The Dawn of “History” Timeline (3800-2001 BCE)
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3760 | Adam & Eve created (Year 1 of Jewish calendar) |
3630 | Seth born |
3525 | Enosh born |
ca. 3500 | Chalcolithic Period, first settlement |
3435 | Kenan born |
3365 | Mehalalel born |
3300 | Yered born |
3138 | Enoch born |
3074 | Methusaleh born |
2886 | Lemech born |
2831 | Adam dies |
ca. 2800 | Early Dynastic period (Akkad) |
2704 | Noah born |
ca. 2700-2400 | Old Kingdom period (Egypt) |
ca. 2500-2200 | Ebla flourishes |
| ca. 2500 | First houses built in Jerusalem |
ca. 2300-2200 | Priestess Enheduanna, first known author in the world |
2203 | Shem born |
2150 | The Flood |
| 2100-1700 | Middle Kingdom period (Egypt) |
Dates regarding biblical figures and events cannot be confirmed.
- 3800 B.CE - 2001 BCE - The Dawn of “History”
- 2000 B.C.E. - 587 BCE - Context of Ancient Israelite Religion
- 538 BCE - 70 CE - Judaism After the Babylonian Exile
- 230 BCE-400 CE - Rule of Rome
- 70 - 500 - Rabbinic Jewish Period of Talmud Development
- 325 - 590 - Consolidation & Dominance of Classical Christianity
- 600 - 1500 - “Medieval” Period in the West
- 570 - 1258 - Reception & Classical Development of Muhammad's Islamic Message
- 1095-1258 - Crusades
- 1258-1500 - Further Transitions and Rebuilding of Political Islam
- 1291-1516 - Mamluk Rule
- 1517-1569 - Reformation and Post-Reformation Christian Period
- 1500-1920 - Dominance of Ottoman Muslim Empire in Turkey
- 1700-1917 - Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods
- 1914-1918 - Islamic Unrest and Realignment in the Middle East
- 1918-1947 - British Rule in Palestine
- 1947-Present - Modern Israel & the Diaspora
- Timeline for the History of Jerusalem - 4500 B.C.E.-Present
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