rivers of life chart
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A STUDENT'S SYNCHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Accompaniment to
RIVERS OF LIFE OR FAITHS OF MAN IN ALL LANDS .
"THE REAL HISTORY OF MAN, IS THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, HIS ATTEMPTS TO KNOW, TO SERVE, AND TO LOVE HIS GOD"
THERE HAS BEEN NO ENTIRELY NEW RELIGION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
BY
MAJOR GENERAL FORLONG, F.R.G.S. F.R.S.E. M.A.I. &c. &c.
OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, DEITIES, INCARNATIONS, AND FAITH STREAMS
EXPLANATION OF COLOURS.
TREE
PHALLIC
SERPENT
FIRE
SUN
ANCESTOR
THEISM
BIBLES
GREEN
YELLOW
GREY
CARMINE
PINK
SEPIA
RED
BLUE
WORSHIP OF FETISHES
TREE WORSHIP
& CHARMS EVERYWHERE
LINGAM & YONI
SUN
HELIOS
WHEELOF LIFE
FIRE
CREATIVE VIGOR
WARMTH
FIRE of GOD
FIRE of the SUN
BEL BAL BA - ALTHE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
MITRASOURCE of ALL
FERTILITY CREATIVE HEAT
BELUS
MENVES
ASH
AISH
ESH
AGNI
SERPENT
or
PHALLIC FAITHS
WORSHIP OF FERTILITY
ISWAR & ISA
AM ON
OSIR & ISHA
OSIRIS & ISISHESIRI MENAPIS
ALA & ALITAALPHA OMEGA
AL & OM
AR or RA & ATHOR
MITRA & MYLITA
IL or EL ELOHIM
ADÃM & ADÃMA
ADMI EVAA & N
NER, NAR, NIN
BET ELSor the
FORM or ABODE
OF EL
TAURUS - APIS
AGNUS-DEISERPENS
SERAPHIM
SCORPIO
PASSION
FERTILE FORCE
CREATIVE FORCE
PYTHON
TYPHON
HOA or HEA
HEPHAISTUSor
ILIOUN
ILUS
MOUNTAIN WORSHIP EVERYWHERE
OURANUS
&
GE
LINGAITES & YONITES PANDOOS & KOOROOS
NAGA or SERPENT
ATMÁN or SPIRIT OF LIFE
BAITULIAor
SUN-STONESeverywherecommon.KRONUS
THE DODONIAN
DYAUS
GENERATIVE WILL
ANIMAL WORSHIP EVERYWHERE
THE TWELVE GREAT GODS OF
KALDIA EVERYWHERE IN ONE FORM or ANOTHER
DYUSKY
ANAT
KNEF
ANOO
BELTIS
INDRA SKY, BRIGHTNESS
ISHTÁR NÃTS or SPIRITS
THESELF-EXISTENT
HOMA
VAROON or WATERSABOVE AND ON EARTH
SOMA
MITHRA-SUNINDRA
AGNI ATMAN ATMOS or ATMOSPHERE
PHTA
AMONor
HAMON
PHREor
KEM THE HOLY SPIRIT OR BREATH
HEAVEN called SWERGA
BEL - SUN
NEITH
AMON NEU OR NUMIS, THE RAMHEADED
DAGONAMON
ASHERAPIS
ORMAZDREMBA AUM
OMCHNOPHIS
MOUT CHONS
THEMI
ZOROASTER
THE MÀTCH or FISH 1 AVATÁRST
PÁVANA or BÁVANA
FIRE
BELUS
ANCESTOR WORSHIP
WARS OF JOVEVITES & TITANITES OF SOLAR AND LUNAR WORSHIPPERS
EARTHWATER
URANIA
VENUS
EARTH
MITRA ALITTA
ADONIS
NEITH
LOVE
BUBASTIS
SIVAIK RA HAKE orSATURN
ASHTAROTH
HEAVENSAKTIS or
CONSORTS OF GODSVARÁHA
orBOAR THIRD AVATÁR
MYLITADAGONor FISHOSIRIS ISIS, HORUS,
or ORUS
HALF MAN and HALF LION
VEDA
ZEND
AVESTA
NISROCH NEBO
ATHYR or VENUS
YÁMA YIMATVASHRTI or VULCAN
BAAL-ZEBUBBRÀHM A SOLAR GOD
BRAHMA
RUDRA or SIVAVISHNOO
TMOU COWTHE SACRED
AMENTES or HADES
NEBO
NEPTE
NINUP RIMMON
KOORMA or TURTLE SECOND AVATÁR
1200
1100
1000
1300
1260
1218
1234
1184
1107
1070
1022
986
1200
1100
1000
ASHER and ISTAR
MAHA- DEVASIVA & SIVI
ASTARTE ISHTÁR
ASHÉRA
JANUS
ASTORETH
SABAOTHAM-ONJUPITER
HERAIO-
JUNO
AGATHODEMONDIONYSUS
ADONISMILKOM
TOTH or MERCURY
THE LINGA in ARGAor SRI-LINGAMAHA-DEVA
LINGAM
KAILÁSA
NYSA or NUSA IS HEAVEN
NÁRASIMVA the FOURTH AVATÁR
the HINDOOHEAVEN
MOLEK orMELKARTH
JAVHEH, EDUTH
ALEIM orELOHIM
theMALE & FEMALE
or THE “TESTIMONY”a SYMBOL of
YAHVEH
CERES, SIDIVENUS, BACCHUS
RA or RAM
LOGOS
CHEMOSH
ZEUS
HERAKLES or HERCULES
SHADAI
THE SAKOTH BENOTH
OSIRIS orOSER
DEMETERASHERA
YONIPRIAPUSADÁMA
AITHEROSSERAPIS
THE VERNALTHAMMUZ
OPS or RHEA
CHIUN or KIUN.
VULCAN
“THE SHEDDER” or the HINDOO INDRA
RO-T-AMENTIASER, or
A-ESHADAM
SET or SETH
CERES
PYTHON
EVE
PHANES-CHAOS
THE SOORYA-APIS
TAURUS
BACCHUS
ASMODEUSof Z. AVESTA
WAMÁNA(THE DWARF)
DYAUS
SKY
POOROOSHOO-RAM SIXTH AVATÁR
THE TRINITY or TRIMOORTI
RAMA the SEVENTH AVATÁR
KÂMA, LOVE
LAKSMI or SRIKRISHNA THE EIGHTH AVATÁR
KÁLIYA orTYPHON
NÁGAor
NAKA
FIFTH AVATÁR
AESH is MADEVA
THESEUS reigns in Athens. Pythian Games instituted.
Rama-ites putting down Dravidians. Dominance of Solar Faiths.Oracle of in Greece. Phenicians flourish. Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty.APOLLO
– .1250 RAMESES II, according to many authors.
TIGULTI-NINIP I., 1270-1240. Asyria conquers Egypt. Accurate Egyptian history.Athens dedicated to Athene.Lunar Zodiac— . carried to . , .INDIA HELEN TROY BEL-KUDUR-UZUR 1240-1220TROJAN WAR. (Parian Chron.) Gladstone says to . Ninip-bal Asher.1285 1345
SHANG Dynasty destroyed—King of China to Korea. I. of Egypt.SETHOS
ASHERDAN I., 1200-1170. Hittites attacking Asyria.
TROY captured. Similar War in every Aryan land. (Cox.)
AYODYA, Capital in Oud.—“The Blessed.” .ASHER-RISILIM, 1150-1120
SIDON fallen. (Gladstone). , King of Asyria, .MUTAGIL-NUSKU 1170-1150
HINDOOS give Astronomical Calculations. King rising.DAVID
THSIN Dynasty begins in Shansi (China); ends .677 1120-1100B.C. TIGLATH-PILESER I.,CHINESE under King observe obliquity of Ecliptic.TCHEOU
Fo formed present Chinese Alphabet, and book of or Transformation.YKymri invade Asia. (Eusebius.)
Asyrians carving the Sacred Tree Legends.
DEHLI INDRAPRESTAas . King of Athens, dies.KODRUS,SAMSI VOOL III., 1080-1060.
CHING Dynasty rules in Honan, and on to King of Asyria.477 B.C. ASHER-RUBER,SAMUEL, the Hebrew Judge and Priest. King of Israel, according to Jews.DAVID,
HESIOD IONIANS, says Herodotus. Some leave Greece for Asia Minor.HOMER. Solomon’s Temple finished. , King of Asyria.ASHER NIMATI
Chinese write Work on Trigonometry. Great grammarian Paout-she.
Samen Breach, a Keltic Chief, settles in Ireland (Samen = Sun).
SAMOS PSALMS HEBREWSbuilt. Some of the .ARYAN Language and People in Valleys of Indus and Ganges.
