Old Testament 2500 B.C to 400 B.C By ryangreen9810 2500 BCE Giza Pyramid Period: 2500 BCE to 400 BCE Old Testament 2500 B.C to 400 B.C 2371 BCE Sargon of Akkad rises to power 2300 BCE sargon launches conquest of all Mesopotamia 2166 BCE Abraham is born 2066 BCE Issac is born 2006 BCE Jacob and Esau are born 1915 BCE Joseph is born 1898 BCE Joseph put into slavery 1792 BCE Hammurabi rules Babylon 1526 BCE Mosses is born 1407 BCE Mosses dies and Joshua conquers Canaan 1375 BCE judges start to rule 1105 BCE Samuel is born 1075 BCE Sampson leads Israel 1050 BCE saul becomes king 1003 BCE David is King 970 BCE Solomon is King 966 BCE Solomon builds temple in Jerusalem 875 BCE Elijah starts his ministry 848 BCE Elisha Prophets of Israel 742 BCE Micah becomes a prophet 740 BCE Isaiah becomes a prophet 728 BCE Nubiah King Piy conquered Egypt 627 BCE Jeremiah becomes a prophet 586 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem's Temple 539 BCE cyrus conqers Babylon 479 BCE Esther becomes xerces queen