Timeline: History of the Earth: Age of Myths Year 0 - Year 1656

Timeline - History of the Earth: Age of Myths: Year 0 - Year 1656 Pre-Time God creates the Heavens and the Earth.  Angels are created.  Lucifer (aka Satan) is created and set as Chief Archangel.  I call this the beginning of the Age of Myths.  Many religions that we now consider myths are conceived during this time.   Also, it is believed that Lucifer fell before Earth Time began.  Some traditions state that Satan rebelled against God and that the creation of Earth was God starting over.  However, this is not Biblical.  According to Genesis, after God created the Heavens and the Earth, He looked on ALL that He had made, and it was very good.   Therefore, Satan fell at the time that Adam and Eve fell.  Until then, everything in the Heavens and the Earth were perfect. History of the Earth Begins (WORK IN PROGRESS) Please note that I provide two separate sets of dates with each entry.  The first is in B.C.E., or "Before the Common Era".  This is the date system that most in our world use today.  The second is in A.C., or "After Creation".  This is the Biblical date system found in the Bible itself based on genealogies and other recorded events that detail the number of years. Also note that the dates in B.C.E. will not coincide with any historical timelines.  This is because historical timelines are inaccurate and based entirely on non-Biblical "evidence".  As a result, I have done my best to fit historical events into the Biblical timeline because I wholeheartedly believe that the Bible is 100% accurate.  And so, our supposed historical evidences should fit into the Bible timeline, not the other way around.  For many dates, I have provided notes explaining why I believe certain events occurred during that year. Finally, please know that I in no way believe that this timeline is 100% accurate.  That said, I have done my best to put the pieces of the puzzle together, and I hope that it helps you as it helped me to gain a better historical timeline for our world than what non-Christians have presented to us. 4085 BCE/ 1 AC Day 1 Earth Time Begins.  God creates light, Night and Day. Day 2 God creates sky, Heaven and Ocean Day 3 God creates earth, Earth and Seas.  Plants spring up on Earth, Eden is formed. Day 4 God divides light, Sun, Moon and Stars Day 5 God creates sea creatures and birds Day 6 God creates land animals and insects.  After this God creates man (Adam).  Man is made to rule the Earth and all in it.  Man is to eat plants.  Man is placed in Eden, an ancient land in the east.  He is able to do whatever he wants except eat of the Tree of Knowledge.  Animals are brought to Adam and named.  Adam is put to sleep.  Woman is created, the last of God's creations. Note that Genesis 2 states that Eden was made in the east.  That means that God had made the center of the world and built Eden east of the center of the world.  When we look at the globe we find that the center of the world is somewhere in the ocean south and west of the most northern portions of Africa.  Historians and scientists believe, however, that the world was all one continent at some point, and evidence from all over the world indicates that this is true.  The Bible, also, indicates that this is the case.  Finally, it makes sense that this is true and that where the equator and the Prime Meridian are may not be where they were in the beginning.  Since the world was to be a perfect paradise to humans, it makes sense that ALL of the land was placed within climate zones that were most pleasant to humanity.  God wanted humans to spread out to ALL of the Earth and to rule over it.  Therefore, there wouldn't have been territories too far north or south.  After all, mankind was made naked and the concept of clothing would have been foreign to them unless they sinned against God.  Winter, even, would have been different.  Instead of bringing death, it would simply get a bit cooler.  Still, a bit cooler would not mean cold to the point of needing clothing nor would it mean that things would die out at all.  I suspect that the original winter that God designed for the perfect Earth was a time of rest for the plants and the land, a Sabbath, so to speak that occurred once a year.  Thus, in cooler places, plants would maybe go into hibernation, but they would not die.  Therefore, I have created a map of what Pangea probably looked like, at least from what I think it probably looked like.  Based on the descriptions in Genesis 2, I have set Eden in modern day Israel, just west of Jerusalem.  This would explain why God has always favored this land and why Jerusalem in particular is so special to God.  It is in the east, as Genesis 2 says, and it is in a climate zone that would create such a beautiful paradise.  My theory is that the Garden of Eden was actually on a mountain that once existed just west of Jerusalem and that the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil were right where the present-day Church of the Sepulcher exists, basically where Golgotha was where Christ was crucified.  This would make it much more meaningful that Christ died on the very spot where sin was first spawned in the world.  Jesus, being our new Tree of Life, died on a tree (the cross) right where these two trees sat.  The Bible says that Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden and an angel was placed by the East Gate of the Garden.  Therefore, it makes sense that Adam and Eve would settle directly east of the Garden, not wandering too far from it because it was the only land they ever knew.  They would be most familiar with Eden.  This location for the Garden also makes sense when one considers Cain and Abel's story, and this will be discussed in the notes for Year 2 - Year 129.  The only issue with this theory is that of the River of Life and the Four Rivers that spring from the Garden.  Two of them are the Tigris (Hiddekel) and the Euphrates.  This is why many would place Eden in Mesopotamia.  However, I would point out that these four rivers were main rivers for the whole world.  They were carrying the River of Life to the four corners of the Earth.  Certainly, as big as the Earth is, it would be unreasonable for God to expect all humanity to come to the Garden to eat of the Tree of Life.  Revelation also seems to indicate that a river will flow out of New Jerusalem and many Trees of Life will exist.  Since New Jerusalem is a symbol of the restored Earth to the paradise it was meant to be, it makes sense that these Four Rivers were to bring eternal life to the four corners of the world.  