CHINA—Emperor of Chen Dynasty, , . Visits West.MOOWANG 1001 946
Troica Poems ascribed to Homer. , King of Asyria, .ASHERDAN 930-913
SPARTA LYKURGUShas Laws by .VOOL NIRARI II., King of Asyria, .913-891
900
800
600
700
500
300
400
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
Fervant worship of Asher all over Euphrates and Tigris Valleys. His temple is called “The Mountain of the World,” and isenriched by Shalmaneser.
Probable time of Conquest of Lanka or Ceylon by or .
is now the God of Wisdom—the Eastern —a Male Sophia, son of Parvati, the Hindoo Isis.
Egypt, Greece, and allAsia burning .
, called Ro-t-amenti, Judge of Dead and Hell; the Greek Radamanthus.
Epic. Vindidad anterior to this. (Haug.)
RAMA SOLARITESGANESA JANUS
SACRED FIREOSIRISRAMAYANA
Egypt building Temples and Monuments atAbydos
, an Eagle-headed Deity—the Vehicle of Vishnoo.
Egyptian still flourishing (Gladstone).
Human Sacrifice everywhere. Colonies migrating. Temple ofAnoo and Vool restored atAsher.
Worship of . Western use only Oak to burn their dead.
“The Long-Robed People” again send Embassy to China. Return of Heraklidæ.
GAROODA
THEBES
EOLIAN
OAKS ARYANS
1110
Abbott’s Theban Papyrus of thYear of IX mentions King and his dogs as on a tomb about
Many Egyptians called after Nimrod. (Smith.)
Kingdom of Lacedemon. The , or Hindoo Works on Morals, &c.
, or the Sun of Taurus, now presides over or —SanskritAdhas.
of Ramâyâna possibly about this time.
, by Vyasa, speaks of . with Urns ofAshes of Dead, first mentioned by .
16 3000RAMESES ANTEFAA B.C.
AMENTI HADES
NITA-SASTRAS
SERPAIS
ATARKANDA
MAHABÁRATA NIHILISM TUMULI HOMER
No Jewish Records of this or a prior age, though David and Solomon are supposed to have existed.
. (Bentley.) Woods and Groves called Bâns and Up-bâns.
colonising Pegu, and calling places after Râma.King of Persia, married a Daughter of Emperor of China. Wars with Serpent Races.
the Great Serpent, slain by , or a triumph of Solar Faith.
, the Hindoo Place of Tormet, from which the or Son, can alone release a parent.
RAMAHINDOOS
KALIYA KRISHNAPUT PUTRA
JAMSHID, MOOWANG,
,
,
Asyrian Empire tottering.
THE
886
820
783765
750
680670
664
607
603
589
585573538
523
528
490
450
450
465478
385
312
331
371335
338
CODE OF MANOOSANSKRIT
HARI-VANSA KRISHNA
KAPILA’S PHILOSOPHYNINIP BIT-SIDA
describes Hindoo Society of this century, and therefore held to have been written.
India has intercourse with Kathay or Western China. Language waning. (Muir.)
Poem of or Pedigree of . Jonah. Great Temple to Ishtar, Nineveh.Greeks say the Good go to Elysian Fields of Bliss. Mecedonia a Kingdom. Damascus real Capital of WesternAsyria.Chinese King . Stone Pillars carved at Dibou, now in Confucian Temple, Pekin ; their age between and .
Bull and Wheel common Images. Lydia a Kingdom.
Temple to built at Kalah, and called after that at Borsipa.
HWANSTENG 827 782
.
Great Temple to built at Nineveh. , .The Penates of Etruscans are a Trinity—Pales, Ceres, and Fortuna. (Servius.)Moozazir, Capital ofArarat. Great God on high rocky hill ; his Goddess is Bag-masti.Women attached to Temples, dance and offer themselves to the Gods and Worshippers.
of . (J. Fergusson.) Philosophy. Greeks and Latins offering Funeral Sacrifices.ASerpent Race invading Northern India. no longer spoken. Rape of Sabines.
said to rule in Rome. Old forgot. All Syria underAsyria. Inhabitants changed about, and people ofMerodak the chief God ofAsyrian Empire, and Ishtar the Goddess. [lost sight of.
probably written ; long oral. ANage King rules Magada. invades allArabia andArmenia.
MERODAK FIRST GREEK OLYMPIAD
HALDI
LAWS MANOO SANKYASANSKRIT
HEBREW SAMARIA
RAMAYANA
776
NUMA
SARGON
Continued interchanging of tribes byAsyrian monarchs to destroy nationalities.Asyria possesses a great Imperial Library.
restores Babylon and great Temples, and returns all her Gods fromAsyria.destroysAsyrianArmy, say Jews. Indians say their has Hymns, only readable by the priests.
Date of anAsyrian Tablet going back to . Sema Tsien’s History of China begins.The First Fourteen of Jewish Media, Babylon, and Egypt uniting againstAsyria.
Preceptor, Tirtankár. all Phallic Worshippers. birth, ; death, .Egypt adopts the Demotic or EnkorialAlphabet.
ESARHADON
B.CJHAVH RIGVEDA
BOOKS OLD TESTAMENTJAIN SYRIA BOODHA’S
.
1028
668 1600
24 623 543
BOODHA GYA LAOTSEE JOELASYRIAN ARYANS NARBADA PATNA
KANOJ TAO-TSECONFUCIUSBOODHIST ERA TRIPITAKA
YASKAVEDAS CONFUCIUS’
preaching at . born, . All Europe burning Sacred Fire. written (Dr. Oort).Cuniform Edicts. going south of . builds .
, Capital of Brahmanism. Bible promulgated. embraces Boodhism, and so do most Turanians.born; died, : wrote “Spring andAutumn,” and a History embracing from to .
Sacred : his death. compiled by st Council. Son conquers Sinhala or Ceylon.I. carves Behistan inscription ; coins gold and silver. or slaughter of Magi of Ekbatâna.
written. Sanchi and Satdar Cahityas, . Lykeng.
604
560
551 478 721 480
543 1
480
AJATASATROO
OOJEIN
SINHALA’S
DARIUS Magiphonia
2
495 496
500-428 490
22 479
453
425
d King Mahâvânsoo Dynasty rules Ceylon from Vigitapoora, near Damhool. No pre-Bood. inscriptions found in Ceylon (Gold-Cuniform writing ceasing. Athens dedicates a Temple to Mercury. First Temple to Ceres at Rome. [schmidt.)Cyrus.—Behistan Inscription. teaches , Marathon, .
win Battles of Platea and Mykale, d September . writes of Persia and India in Ionic dialect.II. puts Books in Capitol. draws troops from India. (Herod.)
Vaisala, Second Synod.—Jain written ; part of or Bible., First of Ten Nanda Kings of Magada. finished by . Ramayana current.
Worship everywhere. Mahâbârata current. Peepal Tree planted in Ceylon by King .
ANAXAGORAS ONE GODGREEKS CTESIAS
SYBILLINEBOODHIST SOOTRAS JAIN
PATNAGROVE
TARQUIN XERXES
KALPA SOOTRA
NANDA UDAYA
DUGDHA CAMINI
Probable date of Barahut. Boodhist Sculptures quoting words of Tripitaka. GreekAlphabet gets its letters.Images dressed. sacrificing to Sun, Moon, Stars, and allArabia kissing the Black Stone of .
Images naked. called . preaching Confucianism.One Siceitus writes fromAlexander’sArmy. firm believers in a Supreme Being. (Higgins, C. D., .)
, Egyptian Priest, names Egyptian Dynasties years back. Siamese Era of or Descent of Boodha.has Vulgate translated. , Sceptic. Hebrew written.
succession to throne of Magada is st of Mauryan Dynasty, and th from Pandoo War.Boodhist’s Trinity. into Greek. , in Pegu, falls.
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283
5000 340
330
325 1 49
BOODHIST YEMEN MEKAJAIN BOODHA JAIN ESA MENCIUS
DRUIDSMANETHO T’A-KOODAMPTOLMEY PHIL PYRRHO CHRONICLES
ZENDAVESTA THATOONCHANDRAGOOPTA’S
DEVA-MATRI OR THE HEAVENLY MOTHER
BO
OD
IH
SM
JA
IN
S
THE MONAD THE DUAD TRIADAND
LIKENG
TRIPITAKA
IAW
HEKATE HERCULES
HERMES
THEMIS
ARTEMIS DIANA
MINERVA NEITH
JAHRHEAIAO
HELIOS
ZEUS
POSEIDONPLUTO
SELENE, IO,IUNA
HADES
VESTA--FIRE
PHEBEATHENA
BOODHA THE 9th AVATÁR
DELPHIC ORACLEAPOLLO & PYTHON
ODIN THORFREYIA
FRIGA
NEPTUNE MOON SEA
GOD & MATTER called CO-ETERNAL
BELL & DRAGON
(
)
Thei
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City of Kalah rises to greater importance.PHIDON, King of Argos, coins Money and gives Weights and Measures.CARTHAGE founded by Phenecians. rules Asyria.DIDO. ASHERDAIN PAL
Persia mentioned for first time on Asyrian monuments.
