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HISTORY
HISTORY, now there's a subject that I really like, and as the old saying goes it repeats its self,
Well yes but to modern forms, this is something to get your teeth into so be my guest. The archaeologyists are still finding out about the passed, new findings are coming to the fore every day, so from time to time, l will be updating this site, l also would like your comments so please feel free to email me.
The first part of my history will be, dates of history and dates of important events that span 10,000 years its 8,000 BC to 2,000 AD that make up the 10,000 years.
BC 8,000 Beginnings of a continuous civilized state, people were then beginning to live in groups to support each other.
BC 4,241 A calendar year of 365 days is instituted. But between BC 8000 and BC 4000, there seemed to be very little happening, they all seemed to be trying to live together, but as history proves, it didn't last long before they were at each others throats.This is the earliest fixed date in history , nearly 4,000 years have past. There is no mention of weeks or months just days so l presume every day is the same at this point.
BC 4,000-3,400 First EGYPTIAN DYNASTY founded of settlements at Troy and Islands in the Aegean sea area.
BC 3,500 Menes unites the lower and upper Kingdoms of Egypt into one nation and founds his capital at Memphis .
BC 3,350 Second Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 3,200 Third Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 3,100 Forth Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 3,000 Fifth Egyptian Dynasty the Pharaohs Cheops builds the great Great Pyramid at Gizeh.
BC 2,800 Sixth Egyptian Dynasty .
BC 2,750 Sargon 1st founds the first Semitic Dynasty in Sumer.
BC 2,600 Intermediate period in Egypt which covers the Seventh to Tenth Dynasties.
BC 2,481 The First Dynasty of UR, but Memphis is in decline.
BC 2,400 Elevnth Egyptian Dynast, decline of Memphis, Thebes becomes the new Capital.
BC 2,234 The Chaldeans scholars begin their Astronomical observations.
BC 2,225 The First Babylonian Dynasty.
BC 2,200 Twelfth Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 2,000 Abraham Patriarch of the Hebrews or leader of the Hebrews as a nation and in religion.
This is the first time religion has been said so it looks as if its the oldest known religion so far.
At this time the Egyptians are worshipping ldols of man with animal heads, and the Hebrews looked to be a nomatic tribe.
BC 1,900 The Assyrian Empire founded, taking in Turkey, Jordan,and Syria, Thirteenth Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 1,700 Delta and lower Egypt overrun by Hyksos(wandering raiders from the Syrian plateau)Palaces at Cnosses and Phaestos destroryed.
BC 1,580 The Hyksos driven out by the Egyptians.
BC 1,500 Founding of the Sixth (homeric)city of Troy. The religion of the Hindus start now known as Hinduism .
BC 1,400 Mycenae is rebuilt,Founding of Palace of Tiryus.
BC 1,375 Amenhotep 1V introduces Monotheism to Egypt in the form of Sun worship.
Unbeknown to the Egyptians Sun Worship had been going on in the Asia continent for Thousands of years.
BC 1,360 Tutankharmen became the Pharaohs of Egypt.
BC 1,322 Nineteenth Egyptian dynasty.
BC 1,300 Sidon, Phoenician city -state,attains its height of its maritime power.
BC 1,292 Rameses11, Pharaoh of Egypt, great military figure,and builder, many great towns and statues were built by him.
BC 1,280 Egyptian treaty with the Hittites with marriages to stop wars.
BC 1,230 Mosses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt,as they had become slaves, hence let my people go, well its very unlikely that he said that at the time.
At this time the Egyptians were into a famine as the Crops had failed and could not feed them as well as them selves , so they were really kicked out and told to go .
But the Egyptians never thought at the time, the Hebrews as they left they took with them food, cattle,and all things for a jorney to the un known, and after they realized that they then persued them.
But they were too late as Mosses had crossed the Sea of Reeds not as we were told the Red SEA, IT WAS A Reed Sea or now known as the Sweet water and Bitter lakes that are close to the now Known Suez Cannel, at this time a earth quake in the Mederainion sea drained the lakes Mosses crossed and hours later the Egyptians were crossing and back came the water and the rest is history, this now has been proved as chariots wheel hubs and horse harness been found there.
Must move on as theres more of this on the religious program.
BC 1,205 Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 1,200. The Hebrews under Joshua enter their promised land, as Mosses had died at this point, they had been wondering nomads for thirty years. This is when the turmoil between the nations start ,Hebrews against Philistines.
