Smith, George Adam, Atlas of the historical geography of the Holy Land

(London :  Hodder & Stoughton,  1915.)

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CHRONOLOGICAL   TABLES

\* c. =■ circa —about.    A date cJpposite the mere name of a King signifies the year of his accession.

L—SOME OF THE EARLIEST DATES {very uncertain)
 

B.C.
 

EGYPT.
 

CANAAN  AND  SYRIA.
 

BABYLONIA,   ASSYRIA,  &C.
 

B.C.
 

c. 4000
 

Menes: Beginning of Dynasty I.
 


 

First Semitic Immigration from Arabia into Baby¬
lonia, probably after......

Sargon I of Agade, monarch of Babylonia ; accord¬
ing to Babylonian reckoning before 3750, possibly
not till.........

Rise of Hittite Civilisation in Asia Minor before
 

4000

c. 3200*
3000
 

c. 3000
 


 

Settlements of Stone Age.
 


 


 

aft. 3010
 

Dynasty IV: The Pyramids.
 


 


 


 

c. 2500
 


 

Semitic Immigration into Canaan .
 

co-seval with Second Semitic  Immigration,  some¬
times called " Canaanite," into Babylonia.
 

c. 2500
 

?
 

Dynasty VI: First Egyptian        ,
 

invasions of Canaan.
 

The Beginnings of Assyria.
Hammurabi of Babylon.
 

c. 2300
c. 2280
 

See footnote on pp. 90 f. of G. A. Smith's Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the Old Testament.
 

Il.-THE SECOND MILLENNIUM  BEFORE CHRIST

*^ * Modern reckonings of Egyptian dates vary considerably
 

B.C.
 

ief.   1800

c.   1800

c.   1550

c.   1515

c.   1480

aft.  T450
 

• c.
 

1400
 

c.
 

1350
 

[or
 

1300)
 

c.
 

1340-
 

I
 

275
 

an.
 

1270
 

(1225?)
 

ief.
 

1200
 

c.
 

1200
 

Wall-paintings of Beni Hassan : Asiatic

traders or immigrants in Egypt.
Hyksos invasion of Egypt.
 

Thutmosis I .
Thutmosis JII
 

Amenhotep II (according to some,

Pharaoh of the Oppression (? ?))
Amenhotep III     ...       .
 

the
 

Amenhotep IV:
}sety I
 

Egypt
 

Bameses II  (according to  the usual
(     view the Pharaoh of the Oppression)
Me(r)neptah (according  to the usual
view the Pharaoh of the Exodus)

Egypt's hold......

Conditions now most    .        .        .        .
Rameses III......
 

CANAAN AND  SYRIA.
 

overrunning Canaan and Syria
subdues Canaan and Syria
 

The Tell-el-Amarna Lettters.
Abd-Khiba, Egyptian vassal in Jerusalem,
loses her Syiian provinces.
I invades Canaan and       ....
I     in the Lebanon region.
) invades Canaan and       ....
)     at Kadesh on the Orontes.
fights with " Israel" in Canaan.
 

on Canaan relaxes.

favourable for Israel's entry to Canaan.

fights with the Philistines.

Song of Deborah.

Saul, and beginning of Monarchy in Israel.
 

BABYLONIA,   ASSYRIA,   &C.
 

Hittites overthrow ist Babylonian Dynasty.
Assyria independent of Babylon before
reaches the Euphrates,
up to the Euphrates, probably   .
but some say not till
 

fights the Hittites
fights the Hittites
 

The Hittite Empire breaks up.
 

Tiglath-Pileser   establishes   Assyrian  power from
N. Syria to Lake Van, onwards from    .
 

c. 1800
1600
c. 1550
c. 1515
c.  1480
 

aft. 1450
c.  1400
 

c.  1340-

1275
 

c.  1200
c.  1200
 

1120

c.  1020
 

III.—THE   FIRST   MILLENNIUM   BEFORE   CHRIST
(I) TILL THE RETURN OF THE JEWS  FROM  EXILE
 


 


 


 

THE
 

SYRIA,  PHCENICIA, PHILISTIA,
 


 


 

B.C.
 

JUDAH.
 