AHSER NAZIR PAL, SHALMANESER885 860-825. II., .NINEVEH destroyed by Arbakes. King SARDANAPALUS.Manoo says nothing of India south of Narbada. SAMSI VOOL IV., 825-812.
Praswanath, d Tirtankar of Jains.23PUL, King of Asyria.IVALOOSH VOOL NIRARI III.,or . His wife “Samaramat” thought to be “Semi-812-783
[ramis.”
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SHALMANESER III. ASHERDAN III., .773-75515 753th June—Total Solar Eclipse—Nineveh. , A.U.C.ROMULUSTEARKON, ASHER NIRARI II.,King of Ethiopia. . writes.755-745 ISAIAHTILGATH PILERER II, SHALAMESER TOtakes Damascus; reigns . .745-727 722Babylonian Lunar Cycle of years and .1805 712SENAKERIB, SARGON,King of Asyria. . Egyptian Sethos, Priest of Vulcan.722-705
Katan, Founder of South Arabia. “Hittites” or Syrians captured.Egyptians told Herodotus that generations of men had existed between . and
first Egyptian King.345 713 B.C
PSAMETIKUS ruling Egypt ; restores Ancient Laws and Religion. Elam conquered.
Olam-Fodla, Keltic King, settles in Ireland; re-establishes Taltine Games at Tara.
O.T
. JEW
ISH
SEPT
UAG
’T.
PUCHACA MAE
GOD OF PERU
SON OF SOMA
YÁMA the SON
MITHRA
ESARHADON invades Judea ; reigns , and marches to Thebes; annexes Egypt.681-668
SKYTHIANS moving South, West, and East, overrun all Asia Minor. Egyptian ports open.Egyptian History very correct, begins with th Dynasty. , .26 673-626ASHERBANIPAL
NINEVEH destroyed by Medes and Babylonians. , last king.ASHEREBILILI
SENAKERIB makes great sacrifices to Hea on sea-coast.
PEGU IMPERIAL LIBRARY—Monarchy. Nineveh is now a debris of some Tablets.10,000
JEREMIAH— of Rome.NEBUKADNEZAR—TARQUIN I.
JESUS CHRIST
DAWM OF CHRISTIANITY
APTYA
ATHW
YA
FATHER AND SON HOLY GHOST SATAN
CHRIST IS WORSHIPPED
THEOS LOGOS DOVE SPOUSE
KROM
ODIN
FRIG
DE
THOR
FREYIA
BEL
FREY
AHI AZHI LAKA
THRA
ETO
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CHRISTIAN
Solar Eclipse. —Temple destroyed. .586 JERUSALEM SOLONLINGAM LARES DIANA ROMEand , with Worship at .Solar Eclipse of . Earth, he says, is a sphere— , .THALES 636 546Fall of Tyre. Zedikia killed. Jews in Babylon. Obelisk of Dura worshipped.568 560CYRUS AMASESdestroys , makes Pesargadi his capital. , King of Egypt.BABYLONEZRA THEBES.— II., , conquers Egypt.— destroyed.CAMBYSES 529-522AJATASATRU, King of Magada, th. Boodhist Faiths spread West.35Cambyses stabs Apis; Phallic worshippers roused all over Western Asia; King killed.PYTHAGORAS teaches Transmigation and Theism. I., , King of Persia,
claims part of India—Panjab and Sind—as an eastern satrapy.DARIUS 521-486
Titanie Keltæ crossing Alps to Armorika. Belgæ on move west. League of Thirty Latin493
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300
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HERODOTUS NEHEMIAH ARISTIDES.— and Ezra. nd Temple of Jerusalem. . [Cities.2Solar Eclipse, .—Walls of rebuilt. , K. of Persia, .GREECE JERUSALEM XERXES 485-465
ARTA-XERXES II. Mnemon, . [ .405-359 424-405
— I. (Long.) King of Persia succeeds. Ezra says he went to Jerusalem inseventh year of Arta-Xerxes. Magada ceases to be an independent kingdom.
425 ARTA-XERXES
Meton, Greek Astronomer.— . Athenian fleet destroys Phenician.PHIDIASNUMA’S SOKRATES ANAXAGORASReligious Laws : no Idols allowed.— .— .
GRECIAN THESEUS PROTAGORAS.Temple to — . reigns at Soosa,DARIUS NOTHUS
Andrasimoondoo, Capital of Ceylon.— . of present . (Paley.)PLATO HOMER ILIAD
Ezra writes Old Test., which his followers continue doing to . “Simon the Just.”292
NANDAS Dynasty.— taken by Gauls, .ROME 390THEBANS SPARTA LEUKTRAdefeat at .— seizes the Kaba of Meka.KOOSAITHEBES of Egypt destroyed by s III., Oleus, .ALEXANDER. ARTAXERXE 359-338ARISTOTLE MAGIwrites that are more ancient than Egyptians.
– ARSES, DARIUS7 Kg. of Persia. III., Codomanus. Darius loses battle of Issus.336-331 333ARBELA. End of Aka-Menidæ. in India—blots out Asyria.326 ALEXANDERSeleukus Niktator. expelled India, Patna capital.317 GREEKS
Berosus, Kaldian Priest, writes, . or Simon the Just and others complete O.T.330-260 292 283
Seleukidan Era begins. Final rescension of . d Boodhist Council.309 3TRIPITAKAEPICURUS preaching. The great Priest Mehindoo at Anooradapoora.
NEW TEST
TUISKO
the
KRISAVA KERBAS
CHRISTIANSNOW SEPARATINGFROM OLD FAITHS
291
274 263
250 236. 242 3 241 1
240
dies; succeeded by his son .dominant in India. Ataka written in Pali. Palmyra under has a great Temple.
teaches writes. , Viceroy ; and , King of Magada.Rock Inscriptions ; Pillars, d Synod. in Thatoon. , st ofArsakidæ.
Various , and some say, Parts of and later written. Epic of Lunar Race.Mission to China and Pegu. Asoka’s Fourth Son, Rahanman, toAva. 242 Boodhist 3d Synod.
into Greek . , Boodhist Ethics. Son— , reigns in Patna.
CHANDRAGOOPTA BINDOOSAN
ZENOBIA
ASOKA
ARSAKES
ASOKA’S SOOJASAS
BOODHISM SUNZENO STOICISM EUCLID OUJAIN
BOODHIST BOODHISTSRAMÁYANA MAHÁBÁRATA
BOODHISTOLD TESTAMENT SEPTUAGINT DHAMAPADA
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POORANANS
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Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleukos, gives list of Indian Kings.150
PALMYRA flourishes under Odenatus, and Queen is now destroyed by Rome.ZENOBIAPARIAN SHOOChronicle, date of.—Mencius of China writes th. .4
284
250
246
222242
ASOKA BOODHIST, d from Pandoo and Kooroo War.— Third Council at Patna.52 241Kingdom of Parthia. of Arsakidæ.247-214 TIRIDATES I.
to conquering .—Topes in Ceylon.— of Egypt conquers221 CHINESE TATARS PTOLMEYMAHENDRA, son of Asoka, to Ceylon. [Bactria.ASOKA LATS HANNIBALdies.— erected. .216CHINESE YOONANannex and advance to Oxus.—Great Wall.
214
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181
147
120
92
21
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MIRACLES AND REVELATIONS BECOMING DISCREDITED.GREAT RENAISSANCE OF LEARNING.
– ARTABANES I. PRIAPATIUS, . PHRAATES I., . MITHRIDATES I.196 196-181 174 174-136toPHRAATES II. to . Belgæ of Britain now called Keltæ.128Chinese first learn of or .—Emperor of Han Dynasty.INDIA YINTOO WOOTENUMA’S Laws resuscitated at Rome.Jerusalem Temple plundered by Antiochus Epiphanes and Statue of Jupiter Olympus set up.Makabees restore Jerusalem Temple.ROME PHENICIAdestroys .—Hipparchus and Zodiacal Astronomy.ATRABANES II., .128-124BACTRIAN SKYTHIANSKingdom overthrown by .ROME MITHRAworships . II., .MITHRADATES 124
KATAK BOODHIST, Caves.—Saka seizes Sistan and Korasan.CICERO SALLUST JULIUS CÆSAR.— .— invades South Britain ; assassinated, .44
OUJEIN LIVY HINDOO, Boodhist Buildings.— .— Era of Samvat or Vikram-aditya, .56-58
VIRGIL HORACE GAUL.— .— conquered. Serpent worship very Languid.The Third Jewish Temple, called Herod’s, built. .DIODORUS OVID.