They later became Palestinians and Jews, as from 1,200 BC to now 2006 AD thats 3,206 years and still fighting, its now Palestine and Israel.
BC 1,193 TO 1,184, The Greeks at war with the Trogans.
BC 1,180 Traditional date of the fall of Troy
BC 1,125 TiglathPileser 1, extends the Assyrian Empire in North East and North West.
BC 1,100 Twenty-First Egyptian Dynasty,Tyre under King Hiram rivals the supremacy of Sidon.
BC 1,080 Hebrews subjugated or brought under control by the Philistines.
BC 1,025 Saul anointed by Samual as King of Hebrews.
BC 1,000 David leads Hebrews to victory against the Jebusites and retakes Jerusalem.
BC960 Solomon builds a Temple to Jehovah at Jerualem.
BC 950 Twenty-second Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 933 Kingdom of the Hebrews splits in to two,Judah and Israel.
BC 876 The first Assyrian Empire comes to an end.
BC 850 Twenty-third Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 845 Founding of Carthiage.
BC 776 The first Olympiad, The beginning of the Greek Calendar.
BC 753 Ttaditional date of the founding of Rome
bc 745 Tiglath Pileser 111 conquers Babylon and founds a new Assyrian Empire
BC 735 The Greeks invade Sicily.
BC 722 Samaria overrun by Sagon 11, King of the Assyrians who destroys the Kingdom of Israel and leads away the Israelites into captivity.
BC 720 TEWNTYFORTH Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 700 Naukratis the first Greek out post in Egypt founded.
BC 674 Esarhaddon overthrows the power of the Ethiopians in Egypt and takes Thebes.
BC 663 Psamtik overthrows the Assyrians and founds a new Egyptian Dynasty twentysixth.
BC 612 Ninevec catured by Cyaxares, King of the Medes who destory's forever the power of the Assyrians.
BC 608 Battle of Megiddo, Necho the Pharaoh of Egypt defeats Josiah, King of Judah
BC 604 Necho defeated by Nebuchadnezzar 11,
BC 594 Solon introduces constitutional reforms in Athens
BC 586 Nebuchadnezzar captues Jerusalem and leads the children of Judah into captivity to Babylon.
BC 578 A wall is built round Rome by Serius Tullius.
BC 558 Cyrus founds the Persian Empire.
BC 546 Cyrus defeats the King of Lydia.
BC 538 Babylon falls to Cyrus who allows the Jews to return to Palestine.
BC 536 The Jews commence rebuilding of the temple.
BC 525 Cambyses conquers Egypt which becomes a satrapy of Persia, twenty-seventh Egyptian dynasty . Both Buddha and Confucius lived about this time. Buddha who came from Noble blood, but did not follow in their foot steps, he became the founder of Buddhism, and the age of 29 years he left home and became a Monk then a wandering teacher, but it was on the river Ganges where he out lined his beliefs, and its real goal is called Nirvana, which means complete calm, he died aged 80 years, people of today collect his little statues to put on the side boards, or cabinates.
BC 521 Darius succeeds Cambyses.
BC 519 Darius invades Indus valley.
BC 511 Expulsion of the Pisistratidae from Athens.
BC 510 Tarquin expelled from Rome, Athenian democracy established by cleistenes.
BC 508 The first treaty between Carthage and Rome.
BC 499 The Plebeians in Rome demand political rights from the Patricians.
BC 492 Coriolanus banished, First Persian expedition against Greece.
BC 490 Second Persian expedition. Greeks defeat Persians at the battle of Marathon.
BC 488 BUDDHA DIES.
BC 485 Darius succeeded by Xerxes who continues the war against the Greeks.
BC 480 Xerxes invades Greece and defeats Greeks at the battle of Thermopyle, later Persians defeated at the battle of Salamis.
BC 479 The Oersians led by Mardonius are defeated at plates and Mycales,
BC 478 Delian league is formed under the leadrership of Athens
BC 471 Recognition of Plebeian assemblies in Rome.
BC 466 Battle of Eurymedon.
BC 451 Decemviri in Rome appointed. The twelve tables.
BC 449 Decemviri deposed, Consuls and Tribunals restored in Rome.
BC 431 to 404 The Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta.
BC 430 Plague in Athens.
BC 429 Battle of Chalcis. Death of Pericles and Herodotus.
BC 425 Athenians defeated at Delium.
BC 421 Temporary peace between Athens and Sparta.
BC 415 to 413 Athenian expedition against Syracuse.
BC 411 Revolt of the four hundred in Athens.