Therefore, each of the Four Rivers were meant to have Trees of Life spring up out of them most likely as humanity was beginning to spread throughout the world.  However, because Adam and Eve sinned, these Four Rivers would need to be cut off so that no Trees of Life could spring up in the world to provide eternal life.  So some sort of cataclysmic event must have occurred after the Fall of Mankind, thus causing the River of Life to be stopped up and the Four Rivers to no longer exist as they once did.  Therefore, I don't think that the Tigris and Euphrates that exist today are the same as what is mentioned in Genesis 2.  It is likely that those who settled in Mesopotamia named them after the original two rivers because they provided life for the entire region and because they probably flowed at least partially in the same location as the original two rivers once flowed.  However, their source could not have been the same since this region does not produce eternal life.  Interestingly, according to historians, around 3900 B.C.E. there was a 5.9-kiloyear event, one of the most horrible aridifications the world has ever known.  It is likely that this aridification is what caused the Sahara desert to form, along with many other deserts.  Makes sense with the Biblical account that God cursed the land, bringing on this aridification event, making it difficult for mankind to produce crops. Day 7 God rests.  God blesses the 7th day. History of Creation (Warning!  Huge Spoiler Alerts for the Holy Wars Stories)
Year	Event	Notes	Date in B.C.E (Before the Common Era)
Pre-Time	God creates Heaven and Earth.  Angels were created.	I call this the beginning of the Age of Myths.  Many religions that we now consider myths were born during this time.  Also, it is believed that Lucifer (Satan) fell during this time before Earth Time began.  However, this point is actually a point of contention amongst Christians.  Tradition is that Satan rebelled against God in a pre-time period of time, but some would argue that Satan fell at the time that Adam and Eve fell.  Please read Mystery of Creation for more on this topic along with other topics having to do with the time before Earth time.	4085
Year 1, Day 1	Earth Time Begins.  God creates light, Night and Day.		4085
Year 1, Day 2	God creates sky, Heaven and Ocean		4085
Year 1, Day 3	God creates earth, Earth and Seas.  Plants spring up on Earth, Eden is formed.		4085
Year 1, Day 4	God divides light, Sun, Moon and Stars		4085
Year 1, Day 5	God creates sea creatures and birds		4085
Year 1, Day 6	God creates land animals and insects.  After this God creates man (Adam).  Man is made to rule the Earth and all in it.  Man is to eat plants.  Man is placed in Eden, an ancient land in the east.  He is able to do whatever he wants except eat of the Tree of Knowledge.  Animals are brought to Adam and named.  Adam is put to sleep.  Woman is created, the last of God's creations.	Note that Genesis 2 states that Eden was made in the east.  That means that God had made the center of the world and built Eden east of the center of the world.  When we look at the globe we find that the center of the world is somewhere in the ocean south and west of the most northern portions of Africa.  Historians and scientists believe, however, that the world was all one continent at some point, and evidence from all over the world indicates that this is true.  The Bible, also, indicates that this is the case.  Finally, it makes sense that this is true and that where the equator and the Prime Meridian are may not be where they were in the beginning.  Since the world was to be a perfect paradise to humans, it makes sense that ALL of the land was placed within climate zones that were most pleasant to humanity.  God wanted humans to spread out to ALL of the Earth and to rule over it.  Therefore, there wouldn't have been territories too far north or south.  After all, mankind was made naked and the concept of clothing would have been foreign to them unless they sinned against God.  Winter, even, would have been different.  Instead of bringing death, it would simply get a bit cooler.  Still, a bit cooler would not mean cold to the point of needing clothing nor would it mean that things would die out at all.  I suspect that the original winter that God designed for the perfect Earth was a time of rest for the plants and the land, a Sabbath, so to speak that occurred once a year.  Thus, in cooler places, plants would maybe go into hibernation, but they would not die.  Therefore, I have created a map of what Pangea probably looked like, at least from what I think it probably looked like.  Based on the descriptions in Genesis 2, I have set Eden in modern day Israel, just west of Jerusalem.  This would explain why God has always favored this land and why Jerusalem in particular is so special to God.  It is in the east, as Genesis 2 says, and it is in a climate zone that would create such a beautiful paradise.  My theory is that the Garden of Eden was actually on a mountain that once existed just west of Jerusalem and that the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil were right where the present-day Church of the Sepulcher exists, basically where Golgotha was where Christ was crucified.  This would make it much more meaningful that Christ died on the very spot where sin was first spawned in the world.  Jesus, being our new Tree of Life, died on a tree (the cross) right where these two trees sat.  The Bible says that Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden and an angel was placed by the East Gate of the Garden.  Therefore, it makes sense that Adam and Eve would settle directly east of the Garden, not wandering too far from it because it was the only land they ever knew.  They would be most familiar with Eden.  This location for the Garden also makes sense when one considers Cain and Abel's story, and this will be discussed in the notes for Year 2 - Year 129.  The only issue with this theory is that of the River of Life and the Four Rivers that spring from the Garden.  Two of them are the Tigris (Hiddekel) and the Euphrates.  This is why many would place Eden in Mesopotamia.  However, I would point out that these four rivers were main rivers for the whole world.  They were carrying the River of Life to the four corners of the Earth.  Certainly, as big as the Earth is, it would be unreasonable for God to expect all humanity to come to the Garden to eat of the Tree of Life.  Revelation also seems to indicate that a river will flow out of New Jerusalem and many Trees of Life will exist.  