ISRAEL.
 

PROPHETS.
 

ETC.
 

ASSYRIA  AND  BABYLONIA.
 

B.C.
 

c. 1000
 

David, King of.
 

all Israel.
 


 


 


 


 

till 950 \
or 935 J
 

Solomon.
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

C' 935
 

Rehohoam.
 

Disruption of the Kingdom.
Jeroboam I.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 930
 

Shoshenk  of Egypt
 

invades Palestine.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 923
 

Ahijam.
 


 


 


 


 


 

c. 920
 

Asa.
 


 


 


 


 


 

c. 918
 


 

Nadab.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 915
 


 

Baasha.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 891
 


 

Elah.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 888
 


 

Zimri.   Omri.
 


 


 


 


 

c. 876
 


 

Ahab.
 

)
 

Revolt of Mesha of Moab; the
 


 


 

c. 874
 

Jehoshaphat.
 


 

>      Elijah.
 

Moabite Stone [circa 860).
 


 


 

854
 


 

First contact of Israel        •
 

f .       .       .
 

and Syria with Assyria at the
 

Battle of Karkar.
 

854
 

c> 853
 


 

Ahaziah.
 

^ V
 


 


 


 


 

c. 852
 


 

Joram.
 


 


 


 


 


 

850
 


 


 


 


 

\ Campaigns in  all   these three
 

years    by    Shalmaneser   II   of
 

fSso
 

c. 849
 

Jehoram.
 


 


 


 

\    Assyria  against Dadidri  or
 

Hadadezer of Damascus.
 

{ 849
 

846
 


 


 


 


 

j Revolt  of   Edom   from Judah
 


 

L846
 

c. 844
 

Ahaziah.
 


 


 


 

(2 Kings viii. 20 ff.).
 


 


 

c. 842
 

Athaliah.
 

Jehu.
 


 


 

War of Hazaei with .       .       .
 

Tribute from Jehu.
Assyria.
 

842
 

839
 


 


 

\   Elisha.
 

War of Hazael with .
 

Assyria.
 

839
 

c. 836
 

Joash.
 


 


 


 

1 Hazael subdues Gilead (Amos
 


 

r836
 

c. 814
 


 

Jehoahaz.
 


 


 

\    i. 3);   attacks Gath,  but  is
j     bought off from Jerusalem.
 


 

J814
 

812
 


 


 


 


 


 

Accession of Ramman-Nirari.
 

812
 

806
 


 


 


 


 

Arpad, campaign against, by   .
 

Assyria.
 

806
 

803
 


 


 

J
 


 

Damascus, under Meri,    .
A year of pestilence.
 

besieged and taken by Assyria.
 

803
 

c. 798
 


 

Joash.
 

/
 


 


 


 

c. 797
 

Amaziah.
 


 


 


 


 


 

c. 783
 


 

Jeroboam II.
 


 


 

Shalmaneser III.
 

783
 

c. 778
 

Uzziah (Azariah).
 


 


 


 


 


 

775
 


 

]                 ......                 [
 


 


 

Expedition to Cedar Country.
 

775
 

773
 


 

I Jeroboam      re-conquers J
 


 

Damascus,  campaign   against.
 

by Assyria.
 

773
 

772
 


 

j      Moab,     Gilead,     and 1
 


 

Hadrach,    campaign    against.
 

by Assyria.
 

TJ2.
 

765
 


 

j      part of Aram.                  \
 


 

A pestilence.

Hadrach,    campaign    against.
 

Accession of Assur-dan-il.

by Assyria.
 

765
 

l^Z
 

Total eclipse of  the
 

sun on June T5th,
 


 

visible at.....
 

Nineveh.
 

763
 

759
 


 


 

\
 

A pestilence in Western Asia.
 


 

759
 

755
 


 


 

......
 

Hadrach suffers attack from
 

Assyria.
 

755
 

754
 


 


 

>       Amos.
 

Arpad suffers attack from
 

Assyria.
 

754
 

753
 


 


 

1
 


 

Accession of Assur-Nirari.
 

753
 

745
 


 


 

j
 


 

Accession of Tiglath-Pileser III.
 

745
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