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776 First Olympics, held in Greece

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Greeks' soaring culture, under Myceneans (myths and legends, as recorded by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey), plunges into 350-year dark age after Dorian tribes invade from the north.

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1200 Trojan War ends with burning of Troy

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Ca. 400-150 B.C.

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Ca. 400-150 B.C.

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Ca. 400-150 B.C.

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Ca. 400-150 B.C.

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Sixth and Fifth Centuries

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Sixth and Fifth Centuries

Queen Esther of Persia stops an attempted holocaust

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Sixth and Fifth Centuries

Daniel

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Ca. Mid-Eighth to Mid-Sixth Centuries

586 Babylonians level Jerusalem and temple, exile southern Jewish nation

538 Exiled Jews start returning to Israel

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Ca. Mid-Eighth to Mid-Sixth Centuries

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Ca. Mid-Eighth to Mid-Sixth Centuries

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Ca. Mid-Eighth to Mid-Sixth Centuries

722 Assyrians exile northern Jewish nation of Israel

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Schism to Mid-Eighth Century

Isaiah

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Schism to Mid-Eighth Century

Divided Monarchy

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Schism to Mid-Eighth Century

Divided Monarchy

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

Divided Monarchy

Israel splits in two: Judah in south, Israel in north

Ahab

Elijah

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

United Monarchy

David

Solomon: finishes the first Jewish temple

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

United Monarchy

Saul crowned as the first king of Israel

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

Samson fights the Philistines

Judges

Samuel

United Monarchy

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

Judges

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Ca. 1200-900 B.C.

Judges

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The Late Bronze Age

Judges

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The Late Bronze Age

Judges

1275 Late date for The Exodus

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The Late Bronze Age

Judges

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The Late Bronze Age

Judges

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The Late Bronze Age

The plagues on Egypt

1446 (Early Date) Exodus from Egypt (Some scholars support this date, and others support a later date: 1275)

Wilderness journey

Revelation of law takes place at the divine mountain

Conquest of the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua

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The Late Bronze Age

Slavery

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Age of the Patriarchs

Joseph dies

Sojourn

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Age of the Patriarchs

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Age of the Patriarchs

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Age of the Patriarchs

Famine

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Age of the Patriarchs

Esau sells birthright

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Age of the Patriarchs

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Age of the Patriarchs

Jacob and family escape drought, move to Egypt

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Age of the Patriarchs

Abraham

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Age of the Patriarchs

Abraham

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Age of the Patriarchs

Abraham

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Before ca. 2000 B.C.

Noah

Flood

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Before ca. 2000 B.C.

First Generation

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Mesopotamia: conquest of the Sea-Land by the Kassie's

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KASSITE DYNASTY IN BABYLON

1530 Babylonia is conquered by the Kassites, who rule the area for 400+ years.

(Assyria) Cappadocian Colonies (continued)

I Babylon (continued) Mursilis I

(Isin) Kassite Dyn. (continued)

(Larsa) Dyn. of the Sea Lands (continued)

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Mitannnian cylinder seal and impression

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KASSITE DYNASTY IN BABYLON

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City gate of Hittite capital, Hattusa (modern Boghazkoy)

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Kassite ziggurat at Dur Karigalzu

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City list of Thutmose III, from relief on Temple of Amon at Karnak

Hebrews in Egypt

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1490-1436 Thutmosis III invades what is now Israel

1450-1419 Amenhotep II

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NEW HITTITE KINGDOM

Grand seal of Suppiluliuma

Suppiluliuma

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NEW HITTITE KINGDOM

Mursilis II

Muwatalli

Tale of Aqhat

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Kassite relief from temple at Uruk

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Weakening of Egyptian Rule (El-Amarna Period)

Strengthening of Egyptian Rule

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1386-1350 Amenhotep III

1349-1334 Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)

1334-1325 Tutankhamun

1325-1321 Ay

1321-1293 Horemheb

Egypt cultivates apples by the Nile River

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Muwatalli

1274 Battle of Kedesh

1274 Urhi-Teshub

Kedesh-on-the-Orontes, relief of Rameses II at Luxor

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Boundary stone of Meli-Shipak, from Susa

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Hattusili III

1230 Tudhaliya IV

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PERIOD OF ISRAELITE SETTLEMENT

Pastoralists moving in

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1279-1212 Rameses II

1212-1200 Merneptah: The first mention of Israel; the Egyptian king says, "Israel is laid waste."

