned.
a. 1370 BC-summer, The cutting of the oak log, for Egtved Girl (Denmark) burial.
a. 1370 BC-Akhenaten is thought to have been born in this decade.
x. 1368 BC—Death of Erichthonius, mythical King of Dardania.
x. 1366 BC—Birth of Princess Tadukhipa to Tusratta, King of Mitanni and his Queen Juni. She will be later married to Amenhotep III and after his death to his son and heir Amenhotep IV Akhenaton. She is variously identified with Akhenaton's Queens Nefertiti and Kiya.
x. 1365 BC—Ashur-uballit I rises to the throne on Assyria.
c. 1365 BC—The Citadel of Tiryns, Greece, is built.
x. 1362 BC—Birth of the later Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton to Amenhotep III and his Queen Tiy.
x. 1352 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt, which begins the 18th dynasty.
x. 1352 BC—Amenhotep III (18th dynasty) dies.
c. 1352 BC—Amenhotep IV starts to rule.
c. 1352 BC—Amarna period in Ancient Egypt starts.
x. 1350 BC—Yin becomes the new capital of the Shang dynasty.
c. 1348 BC—Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.
x. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Akhenaten and his family, relief from Akhetaten (modern el-Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.
c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Nefertiti, bust from Akhetaten (modern Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.
c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Tish-shaped vase, from Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the British Museum, London.
c. 1348 BC–1327 BC: State ship, detail of a tempera fascimile by Charles K. Wilkinson of a cow painting in the tomb of the governor of Nubia Amenhotep Huy in Qurnet Murai was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
x. 1347 BC—Legendary King Erechtheus II is reportedly killed by lightning after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his younger brother Cecrops II.
x. 1346 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.
x. 1345 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt renames himself to Akhenaten.
x. 1344 BC–1322 BC—Beginning of Hittite empire.
a. 1341 BC/1340 BC—Birth of Tutankhaten, later Pharaoh of Egypt as Tutankhamun (approximate date)
c. 1340 BC—Citadel walls are built in Mycenae.
x. 1338 BC—Queen Tiy of Egypt, Chief Queen of Amenhotep III and matriarch of the Amarna family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
x. 1337 BC—Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
x. 1336 BC—Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.
x. 1336 BC—Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaten.
c. 1336 BC – Amarna period in Ancient Egypt ends.
x. 1336 BC–1327 BC: Inner coffin of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings near Deir el-Bahri is made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
x. 1334 BC/1333 BC—Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaten.
x. 1334 BC/1333 BC—Death of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt.
x. 1331 BC—Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.
x. 1323 BC—Death of Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt.
x. 1323 BC—Ay succeeds Tutankhamun
x. 1319 The Bhagavad Gita is written, according to Hindu traditions.
x. 1319 BC—Horemheb assumes the throne of Ancient Egypt.
x. 1317 BC—Enlil-nirari succeeds his father as king of Assyria.
x. 1312 BC—The revelation of the Torah to Moses occurred.
a. 1309 BC-Cecrops II, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion II. Pandion II was later driven into exile from Athens by the sons of Cecrops II's brother (or possibly nephew) Metion, so that Metion could take power. Pandion II fled to Megara, where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne. After his death, Pandion II's sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion.
x. 1307 BC—Adad-nirari I becomes king of Assyria.
x. 1300 BC—Pangeng moved the capital of Shang Dynasty to Yin.
c. 1300 BC—Rise of the Urnfield culture.
c. 1300 BC-1312 BC-the revelation of the Torah to Moses occurred.
c. 1300 BC—Some people of "Eastern Woodlands" begin to build massive earthworks, mounds of earth and stone. Poverty Point, Louisiana is the earliest one.
c. 1300 BC–1200 BC—Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, is built. Excavated by Christos Stamatakis in 1878.
c. 1300 BC–1200 BC—The palace at Pylos is built.
c. 1300 BC–1100 BC—Warrior vase, from Mycenae, Ancient Greece, is made. It is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
c. 1295 BC – 1186 BC – Great Temple of Amun, Karnak, is built. New Kingdom.
x. 1292 BC—End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
x. 1292 BC—The coronation of Ramses I.
x. 1290 BC—Seti I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt. (1290 BC – 1279 BC) (19th dynasty)
c. 1285 BC—Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, illustration from a Book of the Dead is painted. 19th dynasty. It is now in the British Museum, London.
x. 1282 BC—Pandion II, legendary King of Athens, dies after a nominal reign of 25 years. He reportedly only reigned in Megara while Athens and the rest of Attica were under the control of an alliance of Nobles led by his uncle Metion (son of Erechtheus of Athens) and his sons (including in some accounts Daedalus). His four sons lead a successful military campaign to regain the throne. Aegeus becomes King of Athens, Nisos reigns in Megara, Lykos in Euboea and Pallas in southern Attica.
a. 1280 BC—The Torah is believed to have been fully composed around this time.