Since New Jerusalem is a symbol of the restored Earth to the paradise it was meant to be, it makes sense that these Four Rivers were to bring eternal life to the four corners of the world.  Therefore, each of the Four Rivers were meant to have Trees of Life spring up out of them most likely as humanity was beginning to spread throughout the world.  However, because Adam and Eve sinned, these Four Rivers would need to be cut off so that no Trees of Life could spring up in the world to provide eternal life.  So some sort of cataclysmic event must have occurred after the Fall of Mankind, thus causing the River of Life to be stopped up and the Four Rivers to no longer exist as they once did.  Therefore, I don't think that the Tigris and Euphrates that exist today are the same as what is mentioned in Genesis 2.  It is likely that those who settled in Mesopotamia named them after the original two rivers because they provided life for the entire region and because they probably flowed at least partially in the same location as the original two rivers once flowed.  However, their source could not have been the same since this region does not produce eternal life.  Interestingly, according to historians, around 3900 B.C.E. there was a 5.9-kiloyear event, one of the most horrible aridifications the world has ever known.  It is likely that this aridification is what caused the Sahara desert to form, along with many other deserts.  Makes sense with the Biblical account that God cursed the land, bringing on this aridification event, making it difficult for mankind to produce crops.	4085
Year 1, Day 7	God rests.  God blesses the 7th day.		4085
Year 1, Day 216	Adam and Eve eat of the Tree of Knowledge and thus are subject to God's laws.  Thus they are guilty of sin and require redemption.  They are cast out of Eden and forced to work.	Why Day 216?  Interestingly, 216 is 6 x 6 x 6.  666, in Revelation, is the number of man.  Also, interesting to note, 30 Sabbaths would have been celebrated by this day with 6 days remaining.  That means that on the 6th day of the week, Friday, Adam and Eve sinned against God.  Jesus was crucified on Friday.  Another interesting thing about this day is that if we start our year on the first day of March, and we count 216 days, we find ourselves at day 216 on October 2nd.  This is right around when trees start to really lose their leaves and Fall really starts to kick in.  So if we consider that the seasons began right on Day 1 with Spring, where all things were popping out of the ground and it is mating season, etc. then 216 days takes us through Summer, the height of life, and into Fall, as things start to wither and die.  Also, as if this wasn't enough, Adam and Eve were likely having a lot of sexual relations during these 7 months.  Even if she had become pregnant within the first week of life, she wouldn't have been able to give birth to Cain and Abel at this point.  This is important because the Bible teaches that through Adam sin entered the world.  Every human born after Adam has been born with the knowledge of good and evil.  This would not have happened if Adam and Eve had sinned after Cain and Abel had been born.  Cain and Abel would have been without sin because they had already been separated from their mother's womb.  If Adam and Eve sinned while they were still in her womb, Cain and Abel would also have the knowledge passed on to them because they were still connected to their mother.  The nutrients from the fruit would affect them directly as well.  So it makes sense that Day 216 was likely the day when Adam and Eve fell into sin, bringing on the first Fall and Winter, thus bringing death to the Earth.	4085
Year 1, Day 216 - Year 2	Cain and Abel are likely born in this year.	Adam and Eve were likely very active sexually in the first Spring of their lives, and since God's first command was to be fruitful and multiply, and since he cursed Eve with having a harder time conceiving, it implies that Eve was already pregnant with Cain and Abel when she sinned.  Thus, her sin not only affected her but her children as well.  Why do I think these two were twins?  The way Genesis 4 words it, Adam and Eve conceived and bore Cain.  "Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel."  It does not say, "And Adam knew his wife a second time, and she conceived and bore Abel."  So it seems to imply that she first had Cain and then...surprise...Abel came out next.  Also, Cain and Abel seem to have been like Jacob and Esau.  Their story is told together, and it seems like Cain and Abel were vying for the birthright, even as Jacob and Esau had.  I think that's why Cain got so angry that Abel's sacrifice was approved by God and his was not.  It was as if Abel was stealing the blessing that Cain felt was rightfully his, just as Esau was furious that Jacob had stolen his birthright.  That was why he got so angry that he killed Abel.  He didn't want Abel to still his future throne.  You see, Adam was the king of the Earth at this time.  Everyone was to obey Adam's rule.  Cain was technically the oldest.  Therefore, Cain should be heir to Adam's throne by birthright.  Abel would be the only individual to even have the ability to contest that birthright since he was born at the same time.  Therefore, it wouldn't be a far cry to think that Cain would perceive Abel as a rival for the throne.  They both knew Adam would die one day and the throne would go to one of them.  By killing Abel, Cain was solidifying his position as heir...provided, that is, that he was able to get away with murder.  Therefore, it seems likely that both were born at the end of Year 1 or possibly as late as the Spring of Year 2.  I doubt it was much later than that.	4085