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MINOR KINGDOM

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PERIOD OF THE JUDGES

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PERIOD OF JUDGES

c. 1100 Ivory box from palace of Megiddo

Battle of Aphek

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The Sea Peoples and Their Contributions to Civilization - The BAS Library

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PERIOD OF JUDGES

1174 Philistine Invasion

Sea Peoples taken prisoner by Ramses III

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ARAMEAN CONTROL

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MINOR KINGDOM

1116-1078 Tiglath-pileser I

KINGDOM OF ASSYRIA

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PERIOD OF ISRAELITE SETTLEMENT

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20TH DYNASTY

1151-1070 Rameses IV to Rameses XI

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ARAMEAN CONTROL

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Hadadezer, King of Zobah

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MINOR KINGDOMS

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Samuel

1025-1010 Saul

1010-970 David

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21ST DYNASTY

1040-992 Psusennes I

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Hadadezer, King of Zobah

976-943 Hiram I, King of Tyre

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976-943 Hiram I, King of Tyre

943-880 Ethbaal, King of Tyre

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1078-884 MINOR KINGDOMS

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930 Division of Monarchy

930-910 Jeroboam son of Nabat

910-909 Nadab

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930 Division of Monarchy

930-913 Rehoboam

913-910 Abijah

910-870 Asa

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21ST DYNASTY

960-946 Psusennes II

946 22ND DYNASTY

946-924 Shishak I

913-904 Osorkon I

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853-841 Mattan King of Tyre

841-796 Hazael, King of Aram-Damascus

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KINGDOM OF ASSYRIA

859-824 Shaknabeser III

824-811 Shamshi-Adad V

811-783 Adad-nirari III

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KINGDOM OF ASSYRIA

811-783 Adad-nirari III

783-773 Shalmaneser IV

773-755 Ashur-dan III

755-745 Ashur-nirari V

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852-841 Joram

841-814 Jehu

814-798 Jehoahaz

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Ahaziah 850-849

849-843/2 Jehoram (Elisha)

843/2-815 Jehu

853-842 Jehoram

Elisha

842-841 Ahaziah

841-835 Athaliah

835-796 Jehoash

873-849 Jehoshaphat

849-843 Jehoram

843/2 Ahaziah

842-837 Athaliah

837-800 Joash

Jonah

Amos

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22ND DYNASTY

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752-732 Pekah

742 Pekahiah

732-722 Hosea

722 Fall of Samaria

722-629 ASSYRIAN PROVINCE

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722-629 ASSYRIAN PROVINCE

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722-629 ASSYRIAN PROVINCE

640-609 Josiah

609-604 Egyptian rule

604-539 BABYLONIAN PROVINCE

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604-539 BABYLONIAN PROVINCE

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609-598 Jehoiakim

Jeremiah

598-586 Jehoiachin, Zedekiah

Obadiah

586 Destruction of the Temple

586-538 BABYLONIAN PROVINCE

Ezekiel

Deutero-Isaiah

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740-732 Rezin

732-609 ASSYRIAN PROVINCE

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745-727 Tiglath-pileser III

727-722 Shalmaneser V

722-705 SargonII

705-681 Sennacherib: says he trapped King Hezekiah "like a caged bird"

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Height of Etruscan power

Phoenician and Greek colonization in West

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Isaiah

750-732 Jotham

Micah

735-716 Ahaz

716-687 Hezekiah

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25TH DYNASTY

713-701 Shabaka

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732-609 ASSYRIAN PROVINCE

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705-681 Sennacherib

681-669 Esarhaddon

669-633 Asshurbanipal

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Phoenican and Greek colonization in the West

683 Kingship abolished in Athens

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716-687 Hezekiah

697-643 Manasseh

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25th DYNASTY

701-690 Shebitku

690-671 Taharqa (Tirhakah)

671 Assyrian conquest

664-610 Psamtik I