a. 1280 BC-The walls of Troy VII/Wilusa are constructed.
x. 1279 BC—Pharaoh Seti I dies.
c. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies.
c. 1279 BC (May 31)—Ramesses II (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
c. 1279 BC–1213 BC—Temple of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel, Nubia (19th dynasty) was built. Wall painting of Queen Nefertari making an offering to the god Isis in the tomb of Nefertari was made. The tomb is located in the Valley of the Queens in Egypt.
c. 1279 BC_1213 BC—Temple of Amun, Mut and Khons, Luxor, Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, is built.
x. 1278 BC—Ramesses II defeats the Shardana sea pirates.
x. 1274 BC-The Battle of Kadesh (or Battle of Qadesh) in Syria, regarded as the largest (5–6,000) chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity. The end of the Battle of Kadesh was followed by some 15 years of border warfare ended by the signing of the earliest known peace treaty between the Hittites and Egyptians, the Treaty of Qadesh. Shalmaneser I becomes King of the Assyrian Empire.
a. 1267 BC-One of the three estimated dates of the Birth of Herakles in Thebes, Greece.
c. 1263 BC—Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.
x. 1263 BC—The approximate date traditionally offered for the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
c. 1259 BC—Ramesses II makes peace agreement with the Hittites (other date is 1263 BC).
c. 1258 BC—The Exodus as depicted in the Bible.
x. 1251 BC—September 7, A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
x. 1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War.
x. 1250 BC—Wu Ding emperor of Shang Dynasty to 1192 BC.
c. 1250 BC—Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, are made. Citadel walls are built.
a. 1240 Deborah, Judge of Israel, accompanies Barak on a military campaign in Qedesh, according to Judges 4:6–10.
a. 1240 Jael assassinates Sisera, a retreating general who was the enemy of the Israelites, according to Judges 5:23–27.
1231 BC—King Telephus of Mysia is born in Arcadia (estimated date of birth).
1230 BC—Battle of Nihriya
1225 BC—Birth of legendary Helen to King Tyndareus of Sparta and his wife Leda. (estimated date).
1224 BC—Death of Ramesses II of Egypt.
1221 BC—Pharaoh Merneptah defeats a Libyan invasion.
1213–1203 BC—Merneptah Stele makes the earliest recorded mention of Israel.
1212 BC–1202 BCMerneptah, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
1213 BC—Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erechtheus and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus. Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta, who want to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. The latter seeks refuge in Skyros, whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes, however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to assassinate him (though other accounts place these events a decade later, in the 1200s BC).
1213 BC—Ramesses II dies (other date is 1212 BC).
1212 BC—Death of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses the Great.
1210 BC—Accession of legendary Magadhan king Subrata of the Brihadrata dynasty.
x. 1204 BC—Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 30 years and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erichthonius II of Athens and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus. Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta, who want to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. Theseus seeks refuge in Skyros, whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes, however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to assassinate him. (Other accounts place these events a decade earlier. See 1210s BC.)
x. 1202 BC–1199 BC Amenemses, Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt
c. 1200 BC—The Cimmerians start settling the steppes of southern Russia? (Undocumented conjecture). [Note: alot of migratory]
x. 1200 BC—Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.
c. 1200 BC—Start of Iron Age in Middle East
c. 1200 BC—Chariots appear in Ancient China.
c. 1200 BC—Earliest writing that survived exists in Ancient China.
c. 1200 BC—Aramaic Nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.
c. 1200 BC—Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle-East. See Sea People for more information.
c. 1200 BC-Olmec culture starts in Mesoamerica.
c. 1200 BC-San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán starts to flourish.
x. 1197 BC—The beginning of first period (1197 BC–982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.
x. 1194 BC—The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.
x. 1192 BC—Wu Ding king of Shang Dynasty died.
x. 1191 BC—Menestheus, Athens, dies in the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years, succeeded by Demophon, a son of Theseus. (see 1181 BC)
x. 1186 BC—End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty.
x. 1184 BC-April 24, Traditional date of the fall of Troy.
x. 1182 BC-a desperate letter of Ammurapi, the last king of Ugarit, Peoples of the Sea destroy both Ugarit and Alasiya (Cyprus).
x. 1181 BC—Menestheus, legendary king of Athen's in the Trojan War is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. (see 1191 BC).
c. 1180 BC—Invaders razed Hattusa causing the collapse of the Hittite Empire
x. 1180 BC—1178 Collapse of the Hittite Empire. Their capital, Hattusa, falls around or slightly after 1180 BC.
