THE THIRD MILLENIUM B.C. | ||
THE THIRTIETH CENTURY B.C. | ||
3000 B.C. | ||
-3000 XX XX | BRONZE made by southwest Asian artisans. | |
-3000 XX XX | The rise in Earth's sea level is almost complete. | |
-3000 XX XX | Moses 6 | BOOK OF MORMON Moses 6 |
-3000 XX XX | COTTON fabric is woven in the indus valley. | |
-3000 XX XX | EPIC OF GILGAMESH | |
-3000 XX XX | SAHARA DESERT has its beginnings in North Africa. | |
-3000 XX XX | Dolphins killed in Euxine (Black) Sea, considered sacred in some parts. | |
-3000 XX XX | Potatoes are cultivated in the Andes mountains. | |
-3000 XX XX | Earth's population reaches 100 million. | |
-3000 XX XX | The city of Eshnunna is established. | |
2980 B.C. | ||
-2980 XX XX | Egypt's THIRD DYNASTY is founded by Zoser (Tosorthros). | |
292X B.C. | ||
292X XX XX | Moses 7 | BOOK OF MORMON Moses 7 |
2920 B.C. | ||
-2920 XX XX | Egyptian king Snefru (or Snofru) is the last pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty. | |
-2920 XX XX | The two pyramids of Dahshur rise. | |
THE TWENTY-NINTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2900 B.C. | ||
-2900 XX XX | Egypt's FOURTH DYNASTY is founded by Cheops (Khufu). | |
-2900 XX XX | The Great Pyramid of Cheops at giza are constructed. | |
2886 B.C. | ||
-2886 XX XX | Gen 5:25 I Chr 1:3c |
HOLY BIBLE LAMECH born. |
2873 B.C. | ||
-2873 XX XX | Gen 5:22-24 | HOLY BIBLE Enoch is taken by God. |
2850 B.C. | ||
-2850 XX XX | Khafra rules as the third Egyptian king of the 4th dynasty. | |
-2850 XX XX | The great sphinx carved from rock at giza by order of Khafra. | |
-2850 XX XX | Khafra erects a second pyramid at Giza. | |
2830 B.C. | ||
-2830 XX XX | Gen 5:4-5 | HOLY BIBLE Adam dies. |
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2800 B.C. | ||
-2800 XX XX | Yang and yin philosophy originated by the Chinese emperor Fu His. | |
-2800 XX XX | A third pyramid erected at Giza by Egypt's 4th dynasty king Menkure. | |
-2800 XX XX | The sickle invented by Sumerian farmers. | |
2750 B.C. | ||
-2750 XX XX | Tyre founded by mariners on east coast of the Mediterranean. | |
2704 B.C. | ||
-2704 XX XX | Gen 5:28-29 I Chr 1:4a |
HOLY BIBLE NOAH born. |
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2700 B.C. | ||
-2700 XX XX | Herbal medicine, acupuncture originated by Chinese emperor Shen Nung. | |
2640 B.C. | ||
-2640 XX XX | Silk manufacture is pioneered by the wife of the Chinese emperor Huang Ti. | |
2613 B.C. | ||
-2613 XX XX | Gen 5:7-8 | HOLY BIBLE Seth dies. |
THE TWENTY-SIXTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2600 B.C. | ||
-2600 XX XX | Oxen are harnessed to plows. | |
-2600 XX XX | Annual nile floods aid Egyptian farmers. | |
-2600 XX XX | The Egyptians preserve fish and poultry by sun-drying. | |
-2600 XX XX | Sumerian king list | |
-2600 XX XX | First Dynasty of Kish | |
-2600 XX XX | First Dynasty of Uruk | |
2595 B.C. | ||
-2595 XX XX | Nei Ching Huang Ti | |
-2595 XX XX | Discourse of Neferty | |
2530 B.C. | ||
-2530 XX XX | Gen 5:10-11 | HOLY BIBLE Enos dies. |