BC 409 Alcibiades captures Byzantian.
BC 408 Rdodes founded.
BC 405 The Egyptians under Amyrtalis overthrow the Persians. Tweeneighth Egyptian Dynasty
BC 404 Athens captured by Lysander.
BC 403 Thrasybullus restores democratic goverment to Athens.
BC 400 Athenians defeated by Persians. Retreat of the ten thousand under Xenopgon.
BC 398 Tweenty-ninth Egyptian Dynasty.
BC 394 to 391 The walls of Athens are rebuilt.
BC 390 The Gauls under Brennus sack Rome or plunder or capture the city
BC 387 The Spartans make temporary peace with Persia
BC 382 Spartans capture Thebes.
BC 378 Thirtieth Egyptian Dynasty
BC 377 New confederacy of Athens
BC 372 Athenians and Spartans make peace.
BC 367 Aristotole joins Piato in Athens.
BC 364 The PRACTORS are instituted in Rome.
BC 359 Phillip, King of Macedonia.
BC 356 Birth of Alexander the GREAT .
BC 340 First Samnite war.
BC 338 Phillip of Marcedonia defeats Greeks at Chaerocea
BC 336 Macedonian troops enter Asia . Murder of Phillip,
BC 335 Alexander the Great destorys Thebes.
BC 334 Battle of Granicus
BC 333 Battle of Issus
BC 332 Egypt annexed by Alexander the Great and founder of Alexandria.
BC 331 Alexander captures Babylon. Perscohis burnt.
BC 330 Pytheas sails round Britain. Darius 111, murdered.
BC 326 Alexander explores Indus valley.
BC 323 Alexander dies of typhus at Babylon . Second Samnite war
BC 321 Romans defeated by Samnites at battle of Caudine Forks
BC 312 Building of Appian way.
BC 312 to 198 Judea subjugated by Egypt
BC 298 Third Samnite war.
BC 284 Library founded at Alexandria.
BC 264 to 242 The first Punic war between Rome and Carthage begins
BC 241 End of first Punic war.
BC 237 Carthage attempts conquest of Spain.
BC 228 Athens makes pact with Rome.
BC 219 Hannibal destroys Saguntum, Second Punic war begins
BC 218 Hannibal marches from Spain into Italy and crosses the Alps , with elephants.
BC 216 Battle of Cannae.
BC 214 First Macedonian war, Building of the Wall of China commenced
BC 211 Death of two Scipios, First Macedonian war
BC 202 Hannibal defeated at Zama
BC 200 to 197 Second Macedonian war.
BC 197 Phillip defeated at Cynoscephelae by Flaminius.
BC 191 Romans defeated at Thermopyle by Syrians and Aetolians.
BC 183 Death of Hannibal.
BC 179 Perseus , King of Macedonia.
BC 171 to 168 Third Macedonian war.
BC 168 Perseus defeated at Pydna , destruction of the Macedonian Kingdom.
BC 167 Judas Maccabaecus emancipates the Jews.
BC 149 Third Punic war.
BC 146 Scipio destroys Carthage , Roman war with Achean League , Corinth destroyed.
BC 134 Tiberius Gracchus institutes new laws in Rome.
BC 112 to 106, Jugurthan war.
BC 90 to 89 Romans and Italians at war.
BC 89 All Italians become citizens of Rome.
BC 88 Civil war in Rome,city taken by Sulla.
BC 87 Marius becomes consul for the seventh time.
BC 86 DEATH of Marius
BC 83 Sulla introduces his own constitution in Rome.
BC 78 Death of Sulla.
BC 70 Pompeii and Crassus both consuls.
BC 66 POMPEII begins his campaign in the east and conquers the Alani
BC 63 Pompeii enters Jerusalem.
BC 60 First Triumvirate-Pompeii, Grassus and Caesar.
BC 59 Caesar becomes consul.
BC 58 Caesar in Gaul.
BC 55-54 Britain invaded by Julius Caesar.
BC 49 Pompeii expelled from Italy.
BC 48 Julius Caesar defeats Pompeii at Pharsalos, Pompeii murdered in Egypt.
BC 44 Julius Caesar murdered , Mark Antony seizes Rome.
BC 41 Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Tarsus.
BC 37 Herod the Great of Palestine recognised as King of Judea by the Romans
BC 31 Battle of Actium
BC 27 Augustus restores republic of Rome.
