Word history unit 1

  • Egypt Unites with Menes
    3100 BCE

    Egypt Unites with Menes

    "About 3100 B.C. Egypt's diverse groups were united by Menes, a ruler who established his capital at Memphis. Six dynasties reigned during the Old Kingdom." (Ignitia.com Editors.) Around 280.B.C. the Egyptian historian Manetho was in all the work in the thirty dynasties of the division and labeling of ancient Egypt. (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • Forgotten Sumer's Civilization
    3000 BCE

    Forgotten Sumer's Civilization

    "Around 3000 B.C. cities first arose in Sumer." (Ignitia.com Editors.)
    Nimrod built cited in sumer and they where also called the "mighty hunter." They were called Calneh, Erech, Babel, Accad (hence the Akkadian language.) (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • Babylonian Account of the Flood
    2700 BCE

    Babylonian Account of the Flood

    "The Babylonians had another account of the Flood. It is found in the Gilgamesh Epic (possibly dating from as far back as 2700 B.C.)" (Ignitia.com Editors.) In the Sumerian records more detail is found about the Flood. (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • Akkadian ruler Sargon
    2400 BCE

    Akkadian ruler Sargon

    "In 2400 B.C. the Akkadian ruler Sargon conquered Sumer and controlled an empire from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea." (Ignitia.com Editors.) Among the lands in the lower classes Sargon distributed many temple lands. (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • Babylon's Fall
    2006 BCE

    Babylon's Fall

    In rich history Babylon was a city on the Euphrates River. " Nimrod built the first city on the site and called it Babel."(Ignitia.com Editors.) Tradition says Sargon I destroyed he first Babel. (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • Period: 1813 BCE to 1781 BCE

    Hammurabi of the Babylonian period.

    "The Akkadians, including Sargon I, their ruler, had an interest in neighboring Assyria, as did the rulers of Ur."(Ignitia.com Editors.) Asshur became an independent city when Ur fell to the Amorites. (Ignitia.com Editors.)
  • First Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty,
    1526 BCE

    First Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty,

    "In 1526- 1508 B.C. during this era Egypt reached the zenith of its strength and position as a world power."(Ignitia.com Editors.) Ahmose I of Thebes, forced the Hyksos his armies out of the land they went as far to penetrated as far as southwestern Palestine.
  • Bands of Robbers of Egypt
    1150 BCE

    Bands of Robbers of Egypt

    "There were long periods during Egypt's history when laws were not being enforced"(Ignitia.com Editors.) In Egypt people will band and rob county by breaking into tomb and stealing gold and precious stones.
  • History of Prophetic Books
    700 BCE

    History of Prophetic Books

    "The Hebrew prophet, Isaiah, served in the court of Hezekiah, king of Judah." (Ignitia.com Editors.) He wrote one of the best known books in the history in the prophetic world. ( gnitia.com Editors.)
  • Period: 598 BCE to 597 BCE

    End of Jehoiachin's Rebellion.

    "To end Jehoiachin's rebellion, Nebuchadnezzar went to war with Judah and besieged Jerusalem in December of 598 B.C. The city fell on March 16, 597 B.C." (Ignitia.com Editors.) Submitted to the Babylonian king,Jehoiachin and the royal family, and were taken captive. (Ignitia.com Editors.)