Lining Up World History with Biblical History
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires
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.
1800 BC - Hammurabi and the Old Babylonian Empires (Code of Hammurabi)
1750 BC - Hammurabi dies and Babylon loses power.
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.
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.
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.
333 BC - Alexander defeats Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela.
Significant Events in Biblical History
10000-6000 BC - Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
~5000 BC - Flood, Noah builds an Ark
2100 BC - Abraham is called by God
2000 BC - Isaac
1850 BC - Joseph
1500 BC - Moses
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
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.
400-350 BC - End of the Old Testament
~350-150 BC - The Greek Empire
~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
*These dates are estimates. They are intended to give the reader a high level introduction to the timeline of the Bible.
