Time Line Page BCE

? means the date is approximate, based on comments in the series.
?? means the date is a guess.
More information to add?  Write me.
 

Date--BCE	Historical  Event	HL Event	Source of Information
c. 4000	pictographs used in Mesopotamia, copper smelted, bronze production starts
3200	heiroglyphics developed in Egypt
?3000	upper and lower Egypt united; cuneiform syllabic alphabet used by Sumerians	Methos remembers taking a head	Methos
c. 2700	Pyramids in Egypt
c. 2500	Camels domesticated
c. 2350	Sargon rules the Akkadians in Sumeria, Minoans flourish in Crete
c. 2000	First known use of iron (Hittite tribe)	Ammaletu the Akkadian sees Gilgamesh come back to life and starts the Watchers.	Indiscretions
c. 1750	Hammurabi dies; Abraham and Sara of the Old Testament	Methos in Egypt	Captive Soul
c. 1670	horses introduced to Egypt by Hyskos	Methos wandering in Britain for a century	Captive Soul
1638	volcano erupts on Thera
1573-1570	Phoenician alphabet in use c.1600	Methos in Egypt during the reign of the Hyskos	Captive  Soul
???		Kronos, Caspian, Silas born.  Teachers listed as "undetermined" in Watcher CD.	CAH
?Bronze Age		Horsemen form	CAH
c. 1500	Iron starts to be used in Hittite lands; Aryans over run Indus civilization; Shang Dynasty in China; Olmecs in Mexico
c. 1500-1000		Kronos kills Cassandra.  She is Methos's slave, then escapes.	CAH
1265	Dorians invade Greece, Myceneans fall	Rebecca dies first death in Mycenae, murdered by a jealous slave.  She will be taught by Aganesthes of Tiryns.	CD
1237		Nefertiri dies first death, sacrificed in Egypt	CD
c. 1200	Iron Age starts; Hittite Empire falls
c. 1184	Hebrew tribes in Canaan. Troy falls.	-Tjanefer of Troy (Graham Ashe) becomes Immortal. Taught by Aganesthes. -Legend says Rebecca was a lover of Agamemnon	CD
		Methos says that Helen of Troy didn't have that great a face and it was only a 100 ships, not a thousand.	Comes a Horseman
c. 1011	King David rules (1000-961) in Jerusalem	Kurgan born	HL Novel
846	Solomon rules (961-922), builds Temple. Carthage founded 814	Tak-Ne (Ramirez) becomes Immortal in Egypt; he is taught by Tjanefer (Graham Ashe)	HL1
753	Rome founded
?		Ramirez and the Kurgan meet in Babylon	HL1
593	Nebuchadnezzer II of Babylon conquered Israel (586), start of Babylonian captivity for Jews	In Japan, Ramirez marries his third wife, Shakiko, and gets the Masumune katana from his father-in-law	HL1
c. 5th century?	Egypt conquered by Persia in 525	Cassandra is known as Cassia of Posidaea. Rebecca is known as Xanthia of Melitus	CD
512	Darius II of Persia defeated by Scythian horse-archers.
?		Ramirez and the Kurgan meet in Greece	HL1
470	Socrates born
450		Kyra of Sparta dies first death in athletic games, foul play suspected by male rival. Teacher: Aegilaus	CD
431-404	Peloponnesian War 431-404, Pericles, Aspasia.  Mayan civilization starts in S. America	Methos says to The Other Methos, "I hear you were a friend of Socrates" and then asks him about Cleopatra.	The Messenger
399	Socrates dies
372-289	Alexander the Great (336-323)	Methos implies he knew Mencius (372-289), a Chinese philosopher and student of Confucius (551-479 B.C.)	Chivalry
326		Katharine (nee Kassia) born in Samothrace	CD (two of Hearts)
292		Katharine dies first death in volancanic eruption. Teacher: Matinea of Pylus
?	Rome and Carthage  1st Punic War: 264-241  2nd Punic War: 218-201   3rd Punic War: 149-146	The Horsemen break up around now.  Silas heads off to the forest, ending up in the Ukraine.	Comes a Horsemen
74		Methos loses money betting on Titus Marconis.	To Be
46	Julius Caesar institutes the Julian calendar, designed by Sosigenes. The first day of the year was moved from  Martius (March) to January 1, the day the consuls took office. The month Quintilius was renamed July in his honor.
44	Julius Caesar is assassinated.
32		Brother Paul is born.	CD
c. 30		Nefertiri defends her queen Cleopatra and attacks her lover Marcus Constantine, then ends up in a sarcophagus.	Pharoah's  Daughter