Early Iron Age 1179-936 (243)
x. 1178 BC-April 16, A solar eclipse occurs. [Note: @6 years?] This may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors competing to marry his wife Penelope, whom they believe to be a widow, in order to succeed him on the throne. He organizes their slaying and re-establishes himself on the throne. The date is surmised from a passage in Homer's Odyssey, which reads, "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world." This happens in the context of a new moon and at noon, both necessary preconditions for a full solar eclipse. In 2008, to investigate, Dr Marcelo O. Magnasco, an astronomer at Rockefeller University, and Constantino Baikouzis, of the Observatorio Astrónomico de La Plata in Argentina, looked for more clues. Within the text, they interpreted three definitive astronomical events: there was a new moon on the day of the slaughter (as required for a solar eclipse); Venus was visible and high in the sky six days before; and the constellations Pleiades and Boötes were both visible at sunset 29 days before. Since these events recur at different intervals, this particular sequence should be unique: the doctors found only one occurrence of this sequence while searching between 1250 and 1115 BC, the 135-year spread around the putative date for the fall of Troy. It coincided with the eclipse of April 16, 1178 BC.
x. 1166 BC—The start of the Discordian calendar and within Discordianism the date of Curse of Greyface.
x. 1162 BC—The statue of Marduk is taken from Babylon by Elamite conquerors.
x. 1159 BC—The Hekla 3 eruption triggers an 18-year period of climatic worsening. (estimated date, disputed)
x. 1154 BC—Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date).
x. 1154 BC—Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. (estimated date).
a. 1150 BC-The Trojan war takes place at about this time
x. 1153 BC—Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt
x. 1149 BC—The First Trojan War
x. 1147 BC—Demophon, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.
x. 1146 BC—Nebuchadnezzar I becomes king of Babylon.
x. 1137 BC—Ramses VII begins his reign as the sixth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt.
x. 1135 BC—Oxyntes, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 12 years and is succeeded by his elder son Apheidas.
x. 1134 BC—Apheidas, legendary King of Athens, is assassinated and succeeded by his younger brother Thymoetes after a reign of 1 year.
x. 1126 BC—Thymoetes, legendary King of Athens, dies childless after a reign of 8 years. He is succeeded by his designated heir Melanthus of Pylos, a fifth-generation descendant of Neleus who had reportedly assisted him in battle against the Boeotians.
x. 1122 BC—Legendary founding emigration of Gija to Gojoseon.
x. 1122 BC—The Zhou Dynasty was founded.
c. 1120 BC—Destruction of Troy.
x. 1116 BC—Death of Zhou wu wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC–256 BC) of China
x. 1115 BC—Zhou cheng wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China. (Alternately: 1111 BC)
x. 1115 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I becomes king of Assyria.
x. 1104 BC—Foundation of Cadiz, Spain.
x. 1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites.
c. 1100 BC—The Dorians invade Ancient Greece.
c. 1100 BC—Mycenaean era ends with the destruction of that civilisation. The collapse of Mycenaean dominance starts.
c. 1100 BC—Late Minoan culture ends.
c. 1100 BC—Greek Dark Ages begin.
c. 1100 BC—Beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy.
c. 1100 BC—The New Kingdom in Egypt comes to an end.
c. 1100 BC—Shang Dynasty ends in China.
a. 1100 BC-King David is ruler over Israel.
c. 1100 BC—Zarathustra is born.
a. 1100 BC—Alphabet developed by Phoenicians.
a. 1100 BC—MUL.APIN developed by Assyrians: an ancient catalog of constellations.
x. 1090 BC—or the Year of the Hyenas, in the reign of Ramesses XI, there was a collapse in Egypt's economy leading to the emergence of tomb robbers. Because of this, it was also the last year that the Valley of the Kings was used for burial.
a. 1089 BC- Iron Age continues. The 1080s BC witnessed the early years of the Iron Age. Many of the great powers of the High Bronze Age in the Western Mediterranean had either collapsed or been severely weakened. It was during this time that previously minor powers, those being the Assyrian empire based in Mesopotamia and the Israelites and Phoenicians based in the Levant, began to emerge.
x. 1089 BC—Melanthus, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 37 years and is succeeded by his son Codrus.
a. 1084 BC-Herihor, the high-priest of Amon, usurps Ramesses XI's authority, becoming the de facto ruler of Upper Egypt.
x. 1082 BC-Babylonia suffers from a severe famine.
c. 1081 BC-Herihor dies.
a. 1080 BC-Transition from New Kingdom Period to Third Intermediate Period in Egypt begins.
x. 1079 BC—Death of Zhou cheng wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 1078 BC—Zhou kang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
c. 1075 BC—New Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (Another date is 1200 BC).
c. 1069 BC — End of New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt.
c. 1069 BC - Third Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.
x. 1069 BC — Ramses XI dies, ending the Twentieth Dynasty. He is succeeded by Smendes I, who founds the Twenty-first Dynasty.
x. 1068 BC — Codrus, legendary King of Athens, dies in battle against Dorian invaders after a reign of 21 years. Athenian tradition considers him the last King to have held absolute power. Modern historians consider him the last King whose life account is part of Greek mythology. He is succeeded by his son Medon.
x. 1053 BC—Death of Zhou kang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
x. 1052 BC—Zhou zhao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ancient China.
x. 1051 BC—Saul becomes the first King of Ancient Israel.
