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Lifetime of Lucy

Oct 17, 1800

Lucy lived bout 4,000,000 years ago
Lucy was 4ft and a hunched back and a forhead that pops out like a gorrilla she also had a very small brain and only ate the leftovers of meat that was found or fruits and veggies..

Homo Habilis

Oct 17, 1801

Lived about 2 million years ago in Africa
Nickname was Handyman and he had ape like feautures he also had a bigger brain than Lucy.

Homo Erectus

Oct 17, 1802

Lived 1.8million years ago in Africa
Nickname was Erectus and he had a bigger brain than the Homo Habilis and migrated a lot.

Neanderthals

Oct 17, 1803

Lived less than 500,000 years ago in Africa and migrated
They had just about the same brain size as modern humans now or slightly bigger.They also controlled fire,made clothing,and was skilled hunters.

Homo Sapiens

Oct 17, 1804

We are modern humans In the time spand we are living in now. We are defined as Homo Sapiens we don't have a big forehead or any gorrila features.

Rise of the Kingdom of Sumerr:

Dec 16, 1805

This event happened approximatley 2900 BCE. Sumer was located in the southern Iraq. The Syrian desert, Tigris and Euphrates river,Persian Gulf and zagros mountains are all located arount Mesopotamia. Cities were built around a main temple. The king was the community planner. King's did nothing for themselves all the glory usually wen to the god or goddess. But one king did conquered most of that area which was the begging of the Persian Empire.

The Epic of Gilgamesh:

Dec 16, 1806

Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal library. Gilgamesh was the sumerian king,very fast and strong.( Enkidu has the same speed and strength as Gilgamesh) Both Enkidu and Gilgamesh went on great adventures and won every battle together, For example fighting the evil, Humbaba and the great Bull of Heavan. The story ended with Enkidu dying and Gilgamesh realizing his true immortality. He was a king that lived many adventures. And he was a real person.

Abraham

Dec 16, 1807

This happened approx. 1900BCE. He lived in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia. he had a wife name Sara,who couldn't have children until in her elderly years when she had her first child named Isaac. Isacc had a kid named Jacob who then had 12 sons that made up the Telvve Tibes of Irael. Jacob had a favorite son who was Joseph. He gave his favorite son a coat of many colors. His brothers became jelouse faked an accident death and sold him into slavery. He render Pharaoh's dream becoming prime minster.

Hammurabi’s Code

Dec 16, 1808

This event took place from 1792-1750 BCE. Hammurabi was a very important guy he made all the laws (codes) in Sumer. He was a king that made laws to help protect people not just the vuaunerable ones like orphans and widows but everybody else to. Most of the consequences for breaking his laws was being put to death. He has family laws,personal injury laws, and property laws. But the whole point is justice in some way. He also has the Ten Commandments.

Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow

Dec 16, 1809

Approx. 1700-1280 BCE
Joseph was Jacob's favorite son. He went to Egypt because his slaveowner brought him there. Well he interpurted a Pharaoh's dream so well that he was appointed as prime minster. Joseph's brothers went to Egypt to go vist him and apolgized. When the famine hit Palestine Joseph moved all of his brothers to Egypt with him.

Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments

Dec 16, 1810

Approx. 1280-1240 BCE
Rameses the Great was Pharaoh. He was afraid of the growing numbers of Jews and ordered for all Jewish babies to be killed so Mose's mom put Moses into a basket and floated him down a river where he was found and raised by the Pharaoh's daughter. God told Moses to tell Pharaoh to let these peolpe go but he refused so nine plague killed many including his the Pharaoh's son.Passover is important holiday. Mosesrecived the 10 commandments so he can tell everyone else to follow.

The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings

Dec 19, 1811

Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE. Deborah was the person you go to when you need to tell someone your problems. She was the most famous women from the Hebrew bible. After calling upon a warrior to go to war she was forced to go with the cowardly generale. Ruth was a very poor lady. She goes to the feild everyday and brings home scraps for her and Naomi. Both of Ruth's stepbrother and father died. Ruth was the loyal stepdaughter of Naomi.

The Reign of David

Dec 19, 1812

Approx. 1013-973 BCE David was a sheperad. He told Galeth he was fighting in the name of God and had a sling and a rock and no armor for protection and went into battle. He ended up hitting Galeth covered in huge armor from head to two right between the eyes knockin him down and killing him dead. He became so popular that,Salt put out a death threat for him so he hid until salt died and he became king.

Elijah

Dec 19, 1813

Approx. 875-853 BCE .Elijah was probably the most famous of God's prophets in the Bible. During a famine, he was told by God to go into the middle of the desert and wait there birds will bring you food and water. He spreads the word of God. He went to Ahan and Jezable to tell them to change their ways they asked their God for fire but still no fire. After Elijah soaked his wood repeatly and ask for fire from God with all this fire shooting down.

Siege of Lachish

Jan 13, 1814

In 701 BCE
Lachish was attacked and conqured by the empire, Assyrian. The king fled when his city and people were being invaded. The Assyrian army killed all defenders and deported all refuges with their vaulable items to a diffrent part of Iraq.

Siege of Jerusalem

Jan 13, 1815

In 597 BCE
The king of Jerusalem was giving a warning on how to stop the empire from evading and conquring Judah but the king refused the offer and rebeled against the empire. The king and his army fled when Nebuchadnezzar and his empired invaded and conqured Jerusalem but the king was caught and brought in.The head of the empire Nebuchadnezzar murdered the king's sons right in front of him then blinded him so that would be the last horrifying view he ever seen.Refuges deportation w/ vaulables.

Indus Valley Civilizations:

Mar 18, 1816

Around 2000 BCE
Over 4,000 years ago, in the Indus Valley, people built huge, planned cities, with straight streets, and brick homes with private baths! And located 400 miles southwest of Harappa, called Mohenjo-Daro. Other ancient cities from the same period, arranged in the same way, have been found since.

The Aryan Invasion and the Vedes:

Mar 18, 1817

Approx. 1700 BCE
for a mass population movement, or an invasion of South Asia in the pre- or proto- historic periods, has not been found.At best, there is evidence of small-scale migrations approaching South Asia.

The Ascetics and the Upanishads:

Mar 18, 1818

Approx. 700-500 BCE
Indian religious history begins with the original inhabitants of India, settled along the Indus valley (i.e., the basin of the Indus river); their agrarian-based civilization flourished c. 2000 BCE and was a relatively advanced civilization, having a system of writing that has not yet been disciphered. As far as religious beliefs, based on the discovery of terra cotta figures of a woman with exaggerated sexual features and other indicators, the original inhabitants had a fert