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Astarliopithicus Afarensis
Lived over 4 million years ago
first (evidence- backed up) form of Hominid -
Homo Habilis
Lived 2 million years ago
Second form of hominid -
Homo Erectus
Lived 1.8 million years ago
Third form of Hominid -
Neanderthals
Lived 500 thousand years ago
Forth form of Hominid -
Homo Sapien Sapien
Modern Humans
Fifth and most likely final form of human -
Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Approx. 2900 BCE.The Sumer kingdom was the first kingdom to be found a have a succesful live with a stable food supply, water , and jobs. They also created the wheel. -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal libraryThe Epic of Gilgamesh is a fiction story about a real life Sumerian king and his great "adventures". -
Abraham
Approx. 1900BCEAbraham is the first person to believe in one god and the first human to talk to God in the bible. -
Hammurabi's code
1792-1750 BCHammurabi’s Code is a list of 210 laws that the people of Babylon had to follow or be punished. Hammurabi was the king of Babylon and got the rights from Shamash the Sumerion/Babylion Sun God. -
Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow
Approx. 1700-1280 BCEJoseph was favorite son of Jacob and great grandson of Abraham. Joseph was sold to slavery by his elven hateful brothers to Egypt. -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Approx. 1280-1240 BCEMoses was the savior for the jews;he seperated the Nile river so that the jews can be free and after that went to the top of a mountion where he saw a burning bush that had no ashes. In the bible it is said that Moses heard the vocie of God though the bush and there god told Moses the Ten Commandments that he wrote down and bought back down the the jews so they know the rules of God. -
The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE -
The Reign of David
Approx. 1013-973 BCE -
Elijah
Approx. 875-853 BCE -
Siege of Lachish
701 BCE
*By 700 BC, the Assyrian rulers based in northern Iraq had built an empire that stretched from Iran to Egypt - covering most of the area that we now call the Middle East.
*Lachish is today known as Tell ed-Duweir
*At the time of the siege, it was a heavily fortified hill town, the second city after Jerusalem of the kingdom of Judah, which had managed, just, to stay independent of the Assyrians. Lachish stood at a vital strategic point on the key trade routes linking Mesopotamia to th -
Seige of Jerusalem
587 BCE
* During the first revolt, ten-thousand of Judah's leading figures were exiled to Babylon
* In addition, Nebuchadnezzar looted the Temple of Jerusalem, striping it of it's gold -
Indus Valley Civilizations
2000bce -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
1700bce -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
700-500 bce