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Life time of Lucy
4 million years ago
first biped -
Homo Habilis
2 Million years ago
first tool maker -
Homo Erectus
1.8 million years ago
fire starters -
Neanderthals
less the 500000 years ago
lived together in large communities -
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Modern Humans
agriculture, domestication -
Rise of the kingdom Sumer
Babylonian kingdom located here. Base of Gilgamesh. -
The epic of Gilgamesh
Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal library. A real king who lives on in the hearts of the current people whose anchestor were his subjects. -
Abraham
Approx. 1900BCE
Most none from the bible, said to be the first to talk to god, and so loyal, almost sacrificed his son because god told him to. -
Hammurabi's code
1792-1750 BCE
A king who ruled over the original Babylonian kingdom, and made laws that had harsh punishments, only because he thought Shamash told him to. -
Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow
Approx. 1700-1280 BCE
Joseph was said to be a vessel of god that talk through his thoughts, he was Egypt because he was sold into slavery. -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Approx. 1280-1240 BCE
Moses is said to help most of the slaves escape by partig the Red sea apart with a single strike with his staff. -
The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE
Deborah, she solves problems, after a process of 'yes you did', and 'no I didn't'. -
The Reign of David
Approx. 1013-973 BCE
David is said to have taken down Goliath -
Elijah
Approx. 875-853 BCE
Elijah was the one who tried to persude King Ahab to believe in God. He is said to have worked with God to geate a coulum of fire so big and yet powerful enough to burn completely drenched wood, two oxen and profits of another God! -
Seige of Lachish
Lachish-701BCE
-was burned down after seige
-all inhabitants were exiled beacause the Assyrians used it as a strategic point
-A linking trading point between Mesopotamia & the Mediterranean -
Seige of Jerusalem
Jerusalem-587BCE
-Most Kings were foolish enough to attack
-stripped of wealth because the inhabitants were foolish
-temple was destroyed whike inhabitants were exiled -
Indus Valley Civilizations
2000BCE
survived brcause of the neighboring Indus R.
Harappa was a great village of artifacts found and showed parts of their ways of life. -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
1700 BCE
Aryans were the ones whho would try to divide and conqour to build and obtain power. -
The Ascetics and the Upanishads
700-500 BCE