2-129	Adam and Eve have many other sons and daughters.  The children of Adam begin to spread out because food is scarce, because the land is cursed, and Eden cannot support them all.  Cain and Abel, however, appear to have remained close to Adam and Eve, probably because they were the potential heirs to Adam's throne.  In the Year 129, or at some point close to this date, Cain and Abel offer the sacrifice before God.  God accepts Abel's and rejects Cain.  Cain becomes outraged by this and kills Abel.  God curses Cain and places the Mark of Cain, upon his forehead.  Cain flees east to the Land of Nod to escape punishment from his family.	It is likely that Cain killed Abel some time close to the Year 130 as Seth is born in the Year 130 and Eve names Seth as a replacement for Abel.  It is also clear that there were many more children in the world by the time of Abel's death and that these children of Adam were spread out.  The reason this makes sense is that Cain feared other men would find him and kill him.  Based on my research, I believe it was Cain and his family that founded the first civilization in Mesopotamia, founding the kingdom of Sumer.  According to history, Sumer was once settled loosely by the Ubaidians.  No one is quite certain where these people came from, so my guess is that Adam had a son named Ubaid and he moved into this region first.  He and his children thrived in this land for some time.  Since historians tell us that these people were hunter-gatherers, and since the Bible indicates that eating meat was not blessed by God until after the Flood, I am guessing that their decision to hunt and kill animals for food was a sin.  However, since food was scarce during this time, due to the land being cursed, it would make sense that men would resort to this in order to survive more easily.  Being a sin, however, this undoubtedly shortened the lifespan of this people, causing them to die out more quickly than the men of Adam's line.  Then, at some point, a Semitic people moved into the land and took over.  My theory is that this was Cain and his wife and children.  I also think that this is when Eridu, one of the oldest cities in the world, was founded.  Eridu means the "Mighty City".  The Bible says that Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after his son.  Enoch means "dedicated".  In the Bible, names are often given to places and people that are not the names used in other countries.  This is because the Hebrews/Jews would name things based on how those things influenced them.  Therefore, it would not be uncommon for Eridu to be called Enoch by the Hebrew/Jewish people if they learned that Cain had dedicated the city of Eridu to his son.  Enoch may not have even been the name of Cain's son as well, but the Hebrew/Jewish people called him Enoch because Cain had dedicated the city to him.  This lines up with the history of Eridu if Enoch had actually taken on the role of the patron deity of the city.  You see, Eridu was thought to have been created by the gods and was home to the great god Enki.  Enki was the Sumerian god of fresh water and he later became the god of wisdom and magic.  He stands as the first king, and the kingship had descended to him from heaven.  Therefore, my theory is that Cain fled to Sumer and built the city of Eridu with the help of his family and his animal servants (for animals were undoubtedly the servants of mankind during this time).  He built the city in an attempt to protect himself and his family against retribution from Adam and all who loved Abel.  The Ubadians, who most likely lived short lifespans, would easily be tricked into thinking that Cain and his family were gods, since they lived hundreds of years.  Therefore, Cain could have easily established himself as Anu, one of the great gods of creation who later became known as the Father of the Gods and ruler of the heavens.  His wife, then, could easily have been Uras, goddess of the earth, who is later known as Ki in later Sumerian texts.  Interestingly, the creation story of ancient Sumer is similar to that of the Genesis account.  This would also make sense if Cain was the true ruler of Sumer because he could have easily taken the stories he had heard from Adam and twisted them to his own religious stories, making himself the Father of all creation and his wife the Mother.  Notice, also, that Cain was cursed to be a wanderer, which also makes sense if he is the founder of ancient Sumer.  He establishes his son as ruler, not himself.  So it is likely that he continued to wander and travel all throughout the region while his son Enoch, or Enki, ruled in Eridu and established the first kingdom.  Though all respected Cain and his wife, revering them as the Father and Mother gods, Enki was honored as the true first king of Sumer.	4084-3956
130	Seth is born to replace Abel as the Son of Promise	Another of the oldest cities in the world is Jerusalem, called during these early years as Urusalim (meaning Foundation of Shalem (God)".  Salem also means peace, which could have been a secondary meaning for the city.  If Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden to the east, and this is implied since the Angel stood guard over the East Gate of the Garden, then they would have settled just east of the Garden, not wanting to wander too far from what they were used to.  It was most likely still in the land known as Eden.  If Jerusalem is the original location of where they settled, Jerusalem being Adam's city, then when Cain fled to the east into Nod, he would have fled across the Arabian Desert.  This means he would have wandered for a time in the desert, suffering greatly and then winding up in the lush and wonderful paradise of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euprhates.  Thus, it would again make sense that Eridu was the city of Enoch.  It would then make sense that Jerusalem was Adam's capital city since this city has been so important to God throughout most of history.  Being the "foundation of God" or "city of peace", it implies that after the murder of Abel, Adam was afraid of further bloodshed and war.  Therefore, I believe he firmly established Jerusalem at this time as the city of peace and as the foundation of God as a statement that he did not want to have war against Cain nor any of his children and also so that all would know that his city was founded by God.  Therefore, he had full right to rule as the High King of the earth.  He also likely established Jerusalem with walls and fortifications to ensure it was able to be defended just in case Cain returned and attacked it in an effort to try to take Adam's throne from him by force.  Also, during this time, I think animals were turning more and more into predators, even as humans were, in an effort to survive.  Adam would also have likely fortified Jerusalem in an attempt to stave off predators, providing peace to his children who remained with him so that they did not fear sudden attacks from beasts.  Since I also believe dinosaurs walked the earth at this time, called serpents or dragons, this would only add to Adam's need to create defenses for his city so that those creatures would be less apt to just raid and kill family.	3955
