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Lifetime of Lucy
The Australopithecus afarensis lived in 4 million B.C.E. They were biped, there hands were free, and they were omnivores meaning they could eat meat and plants. -
Homo Habilis
The Homo Habilis lived in 2 million B.C.E. They were biped, they were omnivores, there hands were free, there brains were larger then the Australopithecus Afarensis, and they started making simple tools. -
Homo Erectus
The Homo Erectus lived in 1.8 million B.C.E. They were biped, they were omnivores, there hands were free, there brains were larger then the Homo Habilis, they contued making more advanced tools, and the discovered fire. -
Homo Sapiens Neanderthals
The Homo Sapiens Neanderthalesis lived in aproxamatly 500,000 B.C.E. They were biped, they were omnivores, there hands were free, there brains were larger then the Homo Erectus, they contued making more advanced tools, they contuned with fire, they buried the dead, they had a sence of community -
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The Homo Sapiens Sapiens are modern humans. They were biped, they were omnivores, there hands were free, there brains were larger then the Homo Sapiens Neanderthals, they contued making more advanced tools, they contenue fire, they buried the dead, they had communitys, they were tall, they had aguculture, and they started language -
Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Approx. 2900 BCE. -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal library. Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk. He went through many changes throught his life for the better. He most likely was a real person who went though changed for the better and his story was an exaggerated version of his life. -
Abraham
Approx. 1900BCE. Abraham lived in Ur and was told by God to go to Israel. In his wife and his elderly age they had a son named Isaac. God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac but at the last moment he spared him. -
Hammurabi’s Code
1792-1750 BCE. Hammurabi lived in Ur. He was a king that was chosen by the god Shamash. He made the first code of laws that are still used today. Not so long after his death his empire collapsed and now it is gone. -
Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow
Approx. 1700-1280 BCE. Joseph was Jacob's favorite son. His brothers got so jealous that they faked his death and sold hi into slavery. When Joseph got out of slavery he moved back with his family and forgived them for what they had done. Lastly he moved the Isrealites to Egypt during the middle kingdom. -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Approx. 1280-1240 BCE. Moses -
The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE. -
The Reign of David
Approx. 1013-973 BCE. -
Elijah
Approx. 875-853 BCE -
Siege of Lachish
701 BCE. The City of Lachish was at war with Assyrian empire. They did not win the war. This war was very simmular to the seige of Jerusalem. -
Siege of Jerusalem
587 BCE. This war started with the people not liking the king. It got so bad that the people started revolting aginst him. The people of Jerusalem lost and had to leave there land.