The original copies of Laws unreadable.NUMA’SPHRA-ATES ORODES VONONES AUGUSTUSIV., to ? Phra-atakes, II. I. is Emperor.37
CHRIST, Year of Birth and Death uncertain.— died, .HEROD B.C2
Asoka’s Hindoo Son, , reigns in Kashmeer ; his other Son, , in Panjab. written.to China under Emperor , Hun Dynasty. Second Sanchi Tope. Book of known in Egypt.
Worship, Ceylon and Gaia. In Britain Druids retire to Wales, Mona, and Islands.Nagas of East Coast, India, gathering Boodhist Relics. . ceasing to be spoken.China tries to reach India, but fails. Menander rules Panjab, Kabol, and Sind, to . (Sooráshtra.)
Religion being still hereditary, so is Property ; hence wills unknown, those performing funeral rites inheriting.Firdusis’ or Firidoon has for Kersapa. Athwya and Thraetona are Sons of Soma.Some inculating Brahmanism. writes the Sakoontâla.
JALAKA KOONALA
HIASWATY
K LID SA
180
140 186
157
122 165 130
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BO TREEJUDAS MAKABEUS PALI
JEMSHED YIMA GURSHAPUPA-POORÁNA
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Ceylon Boodhist Bible written. The , (Pali) Pita Katya, and Commentaries. Atakáta by Mahendra., King ofArsakidæ. III., . III., to . I., to .
King , a Boodhist, builds Kanikpoor, Kashmeer ; rules Western India.succeeds , who ruled to b.c.
59 China conquers all Eartern Toorkestan. Vikramaditya, King of Oujain. Consul Crassus plunders Syrian Temples.in Gobi. Parthia holds for a time Syria andAsia Minor.
converts King of East Panjab, , to Boodhism. Dagoba, Wheel and Tree Worship vigorous.Thousands of Indian Boodhists to China, Java, Siam,Anam, &c. , China makes Taoism a State Faith.
LALITA-VISTARA
SKYTHIAN
BOODHISMNAGER JOONA
SANATROCES PHRAATES MITHRADATES ORODES
KADAFISES
KANISHKA KADFISES
MILINDOO
B.C.
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, CITIES, AND LEADING RELIGIOUSEVENTS, HISTORICAL AND MYTHICAL.
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ZOROASTER’S Birth, says Plato, after a Flood which buried the great Island of Atlantisand its Cities.
Legendary Rise of or Sun-Worshippers, not the “Semetics” of Philology.SHEMITES
Annals of go back to this (Dates and Data).SAIS
Priests of give this as date of Memphic Kings (Plato)..SAIS
Human remains in Coral, Florida (Professor Agassis).Humans mostly residing in a common Fatherland, called in Zend , in
Sanskrit , or table-land of Pamir (Upa-Meru).ARYANA-VAEDJO
UTURU-KURU
Highlands of Northern Hemisphere becoming habitable.
Burnt Brick and Pottery at Memphis (Dates and Data).
Date of (Dupuis).INDIAN ZODIAC
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Koothites or Cuthites thought to have preceded Shemites, B.C., driven by a cyclical change anddeluge from North.—Egyptians claim to Hephestus, and from Menes toSethon. The Zoroastrian sect say that a cyclical deluge took place every
to years. Egypt claims B.C. says Herodotus, who was showneffigies of Priests going back generations from Sethos, Priest of Vulcan, B.C.
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DESATIR OF MEHABIAN
EGYPT a lax confederation of provinces (Bunsen). Some say I., King ofEgypt, and I., King of Kaldia lived.
MANETHOALORUS
Probable Age, when a language existed, out of which came Turania, Aryan,and Shemtic tongues.
RHEMATIC
Date of Egyptian Zodiac of Esne, says Drummond, but others and .6450 4639
IZDOOBAR.The Zodiacal Year beginning Aquarius (Mill. of Facts).
CREATION, thinks Aristotle, and many learned Jews.
Social Organization of Iberians, &c. (Strabo).
CREATION CREATION, according to . (Josephus).MANETHO 5688MENES I. reigned in Egypt (M. Dufeu); Abydos or Abu-this his capital.
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Perihelion crossed Equator N. to S. (Phillips.)Date of well being under the Tropic.SYENECREATION ERA fixed by Ecunemical Council of Constantinople in A.C.381
Abysinian and Alexandrian Era of Creation. (Com. Alex, A.C.)362
CREATION, say Hales, Poole, and Talmud. Era adopted by Sept. Translators.5390
Babylonian Historical Era—a Tablet of (Sir H. Rawlinson, following Berossus.)2280.
Probable rise of ’s Egyptian Kings (Mariette Bey.) Capital of Egypt.MANETHO THINIS
486247904750
465844504347
423541254004
Foundation of Great (M. Dufeu.)PYRAMID.Supposed age of the existing great cypress tree of Oaxaca, Mexico (Lyell). [3 cycles begin.IS, Egyptian Capital of Second Dynasty. Era from which Julian period is reckoned.4714
CREATION, say Samaritans. Spring Equinoctial colure enters Taurus. [Meydoon.4682Memphis, Capital of d Dynasty. Union of Upper and Lower Kingdoms. st Pyramid.3 1Egyptian Fourth Dynasty begins. A succeeds . Great Development of Art.TETI MENESHEPHESTUS I., King of Egypt. (Diog. Laertius, Phillups.)Memphis, Capital of Fourth Dynasty. King builds Twelfth Gizeh Pyramid.CEPHRENEStepped Pyramid of Sakara completed. Pestilence and many supernatural events (Manetho).CREATION, say Usher and Vulgate. Bovine Worship exists.
3950
3890
3870
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3690
IS, Capital of Fifth Dynasty.Northern Hemisphere dry. (Phillips.)
MEMPHIS said by some to be founded by . (Osburn.)MENES
SETH’S birth. Elephantine or Sixth Egyptian Dynasty.HEPHESTUS I., King of Egypt. (Dikæarchus, Phillips.)Fifth Dynasty and use of in Egypt. (Col. Vyse).IRON
ETHIOPIANS ruling world—great in Religion and Art, especially in Egypt.
3426
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Memphis, a Capital of Seventh Dynasty.
Some Writers here put Foundation of Egyptian Monrachy.
In Egypt Phthah, or Vulcan, or Hephestus. Fire-Worship. (Mill. of Facts).
FLOOD ISof Septuagint. (Phillips.) , a Capital of Eighth Dynasty, .3043
Egyptians call themselves , “the Race of Men,” .RUT-TUMMU par excellence
3290
3258
Herakleopolis Capital of Ninth Dynasty.
DELUGE. (Syncellus and Julius Africanus.)
Jemsheed (Bailly); if so Persepolis invents cycle of years.1440
HELIOS AND OURANOS WORSHIP. An Inscription in Soosiana by Koothites. (Balwin.)KRONOS, a predecessor of early Menes, King of Egypt. (Mill. of Facts.)IS, a Capital of Tenth Dynastry.DAGON invents.Plough. Sothic Cycle.
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Flood. (Josephus.) — or .OSIRIS TATUS TOTHPlanets named—Hieroglyphs—Priests—Arts. Jupiter, Son of , reigns in Crete,
and his brother in Babylon.KRONOS
BELUS
3101 of Kaliyoog begins—Hephestus or Fire. Egypt.HINDOO ERA
The Southern Cross hid to Northern Europe.
Hindoo Tables, very accurate and ancient. (Strange.)
Egyptian Pictures of Asiatics and Negroes. Ben-Hasan’s tomb built.3064
BABYLON built. (Philo Byblius.) Egyptian Dynasty of D. Siculus begins.
Time of , King of Egypt, who, along with dogs, appears on Tomb of th or thcentury B.C. Probably time of Zoroaster (Bunsen).
AUTEFAA 10 11
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2950
FLOOD THEBES(Samaritan Bible.) , , a Capital of Eleventh Dynastry.2994
First Chinese Emperor Established worship at Tombs and in Temples, andhimself as God’s Vicegerent.
FOHEE.
Empire of and . (Phillips.) Iron in China.OURANOS GE
2872
2850
2834
2830
BELUS ATLASaccused of scaling Heaven. , Son of Ouranos and Ge.
Eclipses recorded in — and andand .
CHINA KRONOS JUPITER ASTARTE TYPHONBELUS
versus
Jewish Writers say “Sons of God marry Daughters of Men.”
War of Titans, or Gods and Men, Lingamites and Yonites.
Zodiacal Year beginning with Aquarius.
2782
2750
2722
MENES begins to reign. (Phillips, agreeing with Champollion.)A Menes, say many writers. Obelisk at .ON
Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty ruling at .— ay some.IS OSIRTASEN s
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Egyptian Labyrinth
CHINESE Cycle.
PYRAMIDS, say some writers..