131-234	Sumer goes through a Golden Age of prosperity and development.  Jabal, Lamech's son, begins to dwell in tents and have livestock, leading others to do the same.  Our history books show that the first individuals to do this were Semitic people in Sumer, so this fits with the historical account.  Also, Jabal's brother, Jubal, begins crafting instruments such as the harp and the flute, and he is considered the father of all who play such instruments.  This also makes sense since Sumer is the first civilization to make music a major focus in culture and religion, and the harp, lyre, lute, drums and wooden and bone wind instruments were played for many gods and were a big part of the lives of the people of Sumer.  Finally, Tubal-Cain, Naamah's full-blooded brother, was a teacher in crafting iron and bronze tools and weapons.  This fits as well with ancient Sumer because they were the first society to really develop bronze tools.  Historians, however, teach that the Iron Age didn't begin until about 1000 B.C.E., but that doesn't mean much.  There is evidence that some groups of people did craft iron-based tools and weapons during the Bronze Age.  However, the reason they call it a Bronze Age is that iron was not as common as bronze during this time.  Therefore, even though Tubal-Cain may have started crafting iron tools as early as this time period, and he may have taught it to others, the practice was not as widespread as crafting with bronze.  I suspect that this is because bronze is superior to iron in several ways and was therefore considered more valuable.  For one, bronze is less brittle than iron.  Bronze has a lower casting temperature and it resists corrosion and rust.  The Sumerians seem to have been big on preservation of things, for their writing system was done in such a way that it has survived even to this day.  Finally, bronze is stronger than iron.	Genesis 4 details Cain and Abel's situation and then goes on to first detail out part of the line of Cain and then Seth and Seth's son Enosh.  This implies that everyone in the line of Cain that is mentioned in Genesis 4 is born by the time Enosh is born and that the two are somehow connected.  It also implies that someone from Lamech's own family is the one who informed Seth and the rest of Adam's family about all of Cain's family up to this point.  After all, I'm sure Cain had other family members, but Lamech's family is the only one that is focused on.  Why, unless somehow they are important to whoever told Seth and his family about them?  Also, Lamech and his kids are singled out.  I'm sure Cain's other kids did big stuff.  Why were the deeds of Lamech's family's most important?  Finally, Naamah, a girl, is mentioned, and this is almost unheard of in a genealogy.  This implies that Naamah was of great importance, for only a woman who was truly important would be mentioned.  My theory is that Naamah ran away from home, probably because she wanted to escape abuse.  After all, women were especially viewed as lesser citizens in Sumer.  In fact, according to the religion, women were the reason for evil and death in the world.  They brought it upon everyone.  Therefore, abusing women and treating them like property first began to appear in Sumer.  Sexual sins were also quite common.  Therefore, I think Naamah fled from her family and somehow made it to Eden, where Seth was.  She then told all about her family and all that her brothers were doing in Sumer.  She then told the story of how her father had killed a man and about how "If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."  So my guess is that this event of murder was probably linked in some way to Naamah fleeing from Sumer.  Maybe the man was her fiancé or just someone she loved and Lamech wouldn't allow the two to be married.  Either way, this theory would explain why the lineage only goes up through Naamah and her siblings and why they are even mentioned at all.  I also think that Naamah may have been mentioned because she may have been the mother of Enosh.  In other words, it would make sense that she was mentioned if she was Seth's wife.  She would be considered very important, then, in the lineage of the Israelites, for she would be one of their ancestors.  As such, explaining her lineage would also, then, be important so that everyone knew how Moses had gained insight into Cain's story and the story of his family.  I mean, how else would this story have come to Moses except that someone from Cain's family told all that happened between Cain and God and then all that happened in Nod after Cain fled from Adam?  God could have simply told Moses, but I think it is more likely that Moses gained this information because it had been passed down from generation to generation since the time of Seth.	3956-3851
235	Enosh is born.  The First Holy War begins (or at least I speculate that it was when the First War ever was fought.  See the notes for this Year.)  Men begin to call upon the name of the Lord.	The line "men began to call upon the name of the Lord" implies that men needed to call on God because bad things were happening.  In other words, mankind couldn't do it anymore on their own.  Things were getting too bad, and they needed God to intervene.  This implies, then, that war began at this time.  I mean, it could have been famine and disease, but since the land was cursed since the time Adam and Eve first sinned, my guess is that it was something different.  The only thing I can think of that would cause people to seek God suddenly is war or the impending threat of war.  I think immediately of 9/11.  Before 9/11, people didn't talk much about prayer.  However, the moment 9/11 occurred, everyone was flocking to churches.  This is a common practice for humans.  Even if they are having a hard time with crops and such, they still won't come to God.  However, the moment someone attacks or invades, people hurry to the temple or the church to seek God.  Therefore, it makes most sense that war either broke out at this time or it was about to.  This leaves us with the question, "Who was warring with who?"  My guess is that Lamech's family attacked Seth and his family, invading Eden.  Since Naamah was Lamech's daughter, she would have been considered his, as if she was his property.  If my theory is correct, Lamech probably had a husband lined up for her to marry, and it was custom at that time that the husband-to-be would provide his future father-in-law with a bride price, or a sum of money and/or property provided by the husband-to-be in order to convince the bride's father to agree to the marriage.  If the sum of money was large enough, it would not be a stretch at all that Lamech might kill some other man who might profess his love for Naamah and perhaps even threaten to take her away with him somewhere.  And then, if Naamah fled to Eden to Seth and married him, Lamech would be beside himself with fury, viewing Seth as a thief who stole his daughter away and therefore stole the pride price from him.  If Lamech was willing to kill Naamah's previous love, it would make sense that he would stir up his own family and friends to invade Eden to try to get her back.  This, then, makes even more sense as to why Lamech's family was so focused on in Genesis, for they would have been instrumental in the war between Eden and Sumer.	3850