x. 1050 BC—Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from Israel in battle. (Approximate date)
c. 1050 BC—Shang Dynasty ends in Ancient China. Zhou Dynasty starts in Ancient China.
c. 1050 BC—Proto-Geometric period starts in Ancient Greece.
x. 1048 BC—Medon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Acastus.
x. 1046 BC—Following the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou overthrows the Shang Dynasty Chinese King Di Xin and founds the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC–256 BC).
x. 1044 BC—On the death of Smendes I, king of Egypt, he is succeeded by two co-regents, Psusennes I and Neferkare Amenemnisu.
x. 1041 BC-Some sources propose this as the date of King David's birth
a. 1040 BC-Shu Du of Cai
x. 1039 BC—Neferkare Amenemnisu, king of Egypt, dies.
x. 1031 BC-Shalmaneser II becomes King of Assyria
C. 1030 BC—The Belknap Volcano Erupts in The State of Oregon.
x. 1037 BC—David born
x. 1027 BC—Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.
c. 1025 BC—Collapse of Mycenaean dominance ends.
a. 1020 BC—destruction of Troy.
x. 1020 BC—Saul the King becomes the first king of the Israelites.
x. 1012 BC—Acastus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus. Solar Eclipse seen in Ugarit from 6:09 PM to 6:39 PM, May 9.
x. 1010 BC—Uzzah, King of Judah dies, believed to have been smitten by God for violating divine law by touching the Ark of the Covenant.
x. 1006 BC—David becomes king of the ancient Israelites (traditional date 1006 BC–965 BC).
x. 1002 BC—Death of Zhou zhao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 1001 BC—Zhou mo wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
a. 1000 BC-Earliest evidence of farming in the Kenya highlands.
c. 1000 BC—Iron Age starts.
c. 1000 BC—Latins come to Italy from the Danube region.
c. 1000 BC—Archaeological evidence obtained from inscriptions excavated in 2005 dates the Tamil language, a classical language spoken in India.
c. 1000 BC—Assyrians started to conquer neighbouring regions.
x. 1000 BC—World population: 50,000,000
x. 1000 BC—Priene, Western Turkey is founded.
c. 1000 BC—Hungarian separates from its closest linguistic relatives, the Ob-Ugric languages.
c. 1000 BC—Saul.
c. 1000 BC—Ancient Iranian peoples enter Persia.
c. 1000 BC—Iron is introduced in Ancient India.
c. 1000 BC—Villanovans occupy the northern and western Italy.
a. 1000 BC-Phoenician alphabet is invented.
c. 1000 BC-Rice is cultivated in Ancient Japan.
a. 1000 BC-1000 BC - Early Horizon period starts in the Andes.
c. 1000 BC-Chavin culture starts in the Andes.
c. 1000 BC-Paracas culture starts in the Andes.
c. 1000 BC—Historical beginning of the peoples we later know as Illyrians
a. 1000 BC-600-Zoroaster, ancient Iranian prophet (approximate date, estimate ranges)
x. 998 BC—King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
b. 997 BC-Foundation of Temple laid in the 4th year of Solomon's reign, 480th year after the Exodus. 1 Kings 6:1
x. 993 BC—Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt.
x. 993 BC—Archippus, Archon of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.
x. 984 BC—Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt.
x. 982 BC—The end of first period (1197 BC–982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.
x. 978 BC—Siamun succeeds Osorkon the Elder as king of Egypt.
a. 970 BC-Possible date of the death of King David.
x. 967 BC—Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.
x. 967 BC—Solomon becomes king of the Israelites. (962 BC—traditional date)
x. 965 BC—David, king of the ancient Israelites, died.
b. 961 BC-The United Monarchy splits into two rival kingdoms: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. 1 Kings 12
x. 959 BC—Psusennes II succeeds Siamun as king of Egypt.
x. 957 BC—The reign of Mu Wang of the Zhou Dynasty ends.
x. 952 BC—Thersippus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 41 years and is succeeded by his son Phorbas.
x. 950 BC—Northern Egypt starts to be ruled by Libyan pharaohs. The Libyans build cities and for the first time a sturdy urban life grows up in the Nile Delta.
c. 950 BC–800 BC—Some early parts of the Bible are written.
x. 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism.
x. 947 BC—Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 946 BC—Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 945 BC—Egypt: Psusennes III dies, the last king of the Twenty-first Dynasty. Shoshenq I succeeds him, the founder of the 22nd Dynasty.
x. 940 BC—The Temple of Solomon was finished being built.
