Chronological Life Application Study Bible Timeline - Flipbook - Page 2
COMPLETE BIBLICAL TIMELINE
Catch a glimpse of the whole sweep of biblical history. The ten historical
eras outlined in the Chronological Life Application Study Bible, along with
the books of the Bible you will find in each, are in the center bar. Significant
world events are above the bar, and biblical events are below it.
Sumerian
king, Sargon,
becomes
first “world
conqueror”
Iron objects
manufactured
in the ancient
Near East
2500 BC
Great Pyramids of
Egypt constructed
2630 BC
WORLD EVENTS
2600 BC
2331 BC
Egyptians use
papyrus and ink
for writing
Egyptians
import gold
from other parts
of Africa
2500 BC
2400 BC
2500 BC
2400 BC
Horses domesticated in Egypt
2300 BC
Ziggurats built
in Mesopotamia
2100 BC
2300 BC
2200 BC
2100 BC
Beginnings
undated–2100 BC
GENESIS, undated–1805 BC
BIBLICAL EVENTS
undated
Creation
2166 BC
undated
Abraham
is born
Noah builds the ark
2091 BC
Early Accounts of Creation
and the Flood
Several ancient civilizations wrote
down their own stories about
origins. These tablets from Babylon
record a creation myth and a story
about an ancient flood.
A34
Abraham
travels to
Canaan