325	Cainan is born	Genesis 6 states that "the earth was filled with violence."  Therefore, I believe that the war between Lamech and Seth continued on for years upon years.  It was likely not a constant warfare but probably more like a battle here and a battle there situation, each side attacking and killing many and then withdrawing with neither side gaining ground or losing ground.  After only a few years, the original reason for the war was likely forgotten and replaced by pain and suffering caused by both sides.  With these two kingdoms warring, and with the population of the Earth increasing tremendously by this time, it is highly likely that other wars were being fought by other peoples all across the Earth.  As resources were still scarce, because of the land being cursed, people would war over all sorts of things, such as food, religion, relationships, power, sex, greed, you name it.  Regardless, it is safe to say that by this time Adam had likely lost all control over his children throughout the world, almost certainly losing touch with them completely and therefore having many new kingdoms and lands spring up, all warring as boundaries and peoples clash.  It is also likely that by this time people had migrated to all of the corners of the Earth.  Though cities and civilizations did not yet spring up in the most remote parts, tribes were formed in these lands.  Interestingly, historians have given dates on human existence dating back to 300,000 B.C.E.  They found bones in Morocco, for example, that appear to be this old.  They also have found Neanderthal remains in West Asia that appear to be 316,000 years old.  Therefore, they conclude that mankind is actually much older than 4,085 B.C.E., as the Bible suggests, and perhaps our origins begin more in Morocco than in the Middle East.  However, this can easily be explained.  As mankind migrated west into the northern parts of Africa and the Americas, they became far less civilized.  Thus, it would appear that humans originated in perhaps Morocco and became more civilized as they moved eastward.  However, with food being scarce and being so far from any influence of Adam and those who believed in God and morality, the people who migrated to these lands probably became more depraved and primitive.  Eating meat, as others did, and with disease likely becoming more rampant as the years went by, these things would also lead to poor health and shorter lifespans.  As far as why there is evidence that supports them being 300,000 years old...well...I think a massive Flood and earthquakes that tore the Earth apart and covered all land worldwide under thousands and thousands of tons of water might cause some stress to bones and the earth and results might just get the tiniest bit obscured.  The world is a massive place, however, so to think that humans covered the entire world might seem to be a stretch.  Still, if you think of how long some people lived, how evidence points to the fact that sex was a big drive for people during this time, how women were mostly treated as objects and their purpose was mainly to have children, how women were likely having sex as young as their early teens, etc., I think the population of humanity would have expanded rapidly and could have spread to the corners of the world.  Again, these places were not likely very densely populated, but as war began to rise in the Middle East, more and more people would flee this area to try to escape the bloodshed.  However, as they would run into others, they may have quickly discovered warfare no matter where they went.	3760
395	Mahalalel is born	Somewhere around this time Egypt and the Indus Valley civilizations also rise up and become prominent.  Like Sumer, they become known later in history as the cradles of society.  If you explore their ancient religious beliefs, again you find similarities with the Genesis account.  Egypt is especially like the Bible in its creation story.  Even the concept of the Trinity of God is found in ancient Egyptian religious beliefs.  Ptah, like God the Father, commanded and Ra (Light), emerged.  Then there was a transformation of the primordial god Atum.  Atum and Ra were both self-created, coming forth out of chaos.  It was Atum, like the Word of God (God the Son), who formed into the elements of the world at Ptah's command.  Amun, the hidden power of the universe, like the Holy Spirit, when in agreement with Ptah, makes all things happen.  Ptah then commands Atum, and out of Atum comes Shu and Tefnut, gods of the sky and oceans.  Shu and Tefnut then mate and gave birth to Geb, god of the earth, and Nut, goddess of the heavens.  Then Geb and Nut mate and from them come the rest of the gods.  While Shu and Tefnut are away creating these things, Atum grieves.  He had created Shu and Tefnut because of his fierce loneliness, and since they had left him to explore the waters and to create all things, he was terribly lonely once more.  Therefore, Atum spends many lonely days while he waits for their return.  When they return, after giving birth to Geb and Nut and after Geb and Nut had the other gods, Atum is so overjoyed that he weeps.  His tears of joy create the first human beings.  This is almost identical to the Genesis story of creation except that there is only one God who makes all things.  Likewise, in the Indus Valley, the creation story is similar except with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva being the Trinity of God.  Therefore, it is clear that these societies took the true story of creation and molded it to fit their own desired belief system.  To me, since the Indus Valley civilization and the Sumer civilization have a lot of similarities, I think the Indus Valley civilization sprang up out of Sumer as individuals migrated east to escape the conflicts between Sumer and Eden.	3690
460	Jared is born		3625
622	Enoch is born.  Enoch is the first recorded prophet of God.		3463
