The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires & Significant Events in Biblical History

 

Lining Up World History with Biblical History

Articles Aug 24 Written By Luke Taylor

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires & Significant Events in Biblical History 

10000-6000 BC - Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

~5000 BC - Flood, Noah builds an Ark 

4000-2000 BC - The Sumerian Empire (City States)

2350-2000 BC - Akkadian Empire (Bronze Age)

2100 BC - Akkadian Empire declines. City of Ur rises to prominence. 

2100 BC - Abraham is called by God 

2000 BC - Isaac 

1850 BC – Joseph

1800 BC - Hammurabi and the Old Babylonian Empires (Code of Hammurabi)

1750 BC - Hammurabi dies and Babylon loses power. 

1500 BC - Moses 

1400 BC - The Assyrian Empire increases in strength in northern Mesopotamia. 

1100 BC - Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its strength under Tiglath-Piliser I. 

1100-700 BC - The Assyrian Empire expands and conquers foreign territories. 

1050 BC - Saul (First King of Israel)

1000 BC - David (Second King of Israel)

950 BC - Solomon (Third and Last King of United Israel)

910 BC - Israel divides into Israel (North) and Judah (South)

721 BC - Israel is conquered by the Assyrian Empire

721 BC - Assyria conquers Israel. 

700 BC - Babylon grows restless under Assyrian rule. 

671 BC - Assyria conquers Egypt. 

670 BC - Ashurbanipal becomes the last great king of the Assyrian Empire. 

627 BC - War breaks out between Assyria and Babylon. 

621 BC - Assyria suffers large military defeat at the hands of the Babylonians. 

612 BC - Babylonians sack Nineveh and destroy the library of Ashurbanipal. 

612 BC - Neo-Babylonian Empire begins under the leadership of Nabopolassar. 

606 BC - Nabopolassar dies and is succeeded by Nebuchadnezzar II. 

606 BC - Judah is taken captive by the Babylonian Empire

606-536 BC - Judah spends 70 years in captivity in Babylon

536 BC - Cyrus the Great releases Judah to return to the Promised Land. 

536 BC - Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon. 

536 BC - The Persian Empire rules the world. 

480 BC - Xerxes I tries to conquer Greece with a huge army but is unsuccessful. 

400-350 BC - End of the Old Testament

~350-150 BC - The Greek Empire

333 BC - Alexander defeats Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela. 

~150 BC-476 AD - The Roman Empire   

4 BC - Jesus is born in Bethlehem

30 AD - Jesus’ Resurrection

70 AD - Destruction of Jerusalem 

95 AD - End of the New Testament