HWANGTI, Emperor of China, said to be first historical.
Rise of Thirteenth Egyptian Dynasty. Capital , some say .ABYDOS IS
ABRAM. (Josephus, from Mill. of Facts.).
ARYANS TURANIANSrising over , probably Cuthites or Aithiopians.
Nimrod is Belus, says Hales, and probably Asher, the Lingam.
2576
2554
AFGHANS KOFES, known as the on Kooba River, Zohoks or Doozok’s Country.
CHINAUR EREK
, an Empire with Animal Worship. Babylonian authentic history beings. Followinggreat cities known with a complete Theogony and Thelogy: or , Akad,Kootha, Kalneh, Larsa, Borsipa, Babel, Nipoor, Sipara, Kisu, Asher, Nineveh, Eridu,Resen, Kala, Reho-Bothair, Gangana, Harish-Kalama,Amarda, &c.
CHINESE Cycle and Zodiac fixed.
Some Races expel Kooths, probably other Skooths, from Babylon.SKYTHIC2460
2450
2440
Birth of , says Usher. Elamites overrun Babylon. (Geo. Smith.)SHEM
The Two King reigning in Egypt.SOOPHI
EGYPT PHENICIAand mentioned in ancient histories.
Egypt’s Dynasty of Elephantites rise. Worship of Elephas.
Chinese Astronomers. , Emperor. A free written language and metal coinage.YAHO
FLOOD of Ogyges. founds Asyria.ASHER
Do. Benesis. (Usher and Vulgate.)
2367
2348
CHINA has a Board of Astronomers under Emperor .YAO
THEBES built by King Pharoahs in Memphis (Josephus.)OSMANOYAS.
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KUDUR NANHUNDI King. Elam ravages Erek—takes Gods.
From springs or , with a descendant .AMON-OUPHIS FIRE PHTA HORUS
Asyrian Historical Era. Date of a Table stating Babylon to have been conquered by Medes(Kuths?)
BABYLON BABELflourishes.* Tower of . Izdubar or Nimrod restores Kaldian Kingdom.Astronomical Observations for years— to . [(Smith).1903 KALISTHENES ALEXANDER
NINEVEH built by .ASHER
MISRAIM founds Priestly Rule. , King of Memphis.AMENES
Jacob goes to Egypt. Fourteenth Dynasty. Capital of kings.XIOS HYKSOS
Egyptian by Kings and . or , Capital ofFifteenth Dynasty. Great inroads of Arabian Shemites.
PYRAMIDS SAN ZOANSOOFIS JOOESOOFIS
An Egyptian Inscription of time of III.SESOURTESEN
City of . , King of Nineveh.MEMPHIS NINUS
2134
2124BABYLON begins Astronomical Tables, which extend to B.C.331
,, conquered by , Son of . Koothites settling in Ireland.BELUS NINUSHERAKLES DIONYSUSand conquer India, says Metasthenes.
NINUS takes Babylon. Asyrian Empire. .FIRST PYRAMID
BACCHUS OSIRISand wear tiger-skins and have their cars drawn by tigers.Kingdoms of Subartu and Martu (in Syria). Gutim or Goim mentioned.
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Egypt’s Dynasties of Xoites and Shepherd Kings prominent.—Memphite Dyn. falls.
HERAKLES perished in Spain. (Sallust.)— writes Ten Books of Religious Laws.TAAUTANUSQueen , wife of Ninus, invades India. (Sir R. Phillips and others.) Her army
said to be two millions strong.—Probably time of . (Haug.)SEMIRAMIS
ZOROASTERSankuniathon, the Historian. (Manetho.) . (Vulgate.) , a King of Kaldia,
capital Ur, and which remained so to . Very many tablets relate events beyondthis period. Southern Kaldia called .
ABRAM
SUMIR
UREK
1850
TYRE celebrated for its dyes. (Phillips.)
OSIRIS PLUTO HADESas Judge of Dead is shown as or or the —Winter.SHADES
EGYPT conquers Asyria and holds to th century.14
KEDERLAOMER, King of , according to Jews, but unknown to Tablets.ELAM
Knef, Neith, and Snake-worship at Esne.
Tuoth-de-Danaans settle in Ireland. (Keane and others.)
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1822
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1740
ABRAM circumcised. (Usher.) Rise of Phenicians.ARGOS ASYRIAN MYLITA ARABIAN ALITAbuilt by Inakus. ..
Isma-Dagon, First King of Asyria, . (Tablets.)1850-1820MEMNON of Egypt invents Letters. Karak, capital of Kaldia.EGYPT—First King of Fifth Theban Dynastry—history becomes accurate.SAMSI VOOL I, Asyria, . Builds temple at Asher to Anoo and Vool.1820-1800
SAMSI VOOL II, Asyria. Kuthites or Aithiopians moving everywhere.
JEWISH EXODUS ABRAM. (Josephus.) King . (Usher) ; but no suchname found on Tablets till ., (Smith)
TOTHMOSISB.C677
OGYGES, King of Atika.EXODUS. (Mill. of Facts.)Flood of Ogyges of Atika.ILU-BA, King of Asyria (Tablets) builds a “House of Salvation.”Egyptian Tombs with Doric Pillars. Beni-hassan. Egypt shuts up all her land.THOTHMES, King of Egypt. Abysinians from Sind. and .THEBES KARNAKEnd of Hyksos—Seventeenth Dynasty.ZOROSTRIANS IRAN AITHIOPIANSsettling in . pressing hard on lower Egypt.BEL-KAP-KAPU, King of Asyria. Larsa becomes capital of Babylonia.
1640
1634
Temple at Edfou to . Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty. Amen-Ophis or Ahmes..APOLLOPelasgi worship , , &c.DOHEUS VULCANADASI BEL-BANIor , King of Asyria.
A ruling over Babylon.BELUS
KABOORA is in Egypt , and in Greece .ANUBIS KERBEROSCHINA—Reign of . Seventy-six Kingdoms send Embassy.TOIWOO
ASHER-ZAKIR-ESIR NINUP-TUGUL-ASSURI,or King of Asyria, “Lord of all Lands.”KERKOPS SARGINA SARGONfounds . Minos’ Laws. or , King of Akad.ATHENS
1500
1400
1300
1574 – THOTHMES III.1622 (Brugsch.)Zoroastrianism called Magianism in Persia. Date of Arundel Tables.
1550
1532
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1430
1426
1355
1320
TYRE TATARYbuilt. has Arts and Commerical Laws.ISHMA-EL, son of Abuha, is name of a witness in Babylon. (Geo. Smith.)
IRIHA VOOL ASHER-NADIN-AHIor , King of Asyria. Hamurabi conquers Babylon and holds[for years.250ARES POSEIDONand reign in Greece. (Parian Chron.)
ARYANS FLOODall over Persia. of Deukalion. Stories of Moses.AMOON-MAI RAMESES—HELLEN King of Greece, meaning rule of Solarites.CADMUS builds and gives letters. orTHEBES SESOSTRIS TOTHMES.
AHSER NIRARI I, ABU-DANor , King of Asyria.
Danaus at . Merepthah, King of Egypt. . Nineteenth Dynasty, Egypt.ARGOS MOSESRAMESES’ Conquests. Oracle of (“Testimony”), symbol of Deity inTHEMIS EDUTH.
[Jewish Ark.UTICA CADIZ ISand built by Phenicians. , Capital of Egypt.DORIANS. , King of Asyria, .ASHER-BEL-NISISU 1450-1430
AMENOPHIS II., King of Egypt.JARASANDA, King of Magada. of Rama destroyed.AYOODYABUZUR-ASHER, King of Asyria, .1420-1400
CERES PERSIANS VENUS URANIAto Greece. sacrifice to and .SAHA-DEVA, King of Behar or Magada during War of Pandoos and Kooroos.ASHER-UBALID, King of Asyria, .1400-1370
KITA attacking Egypt. (Gladstone.)MARIS M NOPHERES,or King of Egypt. Rameses II., or .È 1394-1328 1407-1341SIDON, the flourishing capital of Phenicians. , King of Aysria, .BEL-NIRARI 1370-1350
Ethiopia conquered by Egypt. BUDIL, King of Asyria, .1350-1330Lybians and Akaians attacking Egypt. (Gladstone.) Trojan War. VOOL NIRARI I.,BABYLON now under Asyria. [ .1330 -1300
HERAKLES. Temples to . Medinel Abou of Egypt.VULCANSHALMANESER I., King of Asyria, , builds a palace. Nineveh.1300-1270
YEARSB.C.
PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN BIBLES, THEOLOGICAL WORKS, DOGMAS, MISSIONS,LANUGAGES, &c.
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Greeks give Leaders of the Wars of Gods and Titansmostle thus:—
Fetish-like objects, with fossil man, long anterior to this (Dates and Data.)
