Hi Facearmy,
It isn't my Bible, but it is a Holy Book that I respect greatly. The first part, called the Old Testament is the Jewish Holy Book. The second part, called the New Testament is the Christian Holy Book, although they also believe that the first part is a Holy Book, too.
As to how old the Old Testament is, I don't know. Maybe there is someone here who can tell you that.
I have been looking at three timelines I own. The first, by Isaac Asimov which ends in 2000 AD I will supply below, and then add some dates to it from a simpler one I have dated 1959. I will note which are added from the 1959 timeline with the date (1959)like this in brackets behind any information.
I have another very detailed timeline with information from many cultures which begin at 1000 years BC.
I haven't compared any of these with your information yet because I have to convert your dates. I will try later to incorporate yours into this if possible.
Baha'u'llah said that we need a true "History of the World" which is fair, and accurate, and reflects more than the dominant groups. Some day we will have it, and wouldn't that be interesting to read! :-)
Best wishes always, Mary
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500,000 BC First "Men" appear during Old Stone Age (1959 timeline)
8000 BC world population at 4 million. Agriculture was invented. Organized warfare begins. Cities appear. Beginning of civilization. 8000 BC Food-Producing Revolution during New Stone Age (1959)
7000 BC Irrigation begins,
6000 BC pottery developed, Textiles Developed.
5000 BC Priest-kings become city-state rulers. World population 5 million.
4000 BC City of Ur founded. Metallurgy invented. World population 7 million,
3500 Urban Revolution, First Cities, Bronze Age (1959)
3000 BC Bronze Age.Before 2800 BC wheels were first used for transportation. Writing invented by Sumerians. Egypt united into first nation-state. World Population was at 14 million.
2800 BC Great Flood in Tigris-Euphrates Valley
2600 BC Pyramids built in Egypt (1959)
2530 BC Great Pyramid of Cheops built.
2340 BC Akkadians enter Tigris-Euphrates Valley, Sargon creates first empire.
2000 BC Indus River civiliation in India at its peak. World population at 27 million.
1728 BC Reign of Hammurabi begins. Written law code developed.
1720 BC Charioteers conquer Egypt.1700 BC Hammurabi in Babylon (1959)
1500 BC China enters Bronze Age. Aryans invade India. Eruption of Thera; decline of Cretan civilization.
1500 BC HITTITE KINGDOM TILL ABOUT 1000 AD WHEN THERE WERE IRON-AGE INVASIONS.
1450 BC Fall of Knossos, Leadership of Mycenae (1959)
1379 BC Reign of Akhenaton begins in Egypt
1200 BC Siege of Troy
1100 BC Iron Age, Dorians invade Greece (1959)
1000 BC Greece and Tigris-Euphrates Valley enter Dark Age. Phoenicians invent alphabet. China's population at 5 million.1000 BC David King in Israel (1959)