Middle Iron Age 935-700 (235)
x. 935 BC—Death of Zhou gong wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 935 BC—Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.
x. 934 BC—Ashur-dan II succeeds his father as King of Assyria.
x. 934 BC—Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 931 BC—Solomon dies in Jerusalem. The Kingom of Israel is split into two nations: Israel in the north and Judah in the south.
x. 928 BC—On the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam is unable to hold the tribes of Israel together, and the northern part secedes to become the kingdom of Israel, making Jeroboam its king. Rehoboam was left to rule the kingdom of Judah.
x. 925 BC—Military conquest of Canaan by Shoshenq I.
x. 922 BC—Osorkon I succeeds his father Shoshenq I as king of Egypt.
x. 922 BC—Phorbas, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.
x. 915 BC (by William F. Albright)—Death of Rehoboam, King of the ancient Kingdom of Judah.
x. 912 BC—Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.
x. 911 BC—Abijah, king of Judah, dies.
x. 910 BC—Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 909 BC-Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 909 BC-Jeroboam, the first king of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel, dies and is succeeded by his son Nadab.
c. 900 BC-The inhabitants of the Aegean region establish small, distinct groups in valleys, on coastal plains and on islands, living in self-sufficient, close-knit communities but all speaking some form of the same language.
c. 900 BC-San Lorenzo, the center of early Olmec culture, is destroyed, probably by migrating peoples from the north, and power passes to La Venta in Tabasco.
c. 900 BC-the Villanovan culture emerges in northern Italy (Villanovan II).
x. 900 BC-Kingdom of Kush.
c. 900 BC-Greek Dark Ages end.
c. 900 BC-Geometric period of vases starts in Ancient Greece.
c. 900 BC-La Venta starts to thrive.
c. 900 BC-Colossal head (no. 4) from La Venta, Mexico, is made. Olmec culture. It is now kept at La Venta Park, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
c. 900 BC-600-Great Pyramid and ball court, La Venta, Mexico, is built. Olmec culture.
x. 895 BC—Death of Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 894 BC—Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 892 BC—Megacles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Diognetus.
x. 891 BC—Tukulti-Ninurta II succeeds his father Adad-nirari II as king of Assyria.
x. 889 BC—Takelot I succeeds his father Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
x. 883 BC—Assurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria. Moved capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud).
x. 883 BC-859-Human-Headed Winged Lion (Lamassu), palace of Assurnasirpal II, Assyria, Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Metropolitan Art, NY.
x. 879 BC—Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 879 BC—Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons to celebrate it.
x. 878 BC—Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 874 BC—Shoshenq II succeeds Takelot I as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
x. 874 BC—Ahab becomes king of Israel (approximate date).
x. 872 BC—An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of the Temple of Luxor.
x. 872 BC—Osorkon II succeeds Shoshenq II as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
x. 865 BC—Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II.
x. 864 BC—Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.
x. 860 BC—The kingdom of Urartu is unified.
x. 859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies.
x. 859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Palestine.
x. 858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu.
x. 858 BC—Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as king of Assyria.
x. 854 BC-853—Shalmaneser III battles a Syrian coalition (including king Ahab of Kingdom of Israel and Hadadezer) in the battle of Karkar.
a. 850 BC-Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.
x. 850 BC—Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.
c. 850 BC—Homer writes the Iliad and Odyssey.
c. 850 BC—Assurnasirpal II killing lions, palace complex of Assurnasirpal II in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) is made. British Museum, London.
c. 850 BC—the Mesha Stele, the Moabite Stone; the story is 34 lines, reveals the story of Mesha's revolt againt Israel.
x. 845 BC—Pherecles, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron.
x. 842 BC—Shalmaneser III devastates the territory of Damascus; Israel and the Phoenician cities send tribute.
x. 841 BC—Exile of King Li of Zhou Dynasty, and the Gonghe Regency, began. Records of the Grand Historian
x. 841 BC—(Sima Qian by 91 BC) regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history.
x. 836 BC—Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni.
x. 836 BC—Civil war breaks out in Egypt.
x. 828 BC-827-King Xuan becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China, ending almost two decades of the Gonghe regency.
x. 825 BC—Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne.
x. 825 BC-824-Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Thespieus.
x. 823 BC—Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.
x. 820 BC—Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre.
x. 817 BC—Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty.
x. 814 BC—Carthage founded by Dido (traditional date).
x. 811 BC—Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.
x. 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.
x. 804 BC—Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh.
c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
c. 800 BC-The Upanishads are composed.
c. 800 BC–700—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy. Etruscan civilization.
x. 800 BC-The Olmecs build pyramids.
x. 797 BC—Ardysus I becomes king of Lydia.
x. 797 BC—Thespieus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 27 years and is succeeded by his son Agamestor.
x. 796 BC-Adad-Nirari III captures Damascus after a siege against King Ben-Hadad III.
c. 790 BC-Adad-Nirari III conducts a raid against the Chaldeans.
x. 783 BC—Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
x. 782 BC—Founding of Erebuni by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.
x. 782 BC—Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 781 BC—Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
x. 778 BC—Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.
x. 776 BC–394AD—Era of the ancient Greek Olympic Games.
x. 776 BC—First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus (of the 1st century BC).
x. 774 BC—End of the reign of king Pygmalion of Tyre.
x. 773 BC—Death of Shoshenq III, king of Egypt.