Beginning of reigns of Babylonian kings, which Sargon's tablet of B.C. says preceded him.350 700
9085 Kings of Egypt traced back to this by Bunsen.
DATA TOWARDS CALCULATING THE AGE OF THE WORLD, FROM NATURAL PHENOMENA, &c.Accumulation of Sand and Mud, Memphis Lyell Years requiredA Complete Revolution of ZodiacAge of Egyptian Zodiac, calculated by position of signs,
with Capricorn in zenithIndian VirgoPottery under Second Cypress Forest, New OrleansHuman Bones under Fourth do.. do.Upper Stalagmite Floor of Kent Cavern
Cutting back of Niagara RockCutting back of such channels as Great Canyon of the Colerado of California, 500 miles long, with
vertical side from to feet highTo beginning of Glacia Period J. CrollFor the continuance of do.
Do. do. LyellEgyptians gave Herodotus a List of Kings going back . . . . . ,, ,,Progression of Perihelion PhillipsRevolution of PolesGrowth of Coral Reefs of Florida
Tenth Cypress Forest, New OrleansEarth's Cycle of Eccentricity of Orbit round SunIf Aryans of Bacria saw Southern Cross in latitude , them
The Earth’s past hisotry extends over hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of yearsFor the Geological History of Earth.
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720,00037,000
240,00080,000
200,00017,00020,937
2,700,000135,000158,400515,61030,000
100,000,000
,, ,, Millions.
Age of flint implements (Dates and Data).Beginning of most ancient kings, asAlorus of Kaldia, taking Berosus’318 kings at an average of 24 years from Sargon ofAsyria.
CREATION, “several thousand years before Moses,” says Pliny. , according to Septuagint (Mill. of Facts); but ,says Syncellus.
5872 5900
5700 10The so-called of Berosus, at the close of the reign of his early kings.FLOOD5508
91
53695040
Third month and twennty-fifth day is the very exact date of given by JuliusAfricanus, the Greek Churches andmany early Fathers, and called the . Many say that at . marked “
,” and ,History carried up to this by Indians whomAlexander met.Beginning of Native Kings of Egypt (Diod. Sic.)
CREATIONERA OF CONSTANTINOPLE A.M
P.Mthe fall
of Adam the promise of Christ.
Some probably moving south to India and Western Asia.ARYANSALORUS ADAM
CREATION, .the Civilising Chief of Central Asia; from him possibly the Jewish Josephus says he was 4053 years before
the Exodus, but his figures taken in detail give 5759 B.C. as .N.B.—The names given in the body to these PRIME ROOTS or BASES of faiths are not here placed chronologically. This
occurs lower down, as history permits us to trace these ROOTS. This horizontal band, here dividing the downwardstreams, represents a break in the continuity of the streams, and places the objects standing at the head of the streams in a farremote and unknown period, with names that gradually developed in all lands and amongst all peoples.
TEMPLE OF OSIRIS at Abu-this, from which came the “table of Abydos” and Oracular Temple to Ptah, “the Revealer” andFecundator, Memphis. Medical Works and a regular Ritual for the Dead in Egypt.
Man evinces consciousness of a Spiritual World and its Immortality (Dates and Data).
Pelusium and Isthmus drying.
The year is st year of Solar Cycle, or theletter ; of the Meteoric or Moon Cycle,
the number ; and the Cycle of Indication orRoman taxation period, lasting years. These threecannot again occur together till A.C.
4714 1
15
3266
DOMINICAL
GOLDEN
BEGINNING OF REIGN OF MENES OF EGYPT.. . . .
,, . . . .
,, . . . .
Maritte-Bey saysBrugschLepsius ,, . . . .Bunsen
5004
4455
3896
3623
Probable period of Wars of and , India.SOORAS ASOORAS
Jewish Flood, say Hales, Jackson, &c.
3400
3369
Some writers place this as age of Great Pyramid.Date of the Chinese Patriarch , “the Resplendent One,” “Adam, or Great Male.”
Worship of Mountains, Rivers, Wells, and Caves.TAE-HAOU
Typhon generally shown as victorious, driving Gods outof Egypt and killing Osiris.
The sum of all MANETHONIAN DYNASTIES shows adifference of years, varying from to . There were
dynasties of years each. Christian O.T. CHRONOLOGYvaries as much as years.
364 4655 5049
26 172
2115
HINDOOS had determined mean motions of Saturn and Jupiter (Mill. of Facts.)
Krishna, King of Dwaraka in Goozerat, said to have died. (William’s Indian Epics.)
ARYANS in Southern India. (Strange’s .)Legends of Old Testament 3000
3100
3100
ARYANS crossing Indus. (J. Fergusson.)
2990
2950
353
Giants or Nephelim, says Old Testament.Some say Wars of and in Upper India.
birth. (Usher.)Rama, the Sun chief, worships the Lingam. (Wheeler’s Hist. of India, ii. .)
orAleti, probably study husbandmen. (Phillips.)Serpent-worshipping races ruling over most of world.About this time, say some, Kronos divided Europe and WesternAsia between
his children. He founded Etruria.
PANDOOS KOOROOSNOAH’S
TITANS
2350 Worship of .Kaldians call Queen of Heaven, Mâya; Belat, wife of Bel, Mother
of the Gods, and , the eldest Daughter of Heavenand Earth, Passion and Love. Kaldia has two accounts ofCreation.
CHINESE TORTOISEANAT
ISHTAR,
Astarte and Family, wife ofKronos and mother of
Titans DarknessPontus the TitanBelus of Babylon.Typhon or Winder
Son of Kronos.
( )..
Kronos SunHis Son, Jupiter.
,, Apollo.His Nephew, Neptune.
Half-brother, Mars.Son of Mars, Hercules.
Brother, Osiris.Tot or Ta-autus.
( ).
The Greeks gave to
Astarte . . . . Phenicia and Syria.Belus . . . . Mesopotamia and KaldiaDodus the Dodonian Jove Crete.Athene . . . . AtikaMars. . . . . ThraceDagon, or Ahsi-Eretz, or
OSIRIS. . . .Toth or Ta-autus . . Upper EgyptPoseidon or Neptune. . Barytus.
.,
..
}Lower Egypt.
The above signififies Faiths and Races, Light andDarkness, Summer and Winter, Osiris and Nox.
Kaldians teach that from (male) and (female)—the two great principles of nature—proceeded gods and men.They produce Moymis, “the only-begotten Son,” but who has no progeny. Chaos is presided over by Ti-saiat andTi-amut, the —a female power called Thalat-th by Berosus. Elu is father of the gods whom Zu, a wintry god,insults. Fabled Oanes. The Dragon of the Sea is called Karkar-Tiamat, Karkar being a sea-coast city.
TAUTHE APASON
SEA
2700
2600
2400
2300
2200
2500
( ’
)
Though a writer s name is often shown after a statement, it isnot to be assumed that he made such dogmatically or withoutreserve.
2605 ABRAM’S birth, according to Samaritan Bible and the Septuagint (Phillips.)
ADAM is worshipped. (Gregories)
Kaldians call the angels of heaven , and earthly angels -Naki. They say earth is peopled with genii, of which Sedst,Gallu, &c., are prominent.
IGEGE ANUN
SANSKRIT ARYANS INDIA INDRAto . is Soora-Pater, or Theön-hupatos—Sun, Father, or Ruler of Gods.
Kaldians call Sin, the Moon God of Ur, Brightness; Merodak of Babylon, Prince of Gods—Lord of Briths; Shamas of Larsaand Sipara, Judge of Heaven and Earth ; Nirgal of Kootha, God of War ; Ninip of Nippor, Destroyer of the Wicked.
is the Rainccloud and then Darkness. Serpent Worship all over Kabool Valley. Birth of Zohak, Serpent King.Period of Rishis, as Manoo (not the lawgiver), Brigoo,Angeras,Atarvan, &c., “Gods” and “Friends of God,” and “Sons of God.”Indra overcomes the Rakshasas, as does a later Jove the .“The Key-note of all Religions” now struck. (Müller’sA.S. Lit., .) Date of . (Haug.)Dravidian Indians, probably pushed south byAryans, drive out aboriginal tribes. Both Dravidians and Central Indians supposed
to be of CentralAsian extraction, but of a very remote date.
VRITRA
TITANS538 RIG-VEDA
[God,
, .
, ]
There is now springup up east and west afrom
and to GodIt is taught that God hates sin and loves rigtheousness, andthat self-denial, ascetiicism, and sacrifice please him.Some say future bliss is final
or acceptance by him.
BELIEF IN ONE GOD,IM M O R T A L I T Y, RE V E L A T I O N S ME-TEMPSYCHOSIS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
ABSORPTION INTO HIS
SPIRIT
The Trinity of Kaldia is Amoo, Bel, and Hea—Sky, Sun, and Fire—Water.is a Universal Creator. (Eusebius.), Primeval Mother, same as Anat, Beltis, or Ishtar.