962 BC Reign of King Solomon begins
753 BC Founding of Rome
680 BC Lydians invent coins
670 BC Birth of Solon, first "legislator," and early developer of democracy
630 BC Nebuchadnezzar's rule of Chaldean Empire begins
628 BC Birth of Zarathustra, Founder of Zoroastrianism
625 BC Birth of Thales of Miletus, first natural philosopher
586 BC Temple of Jerusalem destroyed
585 BC Eclipse of May 28; first event in history known to exact day of occurrence
565 BC Taoism appears in China
563 BC Birth of Siddharta Gautama (The Buddha) in India 550 BC Cyrus creates new Persian Empire
509 BC Romans overthrown Etruscan monarchy
509 BC Founding of Roman Republic, Cleisthenes in Athens (1959)
490 BC Greeks defeat Persians at Marathon
460 BC GOLDEN AGE Pericles rules Athens
431 BC Peloponnesian War begins, Also in (1959)
428 BC Birth of Plato
383 BC Birth of Aristotle
334 BC Alexander the Great begins his conquests
330 BC SELEUCID ERA
323 BC Death of Alexander the Great Also in (1959)
321 BC India unified
264 BC Outbreak of Punic Wars (1959)
250 BC Bible translated into Greek
146 BC Rome destroys Carthage
122 BC Tiberius Gracchus Tribune (1959)
130 BC Rome becomes leading power of Mediterranean
49 BC Julius Caesar crosses Rubicon (1959)
44 BC Julius Caesar assassinated
30 BC Crucifixion of Jesus (1959)
27 BC Octavian (Caesar Augustus) becomes emperor of Rome (Also in 1959)
1 BC/AD world population at 170 million Birth of Jesus (approximate date)
9 AD Roman defeat in Teutoberg Gorest puts Empire on defensive
70 AD Jews' revolt agains Rome is crushed; Temple destroyed.
135 AD Jewish "Diaspora" begins
180 AD Death of Marcus Aurelius (1959)
306 AD Constantine I becomes Roman Emperor; "Christianizes" the Empire.
325 AD Council of Nicaea (1959)
451 AD Attila the Hun defeated.
476 AD Fall of Roman Empire in the West; Dark Age begins in Europe. 476 AD Odoacer Ruler of Western Roman Empire (1959)
529 AD Founding of Benedictine Order (1959)
540 AD Gregory I establishes modern Papacy
570 AD Birth of Muhammad, founder of Islam
732 AD Charles Martel defeats Moors at Battle of Tours. (Same in 1959)
800 AD Charlemagne crowned Emperor (same in 1959)
900 AD Beginning of Medieval Agricultural Revolution
1000 AD Otto I rules Holy Roman Empire. Byzantine (East Roman) Empire at its peak.
China most advanced region of the world, with population of 60 million. World population at 265 million.
1054 AD Schism between Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches
1066 AD England conquered by William I of Normandy
1096 AD Crusades begin. Europeans come into contact with other cultures and rediscover ancient knowledge.
1204 AD Crusaders sack Constantinople (Same in 1959)
1210 AD Kublai Khan rules China
1240 AD Mongols invade Europe
1300 AD Europeans gain knowledge of gunpowder and magnetic compass from China
1302 AD First Meeting of French Estate General (1959)
1388 AD Hundred Years' War begins.
1400 AD RENAISSANCE Renaissance begins in Italy. (Aproximate date). 1400 AD Death of Geoffrey Chaucer
1403 AD Chinese Age of Exploration begins
1450 AD Gutenberg invents printing press
1453 AD Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
1492 AD Columbus reaches the "New World"
1497 AD Portuguese ships reach India by sailing around Africa
1517 AD Luther posts his 95 Theses
1519 AD Aztecs conquered
1526 AD Babar establishes Mongul Empire in India
1533 AD Incas comquered. Reign of "Ivan the Terrible" begins in Russia
1543 AD Copernican Revolution. Copernicus develops model of the solar system with sun at center
1603 AD Shogunate established in Japan
1609 AD Galileo uses telescope to discover moons of Jupiter
1620 AD Plymouth Colony established in New World
1643 AD Reign of Louis XIV begins in France
1661 AD Louis XIV sole master of France (1959)
1666 AD Isaac Newton formulates the theory of universal gravitation
1687 AD Newton publishes "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
1688 AD "Glorious Revolution: bings limited monarchical rule to England
1689 AD Peter the Great attempts to Westernize Russia
Industrial Revolution begins with invention steam engine by James Watt
1763 AD Britain victorious in Seven Years' War (1959)
1765 AD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1776 AD American Declaration of Independence
1783 AD American colonies defeat British
1789 AD French Revolution. US Constitution in Force, George Washingtonelected first president.
1812 AD Napoleon invades Russia. War of 1812 between England and United States.
1854 AD Japan opened up to the West.
1861 AD US Civil War begins
1865 AD US Civil War ends
1914 AD First World War begins
1917 AD Russian Revolution
1918 AD World War I ends
1933 AD Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany
1939 AD World War II begins with German invasion of Poland
1941 AD Japan attacks United States at Pearl Harbor. Germany invades Soviet Union.
1945 AD Atom bomb used for first time. World War II ends.
1947 AD India becomes independent and is partitioned. Creation of Israel
1949 AD Chinese Communists take over mainland China
1950 AD Korean War begins
1951 AD Sputnik launched; first artificial satellite
1961 AD Yuri Gagaran first man in space
1969 AD Neil Armstrong first man on the moon
1970 AD First "Earth Day"
1975 AD War in Viet Nam Ends
1985 AD Mikhail Gorbachev takes over in Soviet Union; initiates policies of glasnost and peristroika
1980 AD Eastern Europe moves toward democracy
2000 AD popularly considered first of new decade, century, millenium. World population at 6 billion.