x. 773 BC—Ashur-Dan III succeeds his brother Shalmaneser IV as king of Assyria.
x. 772 BC—The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was founded.
x. 771 BC—Traditional Birthdate of Romulus and Remus, Romulus as the traditional founder of Rome.
x. 771 BC—End of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China as Quanrong nomads from the west together with Zhou vassals sack the capital Haojing and kill the monarch King You of Zhou. Crown Prince Ji Yijiu escapes to later reign as King Ping of Zhou.
x. 770 BC—Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as King Ping of Zhou becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (later known as Luoyang).
a. 767 BC-Amaziah of Judah dies.
c. 765 BC-Alara of Nubia, King of Kuch dies.
x. 763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East. However, it requires Nisan 1 to fall on March 20, 763 BC, which was 8 to 9 days before the vernal equinox (March 28/29 at that time) and Babylonians never started their calendar year before the spring equinox.
a. 763 BC-Argishtis I of Urartu dies.
a. 760 BC-Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon die.
a. 760 BC-Archilaus, king of Sparta dies.
a. 760 BC-Rivallo, legendary king of the Britons dies. His reign was troubled by disasters.
x. 759 BC-Alexander king of Corinth killed by his successor Telestes.
x. 757 BC—Duke Zhuang of Zheng, China Born.
x. 756 BC—Founding of Cyzicus.
x. 754 BC-Latins move into Italy
x. 755 BC—Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria.
x. 755 BC—Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon.
x. 753 BC—Alcmaeon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is replaced by Harops, elected Archon for a ten-year term.
x. 753 BC—The city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom is founded, according to Roman tradition, and is ruled by Rome's first king, Romulus. Beginning of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar. Rome adopts the Etruscan alphabet, which the Etruscans themselves had adopted from the Greeks. Set by Varro, this was the most common date used.
x. 752 BC—Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women. He celebrates a further triumph later in the year over the Antemnates.
c. 750 BC—Man and Centaur, perhaps from Olympia, is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
c. 750 BC—Age of colonisation begins.
c. 750 BC—Greeks establish colonies in Italy and Sicily.
c. 750 BC—First tyrants take their seats.
c. 750 BC-700—Funerary Vase (Krater), Dipylon Cemetery, Athens. Attributed to Hirschfield. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
x. 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylonia.
x. 747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia.
c. 747 BC—Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Late Period of ancient Egypt starts. Nubian period starts in Ancient Egypt.
c. 747 BC—Piye starts to rule in Ancient Egypt.
x. 745 BC—The Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
x. 745 BC—Legendary death of Titus Tatius Roman King (Diarchy with con Romulus ).
x. 743 BC—Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
x. 743 BC—Beginning of the First Messenian War.
x. 740 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
x. 740 BC—Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.
x. 739 BC—Hiram II becomes king of Tyre.
x. 738 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.
x. 738 BC—The Biskupin settlement northeast of Poznan (Poland) is built.
x. 735 BC—Naxos in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
x. 734 BC—Syracuse founded in Sicily as a joint colony of Corinth and Tenea, under the leadership of Archias
x. 732 BC—Hoshea becomes the last king of Israel.
x. 730 BC—Northern Egypt ceases to be ruled by Libyan pharaohs.
x. 730 BC—Osorkon IV succeeds Sheshonq IV as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
x. 730 BC—Piye succeeds his father, Kashta, as king of the Nubian kingdom of Napata.
x. 730 BC—Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre.
x. 730 BC—Leontini in Sicily is founded by colonists from Naxos
x. 729 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III officially crowned sovereign of Asia in Babylon.
x. 729 BC—Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz as king of Judah (or 726 BC).
x. 729 BC—Luli succeeds Mattan II as king of Tyre.
x. 728 BC—Death of Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria (or 727 BC).
x. 728 BC—Piye invades Egypt, conquers Memphis, receives submission of the rulers of the Nile Delta, founding the 25th dynasty of Egypt.
x. 727 BC—Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria, upon the death of Tiglath-Pileser III.
x. 727 BC—Death of Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria (or 728 BC).
x. 727 BC—Shalmaneser V becomes king of Assyria (dies 723 BC).
x. 727 BC—Tefnakhte founds the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.
x. 726 BC—Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz as king of Judah (or 729 BC).
x. 725 BC—Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the 24th dynasty of Egypt.
x. 725 BC—Shalmaneser V starts a 3 year siege of Israel
x. 725 BC—Sparta conquers the neighboring region of Messenia and takes over the land.
x. 724 BC—The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre.
x. 724 BC—The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.
x. 724 BC—Ahaz, king of Judah (740 BC–726 BC) dies.
x. 723 BC—Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
x. 723 BC—Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
x. 722 BC—Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King Zhou ping wang of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
x. 722 BC—Northern Kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyrian king Sargon II.
x. 721 BC—Sargon II starts to rule. He builds a new capital at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad).
