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A Chronological Table, From Earliest Time Up to Date: According
B. C. 4004 The Creation of the World, according to the Hebrew text of the Scriptures. According to the version of the Septuagint, 5872.
According to the Samaritan version, 4700. 2348 The universal Deluge. 2247 The building of Babel.-The Dispersion of Mankind, and the Confusion of Languages. 2217 Nimrod supposed to have built Babylon, and founded the Babylonish Monarchy; and Assur to have built Nineveh, and founded the Monarchy of Assyria. 2188 Menes (in Scripture Misraim) King of Egypt. 2075 Ninus King and Semiramis Queen of Assyria. 2040 Mæris King of Thebes and Memphis in Egypt. 1996 The birth of Abram. 1912 Chedorlaomer subdues several of the Kings in Judæa. 1897 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by fire from Heaven. 1895 Isaac born. 1856 Inachus founds the Kingdom of Argos in Greece. 1836 Jacob and Esau born. 1823 Death of Abraham. 1796 The Deluge of Ogyges in Attica. 1650 Sesostris or Rameses King of Egypt. 1635 Joseph dies in Egypt. 1582 The Chronology of the Arundelian Marbles begins with this year. 1571 Moses born in Egypt. 1556 Cecrops founds the Kingdom of Athens. 1546 Scamander founds the Kingdom of Troy. 1532 Judgment of the Areopagus between Mars and Neptune, two Princes of Thessaly. 1529 The Deluge of Deucalion in Thessaly. 1522 The Council of the Amphictyons instituted. 1520 Corinth built. 1519 Cadmus builds Thebes, and introduces letters into Greece. 1513 The supposed era of the History of Job. 1511 Danaus came from Egypt into Greece. 1506 Erecthius Erecthonius institutes the Panathenæan Games. 1491 Moses brings the Israelites out of Egypt. 1453 The first Olympic Games celebrated in Greece. 1452 The Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, written. 1451 The Israelites led into the land of Canaan by Joshua. 1438 Pardion King of Athens. 1415 The Book of Joshua supposed to be written by Phinehas the High Priest. B. C. 1406 Minos reigns in Crete, and gives laws to the Cretans. 1376 Sethos reigns in Egypt. 1322 Belus reigns in Babylon. 1267 Ninus reigns in Assyria. 1266 Edipus marries his Mother Jocasta and reigns in Thebes. 1263 The Argonautic Expedition.-(According to the Newtonian Chronology, 937.) 1257 Theseus unites the Cities of Attica 1255 The Israelites delivered by Deborah and Barak. 1252 Tyre, the Capital of Phoenicia, built by the Sidonians. 1239 Latinus begins to reign in Italy. 1225 Siege of Thebes. - War between Eteocles and Polynices.
Eurysthenes and Procles Kings of Lacedæmon. 1215 Second War of Thebes, or War of the Epigonoi. 1207 Gideon Judge of Israel for forty years. 1202 Teucer built Salamis. 1193 The Trojan War begins. 1184 Troy taken and burnt by the Greeks.-(According to the Arundelian Marbles, 1209. 1182 Æneas lands in Italy. 1155 Samson born. 1104 Return of the Heraclidæ into Peloponnesus. 1099 Samuel delivers Israel. -
Jephthah Judge of Israel. 1079 Saul King of Israel. 1070 Medon first Archon of Athens. 1069 Codrus King of Athens devotes himself for his country. 1055 David King of Israel. 1005 Dedication of Solomon's Temple. 980 Rehoboam King of Israel. 971 Sesac or Sesostris King of Egypt. 923 Ahab and Jezebel reign over Israel. 914 Omri King of Israel. 889 Athalia, wife of Jehoram, usurps the throne of Judah. 886 Homer's poems brought from Asia into Greece. 884 Lycurgus reforms the republic of Lacedæmon. 869 The City of Carthage built by Dido. 825 Jeroboam restores the glory of Israel in a reign of forty-one years. 820 Nineveh taken by Arbaces and Belesis. 806 Jonah preaches repentence to Nineveh. 779 The race of Kings ends at Corinth; they are succeeded by annual Magistrates, called Prytanes, of whom Automenes was the first. 776 The FIRST OLYMPIAD begins in this year.