2525 B.C. | ||
-2525 XX XX | Gen 5:13-14 | Qenan ben Enosh dies |
THE TWENTY-FIFTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2500 B.C. | ||
-2500 XX XX | THE IRON AGE dawns in the Middle East. | |
-2500 XX XX | Egypt and Mesopotamia are well into the Bronze Age, but central Europe and the British Isles are only entering the Stone Age. | |
-2500 XX XX | The Sumerians develop a cuneiform alphabet. | |
2475 B.C. | ||
-2475 XX XX | Maize is domesticated. | |
-2475 XX XX | Olive trees are cultivated in Crete | |
2470 B.C. | ||
-2470 XX XX | Gen 5:16-17 | HOLY BIBLE Malhaleel dies. |
THE TWENTY-FOURTH CENTURY B.C. | ||
2338 B.C. | ||
-2338 XX XX | Gen 5:19-20 | HOLY BIBLE Jared dies. |
2334 B.C. | ||
-2334 XX XX | AKKADIAN EMPIRE, founded by Sumer’s Sargon I. | |
THE TWENTY-THIRD CENTURY B.C. | ||
2300 B.C. | ||
-2300 XX XX | Rice (Oryza sativa) from the Indus Valley is introduced in northern China. | |
2254 B.C. | ||
-2254 XX XX | Gen 5:32c Gen 6:10c I Chr 1:4d |
HOLY BIBLE JAPHETH born. |
2212 B.C. | ||
-2212 XX XX | Gen 5:32a Gen 6:10a I Chr 1:4b I Chr 1:24a |
HOLY BIBLE SHEM born. |
2205 B.C. | ||
-2205 XX XX | The Xia (Hsia) dynasty that will rule much of China for roughly 700 years is inaugurated. | |
-2205 XX XX | The Chinese domesticate dogs, goats, pigs, oxen, and sheep. | |
-2205 XX XX | The Chinese demonstrate the first knowledge of milling grain. | |
2204 B.C. | ||
-2204 XX XX | Gen 5:32b Gen 6:10b I Chr 1:4c |
HOLY BIBLE HAM born. |
THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY B.C. | ||
2154 B.C. | ||
-2154 XX XX | Akkadian Empire collapses. | |
210X B.C. | ||
-210X XX XX | Gen 6 | HOLY BIBLE The building of the ark. |
2109 B.C. | ||
-2109 XX XX | Gen 5:30-31 | HOLY BIBLE Lamech dies. |
2104 B.C. | ||
-2104 XX XX | Genesis 5:26-27 | Methuselah died |
-2104 02 17 | Genesis 7 | The waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth |
-2104 07 17 | Genesis 8:1-4 | The ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. |
-2104 10 01 | Genesis 8:5 | The tops of the mountains were seen |
-2104 11 11 40 days |
Genesis 8:6-9 | Noah sent forth a raven and a dove |
-2104 11 18 7 days |
Genesis 8:10-11 | In the dove’s mouth was an olive leaf |
-2104 11 25 7 days |
Genesis 8:12 | The dove returned not again |
2103 B.C. | ||
-2103 01 01 | Genesis 8:13 | The waters were dried up from off the earth |
-2103 02 27 | Genesis 8:14-22 | Noah and all that was with him went forth out of the ark |
-2103 XX XX | Gen 9 | HOLY BIBLE God never to destroy the earth again by flood |
2102 B.C. | ||
-2102 XX XX | Gen 10:22 Gen 11:10 I Chr 1:17 I Chr 1:24b |
HOLY BIBLE ARPHAXAD born. |
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY B.C. | ||
2067 B.C. | ||
-2067 XX XX | Gen 10:24a Gen 11:12 I Chr 1:18a I Chr 1:24c |
HOLY BIBLE SALAH born. |
2037 B.C. | ||
-2037 XX XX | Gen 10:24a Gen 11:14 I Chr 1:18b I Chr 1:25a |
HOLY BIBLE EBER born. |
2003 B.C. | ||
-2003 XX XX | Gen 10:25 Gen 11:16 I Chr 1:19 I Chr 1:25b |
HOLY BIBLE PELEG born. |