x. 721 BC—Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
x. 720 BC—Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris), ending the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
x. 720 BC—Death of Zhou ping wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
c. 720 BC—Guan Zhong, political adviser of Qi in eastern Ancient China.
x. 720 BC—End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre.
c. 720 BC—Guardian figure, from the entrance to the throne room at palace of Sargon II. Oriental Institute, Chicago.
b. 719 BC-Northern kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria
a. 719 BC-Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.
x. 719 BC—Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
x. 718 BC—Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
x. 717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
x. 717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
x. 717 BC–716 BC—Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeated the pharaoh.
x. 716 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
x. 716 BC—Piye dies.
x. 715 BC—Osorkon IV dies, ending the 22nd dynasty of Egypt.
x. 715 BC—Start of the reign of the second King of Rome—Numa Pompilius.
c. 715 BC—Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends.
x. 713 BC—Birth of semi-legendary Zalmoxis in Dacia.
x. 713 BC—Numa Pompilius reforms the Roman calendar.
x. 712 BC—Numa Pompilius creates the office of Pontifex Maximus.
c. 710 BC—Medes is united.
x. 706 BC—Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
x. 706 BC—Sargon II dies.
x. 705 BC—Sennacherib succeeds his father Sargon II as king of Assyria.
x. 704 BC—Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyria to Nineveh.
x. 701 BC—Death of Duke Zhuang of Zheng, China.
x. 701 BC—Miraculous deliverance from Assyria; King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Nubian Empire, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria.
x. 701 BC—Sennacherib sacks many Israelite cities, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem.
x. 700 BC—The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.
x. 700 BC—End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of the Etruscan civilization.
x. 700 BC—The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.
c. 700 BC—Geometric period of vases ends in Ancient Greece. Orientalizing period of vases starts. It starts in Corinth.
c. 700 BC—Hesiod writes "Theogony".
c. 700 BC–509—Etruscan supremacy period in Italy.
x. 700 BC–Cities again begin to appear on the Indian subcontinent, especially in the north.
Incomplete, Un-Formated, Un-Adjusted Swing Draft for High, Mid & Low Chrono's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology
4004 BC - Creation
2349 BC_2348-Noah's Flood
1921 BC - God's call to Abraham
1491 BC - The Exodus from Egypt
1012 BC - Founding of the Temple in Jerusalem
0586 BC - Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon and the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity
0005 BC - Birth of Jesus
http://www.bible-history.com/resource/r_time.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Bible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Jewish_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_periods_in_the_region_of_Palestine
http://www.abiblestudy.com/part2.html 2343 B.C. - 1446 B.C.
http://www.abiblestudy.com/part3.html 1446 B.C. - 582 B.C.
b. 1630 BC- Joseph dies in Egypt at the age of 110. He was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt. Joseph lived to see the
3rd generation of Ephraim's children. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph's knee.
[Gen 50: 22, 26] The fact that Joseph's body was not taken to Canaan for burial, is a good reason to believe that the reign
of the Hyksos was nearly at an end, and they were at war with Kamose, son of Sekenerre. Age of living Patriarch's Reuben 116,
Simeon 115, Levi 114, Judah & Dan 113,Naphtali, Issachar & Gad 112, Asher & Zebulun 111, Benjamin 104, Manasseh 79, Ephraim 75.
b. 1615 BC-Joseph dies. Genesis 50:26
b. 1607 BC-Levi dies in Egypt at 137. [Exo 6:16] Joseph and all his brothers, and all that generation died. [Exo. 1:6-7]
b. 1581 BC-Kohath, Levi's second son, died in Egypt at the age of 133. [Exo 6:18]
b. 1570 BC-Hyksos expelled from Egypt; Amose I founds 18th dynasty
b. 1560 BC_1557-Aaron, son of Amram with Jochebed, born. Exodus 7:7
b. 1548 BC-Amenhotep I becomes pharaoh of Egypt, Hebrew midwives ordered to destroy all Hebrew male children
b. 1529 BC-Amram, c. 134, who possibly married Jochebed (his father's sister) much earlier, begat Aaron. [Exo 6: 20]
