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4000 BCE
Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -
Period: 4000 BCE to
Timespan
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3200 BCE
Cuneiform is invented in Mesopotamia.
Known to have been created by the Sumerians. -
2910 BCE
Noah
2910 -
2310 BCE
The Flood, Tower of Babel, Sumerians, Egyptians
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2018 BCE
Abraham born
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1990 BCE
Pyramids first appear
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1950 BCE
Sumerians attacked by the Elamites and Amorites (the beginning of the decline of the Sumerians)
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1918 BCE
Isaac born
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1750 BCE
Hammurabi, king of the Amorites, writes code of law