Date
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Event
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Comment
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4004 BC
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Creation of the universe, Adam and Eve
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3000 BC
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Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/timeline.html
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2704 BC
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Birth of Noah
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2600 BC
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Pyramids in Egypt start being built
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2348 BC
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The Flood
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2200 BC
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Stonehenge built
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1976 BC
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Birth of Abraham
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1576 BC
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Birth of Moses
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http://www.matthewmcgee.org/ottimlin.html
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1491 BC
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The Exodus from Egypt
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990 BC
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Birth of Solomon
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967 BC
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Solomon begins to build first temple
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931 BC
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Israel, led by Jeroboam, revolts and divides itself from Judah
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776 BC
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First Olympic Games
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http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/timeline.html
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753 BC
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Founding of Rome
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739 BC
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Hezekiah, king of Judah born
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721 BC
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Samaria conquered by Shalmaneser V and Israel deported
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701 BC
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Assyrian king Sennacherib invades Judah and besieges Jerusalem
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673 BC
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Author of Roman traditions Numa Pompilius dies
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648 BC
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Birth of Josiah, king of Judah
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638 BC
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Athens law-giver Solon born
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625 BC
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Nabopolassar conquers Babylon
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609 BC
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Nabopolassar conquers Assyria
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588 BC
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Destruction of Solomon's Temple
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546 BC
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Croesus, King of Lydia in Asia Minor invades and is defeated by the Persian Empire
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539 BC
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Fall of Babylon, defeated by Persian Empire, Judeans freed
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525 BC
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Aeschylus, playwright, father of Greek tragedy born
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490 BC
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Greek Battle of Marathon against the Persians
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431 BC
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Greek Peloponnesian War starts
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428 BC
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Greek philosopher Plato born
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399 BC
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Greek philosopher Socrates executed
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356 BC
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Greek conqueror Alexander the Great born
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4BC
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The birth of Christ
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