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Book of First Chronicles from Creation to deat of King David 4004 - 1015 3989 |
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| 1650 - 1600 50 conquests of Hattusili I & Mursili 1 |
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| 1595 The Hittites captured Babylon & retreated. They left city open to Kassite domination which lasted about 300 years. |
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| 1800 Ilansura from Hasankeyf |
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- Bronze age settlement of site of Trojan War. inhabitants probably spoke Luvian, an Indo-European language related to Hittite. Founded by Scamander
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Tribe of Edom
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| 1800 - 1767 33 Essau Basemath (Adah) wife of Essau ^ Elon Hittite |
| 1767 - 34 33 Eliphaz ^ Essau |
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| 1990s - Haran Abraham's brother |
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| 18 - 1700 Tell Leilan Syria |
| 1800 - 1650 Ebla City Syria |
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| 1921 Abraham & Lot left Ur for Canaan. |
| 1919 Famine Abraham & Lot go to Egypt |
| 1916 Abraham & Lot separated |
| 1913 Elamites invaded Sodom. Chedoralaomer took Lot & all people of Sodom captive. Abraham pursued & recaptured all. He killed four kings. Genesis 14 |
| 1913 - 1776 137 Ishmael Fathered 12 sons & became father of Arab nations. |
| 1908 Hagar, Sarahs slave mistress, bore Abraham a son, Ishmael. Ishmael lived 137 years. He fathered 12 sons & became father of Arab nations. |
| 2000 - 1550 Sarcophogus at Ashkelon |
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| 1898 Circumcision Covenant |
| 1996 - 1821 175 Abraham - Abraham 1994 |
1892 Sodom & Gomorah destroyed
- Sodom & Gomorrah 1963 |
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1752 Jacob = 1 Leah 6S 1D, Zilpah 2S
2 Rachel 2S, Bilhah 2S "12 Tribes" |
| 1735 - 1602 133 Kohath ^2 Levi. Levitical priesthood came from him. Direct ancestor of Moses & Aaron. |
1732 Jacob called by God to move back to Canaan. changed name to "Israel."
Jacob 1994 TV
Story of Jacob & Joseph 1974 TV |
1728 Joseph was sent captive to Egypt at age of seventeen.
Joseph 1995 |
| 1715 Joseph was made governor of Egypt. |
| 1706 Jacob, now called Israel, & his family went into Egypt. 75 people in all. |
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| 1636 - 1491 145 Exodus Book |
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| 1580 Miraim became a prophetess & leader in Israelite exodus. |
| 1530 Exodus, Moses escaped Egypt & settled in Midian. |
1500 Leviticus Book written in one month
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| 1852 Assyria, a colony from Babylonia, capital Asshur, became independent under Ismi. |
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| 1760 conquers Ashur ending first Assyrian empire |
| - Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Ashur ending first Assyrian empire |
| 1758 Code of Hammurabi written |
| 1752 Kutur-Nahhunte of Elam conquers southern Babylonia |
| 1720 Kassite attacks on Babylon |
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| 1700 All Babylonia was permanently united. capital, "Babylon Great," for some 1700 years stood as queen city of world. Pliny says, "It was greatest city sun ever shone upon." "Its walls, 300 feet high & 75 feet wide, enclosed an area of 225 square miles. Its temples, palaces, fortresses, brazen gates, quays, artificial mountains & lakes, made it one of Seven Wonders of World." Strabo. |
| - 1600 Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon |
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| 1500 Assyria subject to Mitanni rule |
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Larsa 1940 - 1674 266
- Larsa, Iraq.
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Larsa 1940 - 1674 266
| 1877 - 689 Zabaia ^ Samium, First royal inscription |
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Larsa 1940 - 1674 266
| 1699 - 86 13 Hammurabi of BabylonOfficial Babylonian rule, code of Hammurabi |
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Neo - Assyria 1920 - 609 1311
- Assur, then Nineveh, Upper Tigris river, Iraq.
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Old Assyrian Period 1800 - 1381 619
- Assur, Iraq.
| 1813 - 1781 Shamshi-Adad 1 rules city of Ashur in Assyria |
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Old Assyrian Period 1800 - 1381 619
- Assur, Iraq.
| - Asinum driven out by vice-regent Puzur-Suen because he was of foreign extraction; not included in standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Suens - inscription |
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