687	Methuselah is born	Around this date, the city of Hamoukar is destroyed in northeastern Syria.  I believe that this city was the home of Lamech and his family and that it was from this city that they waged war against Eden.  Hamoukar was believed to be a northern extension of the land of Sumer.  There was also an Uruk trading colony nearby (Uruk being one of the main city-states of Sumer).  Though some believe that the city was destroyed during the expansion of the Uruks that took place around this time, they also then state that the Uruk trading colony was destroyed most likely at this time and they aren't sure who exactly destroyed both of these places.  Therefore, my theory is that war had waged between Seth and Lamech all throughout these years.  Finally, around this time, Seth and his people in Eden had had enough.  They marched into the northern portions of Sumer, sieged Hamoukar and the Uruk trading colony and wiped them all out.  Thus, they would have finally brought an end to the war between their two kingdoms, at least for a time.  If Hamoukar was Lamech's home city, this would also make it more believable that Naamah was able to run away from Sumer and escape into Eden.  Since Syria is just north of Israel, if Naamah was living in Hamoukar she would not have had to travel directly through the Arabian Desert to get to Eden.  It still would have been a hefty trek, but it is a much more believable journey than coming all the way from Eridu or Ur.  Also, if Lamech lived just on the borders of Eden, this would also explain why they are mentioned most of all in Genesis 4.  Since they were Eden's neighbors to the north, their influence and a threat of war from them would have been the most troubling to the Edenites.	3398
874	Lamech is born.  This is the Lamech of the Line of Promise, not the Lamech of Cain's line.		3211
930	Adam dies at 930 years old.	His is the first natural death on record.  However, food was scarce as the ground was cursed.  Evidence points to the fact that other humans did not live this long.  Therefore, just because it is the first recorded natural death doesn't mean that it WAS actually the first natural death in history.  Adam's death, though, would have nevertheless had a huge impact on the world.  It is likely that everyone viewed Adam and his family line as either nobility or as gods, and they lived longer while others who were not nobility would likely have died out faster.  Because they would have been considered nobles and gods, lesser men would undoubtedly have far less in the way of possessions, medicines, food, etc.  Other nobles, other sons of Adam besides Cain and Seth, would likely have lived longer too.  Therefore, it is likely that the nobility of humanity were viewed as gods while the commoners were viewed as mere human mortals on a rather large scale.  Thus, it would seem, that the original religions were founded by noble men who were viewed as gods.  Adam's death, therefore, would have had a pretty big impact on the world, for the Patriarch of Mankind, the Great King of the Earth, the original God-King or God-Man of the world was now gone.  With his death a power struggle would almost certainly have occurred.  Therefore, it seems likely that wars occurred prior to this time, but this event would have led to a much larger-scale war as each of the sons of Adam vied for Adam's throne in Eden.  It is likely that other major kingdoms of the ancient world began to now fortify their homelands, creating armies and leading them to war against Seth; Egypt being one of the main ones.  Interestingly, the God Set is often translated as Seth.  Set was depicted as an evil god of Egypt, the god of deserts and storms.  If Egypt considered themselves good, they would naturally consider Adam's chosen heir, Seth, as evil and would have painted him in a bad light.  Also interesting, Set's story is that he murdered his brother Osiris and usurped his throne.  By this point, it would not be a far stretch that many would consider Seth a usurper of Cain's throne, for Cain was the oldest son of Adam, nor would it be hard for people to believe that it was Seth who murdered Abel, not Cain, thus taking the throne for himself and making up lies that it was Cain who killed Abel.  Finally, it would make sense that Egypt would view Seth as a god of the desert because he had to cross the Desert of Sinai to reach Egypt.  And, therefore, to attack Seth's home, the Egyptians would have to travel through the Sinai and Negev deserts to get to Jerusalem.  It should also be noted that one of the main gods of Egypt is Horus.  Horus is the name often given by the earliest kings of Egypt.  Horus was a mortal enemy of Set, god of storms and the desert.  Therefore, it makes sense that Horus establishes his rule over Egypt and is in direct conflict with Seth, Adam's son and heir to Adam's throne.  I think Horus was older than Seth and refused to bow a knee to his younger brother.  Therefore, he stirred up his people against Seth by making up all sorts of horrible lies about Seth murdering his brother and usurping the rightful throne of the Earth.	3155
987	Enoch is raptured at 365 years old	Sometime before this event, Enoch writes the Book of Enoch.  Please note, the Book of Enoch is quoted by individuals in the Christian Bible, though the book is considered Apocrypha and not accepted as scripture by most.  Those who quoted the Book of Enoch do so as if it is scripture.  However, please understand that this does not mean that the Book of Enoch IS actually scripture.  There are portions of the book that I have read that are obviously truth and there are portions that are obviously not truth.  Therefore, it only makes sense that some of the Book of Enoch did actually survive the Great Flood, and it was these portions that were quoted by Biblical writers.  However, over the centuries, people have added to it and taken away from it so that the only reliable scriptures are those quoted by others in the Christian Bible, and maybe to those who have a discerning spirit to be able to tell the difference between what is truly God-breathed and what are the lies of men.  Everything in the Book of Enoch that does not line up with the rest of the Bible is obviously fabricated.  For example, everything having to do with the Watchers is obviously fiction.  When one comes to fully understand scriptures they can see clearly that the Watchers story makes no sense whatsoever.  It is more like Greek Mythology than true Bible teaching.  There will be more on this later in this timeline when discussing the Nephilim.  See the notes for the Year 2699.	3098
