Here’s a Bible timeline with approximate years for each event:

• Creation and Early Humanity

• c. 4000–3000 BCE: Creation of the World and Humanity (Adam and Eve)

• c. 3000–2500 BCE: The Great Flood (Noah)

• Patriarchs

• c. 2000 BCE: Call of Abraham

• c. 1900 BCE: Birth of Isaac

• c. 1800 BCE: Jacob (Israel)

• c. 1700 BCE: Joseph sold into Egypt

• Exodus and Conquest

• c. 1446 BCE: Exodus from Egypt, led by Moses

• c. 1446–1406 BCE: Wilderness wanderings

• c. 1406 BCE: Entry into the Promised Land, led by Joshua

• Judges

• c. 1375–1050 BCE: Period of the Judges (Deborah, Gideon, Samson)

• c. 1050 BCE: Saul becomes the first king of Israel

• c. 1010 BCE: David becomes king

• c. 970 BCE: Solomon becomes king and later builds the First Temple in Jerusalem (c. 966 BCE)

• Divided Kingdom and Exile

• c. 930 BCE: Kingdom divides into Israel (North) and Judah (South)

• c. 722 BCE: Assyria conquers Israel (Northern Kingdom)

• c. 586 BCE: Babylon conquers Judah, destroys the First Temple; beginning of the Babylonian Exile

• Return and Rebuilding

• c. 538 BCE: Persian King Cyrus issues decree allowing Jews to return to Judah

• c. 516 BCE: Completion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem

• c. 450 BCE: Reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah

• c. 400–4 BCE: Greek and Roman influence; Maccabean Revolt (c. 167–160 BCE); rise of the Hasmonean dynasty

• Life of Jesus

• c. 4 BCE: Birth of Jesus

• c. 27–30 CE: Ministry of Jesus

• c. 30 CE: Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus

• Early Church

• c. 30–35 CE: Pentecost; beginning of the Christian Church

• c. 34–67 CE: Ministry of Apostle Paul; spread of Christianity across the Roman Empire

• End of the Apostolic Age

• 70 CE: Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple

• c. 95 CE: Apostle John writes Revelation

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