Chinese Annals of the Tortiose said to be years old.— writing.Emperor receives a from South.
Phallic Faith.
KNEFMAYA
KALDIAN
1000 CuniformLong-robed PeopleYAO
SHEMITESSOLARITES DRAGONITES.
of Arabia moving North-East and West.The in Mesopotamia trying to destroyDiospolites rise. (Usher.) Also Herakleopolites of Fourth and Fifth Egyptian Dynasties.
worshipped in Egypt, as the Rising and the Setting Sun.th October , the Chinese record an Eclipse.
and —Heaven and Earth— and , Parents of the Gods.established. The cow Timou worshipped as Venus.
call Indians Dasyus.The 3d , son of Jaina, said to visit Magada.
PHRE RA ATMOU
DYAUS PRITHVI OURANOS GAIASIKYONIAARYANS
BOODHA
13 2127
The DEVAS or Gods ofthe Vedas
SOORYASOMAAGNIVACHUSIIASMAROOTSPRITHVIVAYOOAP or ABNADYVRITRAAHIASVINSPURJUNYA
Sun.Moon.Fire.Speech.Dawn.Storm.Earth.Wind.Water.Stream,Darkness.Clouds.The Twins.Rain.
Egypt teaches of a Hell or Hades—Amentes. This or earlier, probable age of Babylonian Flood legends as read on tablets.Chinese Creed becomes Monotheisitc. (Rev. C. Gutzlaff.)
say Dionysus now conquers Ethiopia and India, going by water.abounding all over Northern India. Sami-Rãmeses of India, the possible of Asia Minor.
is Egyptian Khem, his symbol the Lingam. Anoo of Babylon has a Sacred Grove and .,, Phta. Kaldia speaks of a god who dwells in Hades.,, Knef. move down from Panjab among Central Indian and Dravidian Races of South India. Sumirand Akad form one Babylonian empire. Babylonian Bel is also called Elu, who has as Sakti (Queen) Ishtar. She isalso called wife of Dumuzi or Tamuz (Sun) King or Erek. (Geo. Smith.)
GREEKSARYANS SEMIRAMISSIVA TREE OF LIFEAGNI NERBRAHMA ARYANS
VISWA-DEVAS, certain Gods or Genii.
All worshipping their Ancestors, and offering sacrifices, food, and oblations at their shrines or graves.ARYANS
Do. burning the dead and putting ashes in urns. Sacred wood used for the pyres; black cows and goats are sacrificed.
HASTINAPOOR ARYAN, capital of a powerful Kingdom. (Upham.)
Sodom and Gomorrha destroyed. (Usher.) Babylonian Festival of , in which masters serve their servants.SAKEA
Egyptians say the dead go to , where now presides.AMENTI OSIRIS
VISHNOO SIVAand both worship the Lingam and Yoni. Anoo and Anat, Bel and Beltis, everywhere prominent.
VEDIC KANDAS MANTRAor Era ends. Era begins, with Moral, Social, and Ecclesiastical Laws.
(II.) —Hymns for Sacrifices. The (III.)YAGUR-VEDA SAMA-VEDA
VEDAS in their present form, according to Prof. Whitney.AYOODYA, a great city. Probable time of Ramâyana scenes, also of wars at Hastinapoor, mentioned in Mahâbhârâta.ATARVA-VEDA—for Bishops—also for Prayers and Sacrifices.
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Great Festivals at Winter Solstice common, Parents Worshipped by Children; all Superiors by Inferiors; cattle and toolsadorned and honoured.
Great Festivals at Vernal Solstice common. Devoted to rejoicings and lasciviousness.RIVERS are adored as Gods, and people go to be purified by bathing in or being sprinkled by their waters. They are female,
and denote fertility.
Babylonian inscriptions now become much bolder and clearer.is the Venus of Heaven, same as ,
is the God of War. is Pan., Wealth.
is the Hill of God—Heaven. Sargon found in a cradle of bulrushes on Euphrates., commonly called or , the Supreme God, same as .
, called Painless Tree of Life and Knowledge.Akadian ceases to be a spoken language in Babylonia: Records being translated into Shemitic. (Sayce.)
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The , containing the , , . Zohok or Dozook of Kabool Valley mentioned.
and not mentioned in Zendavesta ; neither Persis nor Persians.
Egypt uses the civil year of days, called Tho-this, or Dog-star.
Abydos Tablet shows offerings made to ancestors.
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. Death of th Jain Tirtankâra. Vindidad says King Jamshed built his city in a land of six months light and sixmonths darkness. Deu-kal-ion called father of Greek Hellenes.
. Some writers place in their present form as low as this.
Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Cunningham.)
. and its Religions in full vigour from to . Gladstone. th and h Dynasties.
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Some place Wars of and described in Mahâbhârata of d century.An Egyptian poem likens a chief to the great Asyrian hunter Kazartu. (Smith.)Pandoo and Kooroo War. (Professor Wilson.)
. , the Egyptian King. (Gladstone.)Sanskrit to .and Lunar to India.
proselytising East Coast of India. An oppressive Phallic faith.Mahâbhârata or Wars of Lunar . at Athens.
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Rise of or Incarnations of God. Prayers for Dead in Egypt. (Bunsen.)A Hell for eternal punishment unknown. (Sanskrit Texts, v. .) The Creator cures and accepts
his children and is their friend. a place of punishment.Berosus puts Zoroaster here.Aryans again descending on India.
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Tope of Bilsa Group. Boodhism Bhopal. Era Boodhistical. Alani Skyths descending onAsia Minor., Emperor of Rome, from to . , to . , to . , . , Jan. toAug. .
Polycarp said to be Bishop of Smyrna. understood only by a learned few. Clemens Romanus, Bishop of Rome.China conquering up to East of Caspian, and sends an officer to Rome. Aryans rising over Parthian Turanians.
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Faith in full vigour. SkythicAlani again descending onAsia Minor.Geography.
, or Serpent Races, conquering Thraeton or more ancient Trita.RomanArmy brings first Pestilence to Europe from Babylon.
sends Embassy to China. MarcusAurelius, . preaching in Europe.Emperors D. J and . of Alexandria finds Brahmans worshipping Herakles and Pan,
and Boodhists “Pyramids, in which are bones of a God.” Bishop of Sardis mentions Canonical Gospels.written. (Cunningham.) . V. to .
TEMPLE JERUSALEM JUPITERJAIN
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Carcalla murdered when visiting a Temple of the Moon. Battle of Nisibis. Rome pays ½ million pounds.Power declines. Emperor, . . St. Gregory.reigning from Goojerat to Ganges.
Roman Embassy to Cochin China and those parts. pays Tribute to .in Bactria. revives in Persia.
Serpent Worship driven from Persepolis by Fire Worship.JuliusAfricanus’History. Manikeus martyred in Persia ; calls himself the promised Paraklete. Lucian, Presbyter ofAntioch.Porphyry in India describes Boodhist Faith. Peter, Bishop ofAlexandria. Hesychius’New Greek Bible,Alexandria.
SEVERUS
ANTONINUS HELIOGABALUSSKANDA GOOPTAINDO-SKYTHIAN ORIGEN
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See in Bactria and Khorasan. written. (Müller.) [Oodagir.Shapoor II. shuts up Christian Churches because the sect opresses others. Council of Ephesus.Bandehesh and Minokhired written, and and present edition of .One Theophilus Indicus from Sekotra speaks of Christian Churches in India. (Neander.)
Emperor advances against Persia ; next year Rome yields up all Mesopotamia.Visigoths destroy RomanArmy under Valens. built. from Matoora to Panjab.
language and . Boodhagôsa to Ceylon ; translatesAtakâta into Pâli. II. . III.Council of Carthage declares the two Books of Esdras Canonical.
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ROMANS PHENICIANS PLINYfinally wipe out .— elder. I. of Parthia.VARDANES– Nero. Claudius Cesar conquers Britain and Kelts to the Forth.69 50
STRABO FOISM CONFUCIANISM TAOISM.— , with and , State Religions.VESPASIAN.—TITUS VOOLASGES I.destroys , ; sends him a crown of gold.JERUSALEM 70Samoondri—Prome Era established. , Alaric invades Europe, the having been so
successful. Boodhist Era, established. II., .78
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SAKA PAKORUSKARLI CAVE JOSEPHUS—Boodhist .— dies.— , King of Paitan-Godavain.SALIVAHANAPLINY AYOODYAyounger.— said to be rebuilt. Some say Ezra’s IV. Book written.