1042	Seth dies at 912 years old	Seth only lives another hundred years or so after the death of his father, Adam.  It is truly unclear, at this point, whether Seth actually maintained his control over Eden or whether his family was at last defeated and expelled from the land.  I think it is most likely that while Enoch walked the world, being a prophet of God, Seth was able to maintain his hold on Jerusalem and Eden.  However, I think the reason Enoch was raptured out of the world was that Seth's sins had increased to the point that God was going to allow him to be defeated and expelled from power, thus humbling Seth and his children who remained with him.  Therefore, by the time Seth dies and Noah is born, I think that the family of Seth had become wanderers, travelling about throughout the lands north of Syria and on up into modern day Turkey.  This would explain why Noah's Ark eventually lands on Mount Ararat.  He was likely already living somewhere in that region by the time of the Flood.	3043
1056	Noah is born		3029
1140	Enosh dies at 905 years old		2945
1235	Cainan dies at 910 years old		2850
1290	Mahalalel dies at 895 years old	In early China, around this time, there were god-kings that existed known as the Three Sovereigns or the Five Emperors.  This lends credibility to the idea that all ancient gods were, at one point, humans who simply convinced people that they were Gods.  These god-kings established their reign in these lands, and they ruled for an unknown period of time.  It is interesting to me that the earliest Chinese Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, did not begin until closer to 2070 B.C.E.  If these god-kings ruled in China, why were they not immediately replaced by the Xia Dynasty?  Why do we hear about them as a pre-historic empire and then there is no record of any other rulers until the Xia?  To me, it is another sign that the Flood did happen.  Basically, these god-kings ruled during the time before the Flood.  Then the world was wiped out and it took hundreds of years before China was once again repopulated to the point when a new series of kings could rise up and rule over the lands.  When they entered these lands again, after all those hundreds of years, they found evidence of the god-kings, and thus they passed the stories about them down from generation to generation.	2795
1422	Jared dies at 962 years old		2663
1556	Japheth is born.	See notes for Year 1557.	2529
1557	Ham is born.	This date is not entirely certain, but as you will read in the notes for Year 1658, it is pretty clear that Noah's sons were born when Noah was 500 years old, thus 1556.  However, Arphaxad is born 2 years after the Flood when Shem is 100 years old.  Therefore, if the flood occurred on Noah's 600th year, that would be 1656.  This would mean that Arphaxad was born 1658.  Thus, Shem would have to have been born 1558.  Therefore, it makes sense that when the Bible says that Noah was 500 when he had his three sons what it was really saying is that he had no children prior to the Year 1556.  Then he had Japheth, Ham and Shem.  In Genesis 10 we see the descendants of all three sons listed out.  Japheth is listed first here, then Ham and finally Shem.  Therefore, it seems most likely that Japheth was the oldest, which is why at this point his genealogy is listed first, then Ham and finally Shem.  Also, Genesis 10:21 says that "children were born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber (the Hebrews), the brother of Japheth the elder."  The NIV specifically says, "whose older brother was Japheth."  Therefore, the only thing that makes sense to me is that Japheth was born in 1556, Ham in 1557 and Shem in 1558.  This is why Ham is always listed second.  The only reason that Shem is typically listed first in the Bible when the three are mentioned is because Shem is the most important brother of the three to the family of Israel.	2528
1558	Shem is born.	See notes for Year 1557.	2527
1651	Lamech dies at 777 years old		2434
1656	Methuselah dies at 969 years old; The Great Flood; End of the Age of Myths	Interesting to note, ALL of the lineage of Noah die out just before the Great Flood.  God allowed death to take each and every righteous person before the Judgement of the World was brought down upon mankind.  The ONLY righteous person to endure the Flood was Noah.  His sons and his sons’ wives were only spared because God loved Noah.  In Egypt, we find an interesting break in the history of the Old Kingdom, Fifth Dynasty, right around this time.  Shepsekare's reign is uncertain, and it seems to imply that it was cut short, for his pyramid was unfinished.  He also has very few artifacts left during his reign.  The same seems to be true for his two successors, Nyuserre Ini and Menkauhor Kaiu, though they at least completed some of their construction projects.  More interesting to note about this, Menkauhor Kaiu was the last king to build a sun temple to Ra.  The next king, whose lineage is uncertain, Djedkare Isesi, seemed to be of an entirely different mindset to all the previous kings.  He broke away from tradition, not building a sun temple to Ra.  He created all sorts of reforms to state administration, the first to do this since the inception of the system of ranking titles.  He reorganized funerary cults and the priesthood.  He commissioned expeditions to Sinai to procure copper and turquoise and to Nubia to get gold and diorite.  He started the practice of oracular divination, a practice where priests determining if an expedition will be successful or not based on their divinations.  He was held in high esteem during the mid-Sixth Dynasty, and the pharaohs of the Sixth venerated him, offering many rich offerings on a cult of his that sprang up after his death.  He is also remembered as the king of a vizier named Ptahhotep who is one of the earliest philosophers.  In short, it seems almost as if something occurred after Menkauhor Kaiu and Djedkare Isesi.  I believe this is the Flood.  I also think that historians place Djedkare Isesi's reign too early in history, putting his reign right after Menkauhor Kaiu.  If the Flood occurred at this time then Djedkare Isesi would not have become king until after the Tower of Babel when the nations spread out and were formed.  Besides this, after the Flood, stories begin to surface in ALL major ancient religions about a Great Flood, though the telling is different with each religion, putting their own religious spin on it.  This implies that Noah's kids married wives that were likely from other religions.  As they had kids, they told their kids the ancient stories about the gods of the different lands, and about the wars, and so on.  Thus, all the ancient religions began to start up again, with new twists and new tales, as Noah's family began to repopulate once more.	2429