FABLE. FIRST EGYPTIAN MONARCHY, PROFANE. General Famine:-Nations resort to Egypt for corn: (Diod. Sic.) The Red Sea Dry :-(Diod. Sic.) End of the FIRST EGYPTIAN MONARCHY. The Arabians invade Egypt, and take possession of the country. THE SHEPHERD Kings. 1490 1451 The Hebrews journey in the Wilderness 40 years: -their progress alarms many of the adjoining nations. The Hebrews are miraculously fed with quails. Balaam prophesies of THE MESSIAH. Moses dies. Joshua conducts the Hebrews into Canaan. 1445 Canaan conquered: -The Hebrew nation established. 1137 Samson, eminent for strength and heroic achievement:-Kills the lion:-Carries away the gates of Gaza, and pulls down the pillars of the Philistines. 1094 Samuel. 1079 Saul. Commencement of THE HEBREW MONARCHY. FABLE. PROFANE. The Phoenicians migrate from the Red Sea to Palestine. (Herodotus.) Heracles, or Hercules, is miraculously fed with quails. (Athenæus, ix. c. 2.) Heracles, is renowned for strength:-Kills the lion *The word, HERACL, is used as synonymous with y, Canaanite, and is applied, generally, to the inhabitants of that country; from whence the fabulous character seems to have been derived. Years before CHRIST. ANCIENT HISTORY. 5th PERIOD. SACRED. about THE HEBREW MONARCHY ESTABLISHED. 1079 Saul, the first King. 1059 DAVID, King:-He prophesies of the Messiah's humiliation, and final glory. 1048 Hiram, King of Tyre. 1019 Solomon, King: Builds the Temple. Allies himself with the King of Egypt. 980 The Hebrew kingdom divided: Rehoboam, King of Judah. 974 Sisac, King of Egypt, enters Asía, and reduces Judah. 901 Elijah, or Elias :-is taken up into Heaven. 806 Jonah:-is sent to the King of Ninya, (or Nineveh) :— Swallowed by a fish. 800 Babylon founded by the King of Ninya, or Assyria. 780 Isaiah-Joel-Hosea-Amos-prophesy, 770 Pul, King of Assyria, first penetrates into Israel, 724 Hezekiah, King of Judah. 720 The kingdom of Israel is extinguished by the King of 715 Sennacherib, miraculously expelled from Judæa. 674 Assarhaddon:-The kingdom of Assyria subverted by the Medes, and the rising power of Babylon. 677 Manasseh, King of Judah, carried captive to Babylon. 624 Josiah, King of Judah, repairs the Temple, and recovers the book of Deuteronomy. 610 Josiah slain in battle with Necho, King of Egypt. 606 Jehoiakim, King of Judah, is made prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar the Great. Commencement of the 70 Years of Captivity. HEBREW MONARCHY DISSOLVED. Years before CHRIST. about FABLE. PROFANE. 974 Sesostris, conquers the Arabian Kings of Egypt, and takes possession of the country:-He invades Asia and Thrace: and plants Colonies on the eastern coast of the Euxine,] or Black Sea. (Herodotus.) 900 850 Heracles, three days in a whale. (Lycophron, 1. 33. et The Siege of Troy :-Carthage built-Æneas. Ninus-Ninyas, King of Nineveh or Assyria. 800 Semiramis, Queen of Assyria. ANCIENT HISTORY. 1st PERIOD. PROFANE. 776 753 747 The era of THE OLYMPIADS commences. 710. Numa. 672. Tullus Hostilius. 640. Ancus Martius. 616. Tarquinius Priscus. Senacherib, King of Assyria. (Herodotus.) Psammeticus, King of Egypt. 1. THE BABYLONIAN Empire. 609 Necos, or Pharaoh Necho, King of Egypt. 606 NEBUCHADNEZZAR begins his reign in Babylon. 595 Apries, or Pharaoh Hophra, King of Egypt:-Is defeated by the Babylonians, or Chaldæans. |