b. 1528 BC-Thutmose I becomes pharaoh, All newborn Hebrew males are to be cast into the Nile
b. 1525 BC-Moses born
b. 1510 BC-Thutmose II becomes pharaoh
b. 1504 BC-Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh
b. 1487 BC-Moses flees Egypt
b. 1483 BC-Thutmose III becomes pharaoh, The great oppression of the Hebrews begins
b. 1476 BC-The Israelites leave in a mass exodus from Egypt. Genesis 15:13, 1 Kings 6:1, 12
b. 1450 BC-Amenhotep II becomes pharaoh
b. 1437 BC-Moses and Aaron die. Deuteronomy 34:7
b. 1436 BC-The Israelites enter Canaan. Joshua 4:19
b. 1407 BC-Moses dies; Joshua conquers Canaan
b. 1377 BC-Akhnaton becomes pharaoh; inaugurates monotheistic reforms
b. 1375 BC-Othniel becomes judge
c. 1330 BC-Amarna letters correspondence between vassal Canaanite rulers and Amenhotep III
b. 1319 BC-Ehud becomes judge
b. 1318 BC-Rameses I founds the 19th dynasty in Egypt
b. 1240 BC-Deborah and Barak judge Israel
b. 1194 BC-Gideon becomes judge
x. 1178 BC-The Battle of Djahy (Canaan) between Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples
a. 1178 BC-Egyptian decline in power of the New Kingdom and in the Levant during the Bronze Age collapse
b. 1167 BC-Eli born
b. 1155 BC-Abimelech usurps power in Israel
b. 1152 BC-Tola becomes judge
a. 1150 BC-Collapse of Canaanite cities, rapid settlement increase in hill country and Transjordan
b. 1131 BC-Jair becomes judge
b. 1109 BC-Eli becomes priest
b. 1105 BC-Samuel born
b. 1089 BC-Jephthah becomes judge
b. 1083 BC-Ibzan becomes judge
b. 1071 BC-Elon becomes judge, Samson becomes judge
b. 1071 BC-Jesse begets David. 2 Samuel 5:4
b. 1069 BC-Samuel begins to minister
b. 1066 BC-Abdon becomes judge
b. 1047 BC_1007 King Saul reigns
b. 1041 BC_1001-David reigns as king of Israel. 1 Kings 2:11 - reigns for 40 years
b. 1034 BC-David moves his capitol from Hebron to Jerusalem. 1 Kings 2:11
b. 1001 BC_961-Solomon son of David reigns as king of Israel. 1 Kings 11:42
b. 0997 BC-Foundation of Temple laid in the 4th year of Solomon's reign. 480th year after the Exodus. 1 Kings 6:1
b. 0961 BC-The United Monarchy splits into two rival kingdoms: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. 1 Kings 12
b. 0961 BC_943-Rehoboam son of Solomon reigns as king of Judah (Albright: 922–915 BC; Thiele: 931–913 BC)
b. 0961 BC_939-Jeroboam I son of Nebat reigns as king of Israel
b. 0950 BC-Jahvehist Source of the Torah is written
b. 0944 BC_941-Abijam son of Rehoboam reigns as king of Judah
b. 0941 BC_900-Asa son of Abijam reigns as king of Judah
b. 0939 BC_938-Nadab son of Jeroboam I reigns as king of Israel
b. 0938 BC_915-Baasha reigns as king of Israel
b. 0915 BC_914-Elah son of Baasha reigns as king of Israel
b. 0914 BC-Zimri reigns as king of Israel
b. 0914 BC_913-Tibni reigns as king of Israel
b. 0913 BC_903-Omri reigns as king of Israel
b. 0903 BC_882-Ahab son of Omri reigns as king of Israel
b. 0900 BC_875-Jehoshaphat son of Asa reigns as king of Judah
b. 0882 BC_881-Ahaziah son of Ahab reigns as king of Israel
b. 0877 BC_870-Jehoram (Joram) son of Jehoshaphat reigns as king of Judah
b. 0875 BC_870-Joram (Jehoram) son of Ahab reigns as king of Israel
b. 0870 BC_870-Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigns as king of Judah
b. 0870 BC_864-Athaliah wife of Jehoram rules over Judah
b. 0870 BC_841-Jehu son of Nimshi reigns as king of Israel
b. 0864 BC_824-Joash (Jehoash) son of Ahaziah reigns as king of Judah
b. 0841 BC_824-Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigns as king of Israel
b. 0826 BC_811-Jehoash (Joash) son of Jehoahaz reigns as king of Israel
b. 0825 BC_796-Amaziah son of Joash reigns as king of Judah
b. 0822 BC_770-Jeroboam II son of Jehoash reigns as king of Israel
b. 0808 BC_756-Uzziah (Azariah) son of Amaziah reigns as king of Judah
a. 0800 BC-Intrusion of Assyria and then Babylon into the region, states and cities lose independence.
b. 0800 BC-Elohist Source of the Torah is written
b. 0771 BC_770-Zechariah son of Jeroboam II reigns as king of Israel
b. 0770 BC-Shallum reigns as king of Israel
b. 0770 BC_759-Menahem son of Gadi reigns as king of Israel
b. 0759 BC_757-Pekahiah son of Menahem reigns as king of Israel
b. 0757 BC_740-Jotham son of Uzziah reigns as king of Judah
b. 0758 BC_737-Pekah son of Remaliah reigns as king of Israel
b. 0741 BC_725-Ahaz son of Jotham reigns as king of Judah
b. 0737 BC_719-Hoshea son of Elah reigns as king of Israel
a. 0732 BC-The Leviant becomes enslaved or vassals of the Assyrian Empire under Tiglath Pileser III
b. 0725 BC_696-Hezekiah son of Ahaz reigns as king of Judah
b. 0719 BC-Northern kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria