BIBLE & WORLD EVENTS: 6 (800-715 B.C.)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) A chronology of Bible and World events helps us appreciate history better in a holistic perspective and will also provide insight with better understanding for us.

b) Event periods: 800-715 B.C.



1. Date: 800 B.C.

a) World Event:

i) Development of caste system in India; Babylonian and Chinese astronomers understand planetary movements; spoked wheels used in Europe; Homer writes Illiad and Odyssey; ice skating a popular sport in northern Europe.

2. Date: 793

a) Bible Event:

i) Jonah becomes a prophet.

3. Date: 776

a) World Event:

i) First known date of Olympic games.

4. Date: 753

a) Bible Event:

i) Hosea becomes a prophet.

5. Date: 753

a) World Event:

i) Traditional date for founding of City of Rome.

6. Date: 750

a) World Event:

i) Earliest music notation written in ancient Greece; Celts introduce plow to Britain.

7. Date: 743

a) Bible Event:

i) Israel invaded by Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria.

8. Date: 740

a) Bible Event:

i) Isaiah becomes a prophet.

9. Date: 722

a) Bible vent:

i) Israel (northern kingdom) falls.

10. Date: 715

a) Bible Event:

i) Hezekiah becomes Judah's king.

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