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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