BC 4 TRUE DATE OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST now it all starts, what month no one knows, what day no one knows, from now on its if's and but's , but a lot of excavations have been carried out in those area's and the truth is begining to unfold, and lots of cases not according to the bible, as a lot of hype is in the bible. I spent two years in palestine and what l saw and what l read in the bible do not some how jell together, so now we are off on a journey, with the bible and me with my comments, you will then have to take your pick. This all started when Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem to sign the sensors forms as Joseph was of the tribe of David, which was then the city of David, now Bethlehem, well this walk was from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a walk of eighty miles, yes eighty miles l have walked it, with alot of other army mates doing a patrol, and the terain is not just open fields, yes its open with hills like mountains, and desert with boulders as big as houses, not a pleasant country side. Now according to the bible she had the baby Jesus as soon as she arrived in Bethlehem, well walking the eighty miles at about nine months pregnant, now any woman at that stage in pregnantcy could not have walked that distance, yes perhaps she was pregnant in the early stages , and then stayed on in Bethlehem to have the baby. Now the story goes no room at the INN so she had the baby in a stable, well l can tell you now, l can say that nearly all people at that time had births in the stables as it out of the way of the family and away from every one, this was local practice in those days and the stables were caves under the houses or what ever , as in winter the heat from the animals warmed the upstairs rooms, yes and no they were right in the bible, l have been to see this cave , which is now under a church, it might be the same one but there at the time were a lot of caves with living quarters over, you beleave what you want, all l will say some one is making a fortune out of this, some people will say this is when christiananty started, no l don't think so, till Jesus meet his cousin. Bethlehem in Jesus time was Jewish or Hebrew, but now it's Christian, but mainly Muslems live there, and still sell their wares in the market square, and as for the Angels singing at the time of the birth, well we had camped on out side of the town, amungst the rocks and boulders, like all places like that if the wind blows gently it whistles or sounds like humming, is this what the shepheards heard, and the bright star, Hayleys commet, and as for the three wise men, who came from afarr, thats the iffy one, who told them about the birth, and who traveled to tell them, then they have got to get there, and to do ten miles a day in that terrain thats good going, so at least a week on or more, and at that time Joseph and Mary l would think were on there way to Egypt, thats why l say iffy. Jesus Christ never left Bethlehem in the fear of Herod killing all male children, he never said that, what he did say kill my sons so they could not force him off the throne as King, another bible hype. History tells us that they took their son Jesus to Egypt for an education as the Egyptians were very educatated in those days, and when he returned to Nazareth at about twelve years old , he could speak three languages and highly educatated. He also started to preach in home town of Nazareth in the church but in a different way, and thrown out, so l expect he made off to the sea of galillee where he meet his cousin, then its history from then on, well l must move on, you can read more of this on the Religious slot l have, its more to that side.
AD STARTS A NEW ERA IN HISTORY.
AD 4-6 Tiberius in Germany.
AD 6 Judea becomes part of Roman province of Syria.
AD 14 Death of Augustus. Tiberius becomes Emperor.
AD 25-30 Pointius Pilate, procurator of Judea about this time Jesus was crucified, was it because he would not listern to sence, and made him self a rebal against the King at that time. At this time a new way of religion is being preached by Jesus, which in the end became the Catholic religion, or Christianity. At this time in England we are still pagans, or druids, and worshipped all sorts of things, like the Romans. Now as a young soldier l was sent to Palestine, in 1946-1948 so l had plenty of time to look around all the so called holy places , but to me Jesus Christ was a nobody as there are no sculptures of him, or his followers, but there are plenty of Herod, and the Romans at that time they were there, a lot of my way of thinking has now come to the fore as a program on T,V HISTORY, called the Naked Archaeologyist, he has been traveling all through Palestine and getting to the truth, l think a lot of church teachings are way out of line according to his findings. The bible he has found out is written by one person, according to the dead sea scrolls, and other parchments.
AD 27 Tiberius begins his residence at Capri
AD 37 Caligula Emperor.
AD 41 On the assassination of Caligula , Claudius elected Emperor by Practorian Guard, Traditional date of founding of the Christian Church by St Peter in Rome, this is now the start of the Catholic Religion of all Christians at this time.
AD 43 Claudius begins Roman conquest of Britain, other wise we are invaded by the Romans.
AD 46-47 Romans overrun kingdom of Caractacus.
AD 49 Claudius marries Agrippina and adopts her son Nero
AD 50 Caractacus captured in Shropshire and taken to Rome. Britain becomes part of the Roman Empire. .