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IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, martyred.—Egisippus, Ecclesiastical Historian.TRAJAN VOLOGASES II. ; VOLOGASES IIIoverrunning Mesopotamia. to .130-149 191JUDEANS banished and destroyed.— , Emperor, . Yields up Meso-580,000 117-138ADRIANChina examining Rome’s Astronomical Writings. Kosroes, [potamia.113-130
BRAHMANS rule in Telingana.— Emp, . M. succeeds.ANTONINUS PIUS, AURELIUS138-161
CELSUS PAUSANIAS, a Roman Philosopher, and , a Greek Historian, writing.
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Emperors and , ; , . [potamia.VALERIANUS GALLIENUS CLAUDIUS256-271 271-273SENA.—Boodhist Buildings, Ceylon.—Christians are persecuted.ROME sends a second Embassy to China. of Persia, .NARSES 294-303
Dionysus’ Bassarica.— writing history of Christianity.EUSEBIUS
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CONSTANTINOPLE, Capital of Empire. Revival of Serpent-Worship.Balk under Persian Sasinidæ. King of Armenia, embraces Christianity when342 TIRIDATESAFGHANISTAN TOPES, and great collecting of Boodhist Records. [very old.
Emperor . .— .— .CONSTANTINE 325 NICENE COUNCIL DIKAN DANISHWER
CHRISTIANS EASTERN WESTERN CHURCHESdivide into and , Collect Writings.
THEODISIUS’ Final Decree abolishing “Heathenism.”—Empire divided.PALLADIUS, SCHOLASTIKOSHermit and Christian Bishop.— goes to India.
Emperor Chao sends Embassy to Boodhist King of Magada.Christians are now of importance in Persian Empire. Do. begin to persecute; burn a420Chinese Vessels numerous in Persian Gulf; the Capital. [Zoroastrian Capital.NANKINPANDOO LEOInvasion from Kashmeer.— , Pope of Rome. The Boohist .MAHA VANSOOBOODHISM declares the World Round and Solid, and says there a millions of other worlds.
– Invasion of Europe by Atala’s Huns and their return. Coinage Common. [Bards.455451
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Ostro-Goths invade Italy; and in Vandals through Africa. Many Keltic and Welsh455Romans leave Britain; and , Saxons invade. Council of Laodicea settles Christian448 468ROMAN EMPIRE (Western) ends; , King of Italy. [Canonical Books.ODOACEENonas writes his Dionysiaca.—Hesychios lives. Boodhist Priest discovers America.499BOODHA GOOPTA, a Boodhist King of Magada, sends Embassy to China. [(Leland).
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GREEK CHURCH ROMISH
, China to India, to Normans and Goths overrunning Europe and sack Rome.IV. or succeeded by I. . II. . Alans conquer Central Europe.
Vandals and Sueves invade Italy ; and , Vandals pass intoAfrica. Visigoths settle in Spain.The . ACopperplate mentions Wars of Bârata. AKalpa Sootra by Badrabahoo.
II., the Great Boodhist King.— to — calls himself Vikram-Aditya of Samvat Era, B.C.Translation of . Moses of Khorene writes. III. and .
Babylonian — . preaches a Reformed Faith in China. ; to .again becomes dominant in India. , . , to .
, King of Franks, becomes . Boodhagosa’s Commentaries on Tripitaka.now wholly separates from . , to . Temple of Zeus at Olympia burned.
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Boodhist Comm. Era begins, and sacred line, “ ,” or, “Oh the Jewel inthe Lotus,” common. Mazdak, communist and athiest, and sect destroyed in Persia byKosree Noosherwan. He has Plato and Aristotle translated from Greek, and Hitopadesafrom Indian languages.
Om manipadmi hum539
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Keltic Bards, Taliesen, Merddin. The Triads, Llywarch. A Copper-plate mentions theMahâ-Bhârata. Tatars, Turanians, and Skythians Boodhists.
Angles invade Britain.
ST. PAUL’S, LONDON, DIANAbuilding on a Temple of .SAMARKAND, the Athens of the East. Saganian Scultures often in Pelevi.
MAHOMED born ; died .644
Kosroe II. ravages Syria and Egypt ; vows he “will put down the worship of a crucifiedGod.” Receives letter from Mahomed to “worship one God,” and not the Sun.
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Saracens driving out last Sasanian King. III. falls—last of Sasanidæ.632-641 YEZDIGIRIDEgypt, Syria, and Persia are —Orisa .ISLAMITES BRAHMANICAL
– Omar Kalif enters Jerusalem as conqueror.632 KOHAB II. 636
Chinese Emperor, , seeks aid of . [huak.YUAN TSANG MAHOMEDANSSIL-ADITYA, King of Malwa, conquers Magada ; dies —a Boodhist. Tolteks occupy Ana-648
MAHOMEDANS settle in Yoonan.—King of Kabol a Turk.—Ganzi a Boodhist.
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ALFRED resists a Papal Mandate. Mahomedans masters of Africa.707Saracens and Moors extirpate Visigoths from Spain.
Egbert, abbot of Iona, translates the Four Gospels into Anglo-Saxon.Winifred, a monk of Wessex, under the name of Boniface, goes on his first mission to Germany.
A Brahman King of Pegu build’s Rangoon or Kama’s City.Arabs and Persians in Chinese Ports.—Arabs invade Sind.CHARLES MARTEL DEFEATS SARACENS in Valley of Loire.
Lombards overthrown. , Kalif.786 HAROON AL RASHIDCHRISTIAN ERA first used in books. Temporal Dominion of the Pope commences.755
TOPES SARANATat , near Benares.
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CHARLEMAGNE crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo at Rome.Almagest of Ptolmey translated into Arabic.The Lia-fail, or “Stone of the King,” removed by Kenneth II. to Scone.Establishment of Novogorod by Ruric the Pirate. Beginning of Russian Empire.CAVES ELORAat , called India Sooba.
ALPHONSO the Great. Europe priest-ridden— .THE DARK AGESALFRED of England has established Saxon Dominion ; reigns .872-901
Bible translated into Saxon
No town in or about Persia without its Fire Shrine. (Ibn Hankal.)
Law issued in England for Prayer on Saturdays.
Arab Geographers write of Western India. Modern Arabic invented by Maläk.
Many Normans becoming ChristiansJAIPAL SOOBOOKTOOGREEN, Hindoo King of Lahore, conquered by of Gazni.
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MAHMOOD of Gazni succeeds.Date of Present Oldest Hebrew . ofMSS OLD TESTAMENT.
Jerusalem . , Chinese Boodhist, to India. A Era spoken of.to India, collects Boodhist Literature. I. or .
still commonly spoken. , with Fire Worship, at Balk.Cosmas writes his Cosmos that earth is flat and the Sky is Heaven. Pegu built by Emigrants from Thatoon.
destroy . Parthians move to Crete.Sitang or Tsit-toung built by King of Pegu. Athanasian Creed must have now existed.
, th . of Balabi protects .King of Byzantium, . , Historian. IV.
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Church in China. to India, . Droovasena reigns, .Boodhism introduced into Siam (Crawford.)
King of Northern India, rules as a Boodhist King at Kanoj. His Great Procession to Kanoj; Dies, .built. conquer Persia under General , Kalif.
has Siva Temples to Boodhist Monasteries. Kalinga has few Boodhists. preaching in China., Boodhist Stoopa Benares.
Council of Constantinople, last of six Ecumenical.India— Languages only current. , , writing Eclesiastical History.
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Debal, Chief Port of Sind. Worshipped over all Western India.Fifty-six to , and write Itineraries. triumphs in Barma.Africa has now rejected Christianity and become Mahomedan.Brahmanabad, Sind, destroyed by Earthquake. greatly revives in India by Preaching of Sankara-Acharya.The First Boodhist King of . preached to Germans.
Christianising Europe ; checks Normans, who are now settling in France and Germany.Zoroastrian Poet, . gives Brahman King to Central India.
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Dynasty begins to reign in Kábol.
Various reviving Phallic Ideas and Faiths in India.
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King of Kashgar embraces .Eric “the Red” settles with Northmen in W. Greenland.
, from China to India, with Pilgrims.
Paper long known to Chinese—made from Cotton.
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Toorkistan tries for Empire.. Aboo-Rihan’s History.
in Java, and Fall of First Java Kingdom.King of Bohemia obliged to pay tribute to the Holy See.
, Barmese King of Pagán, destroys Pegu—Capital, Thátoon—In subjection years.First . Basein, great port for Ceylon.
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Popular respresentation inArragon and in in Castille.
Hemachandra, a Jain Writer of Goojerat.
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heard of through Marco Polo. conquer Bengal ; Nadya the Capital.
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Magna Charta. Laterna Council at Rome affirms Divinity.
Khiva and Persia conquered by .
Sriharsha writes . , Emperor of India. ArabianAbdoolfeda writes Universal History.
. Telescope. Alphonso, King of Castile, spends onAstronomical Tables.First Church built in Nazareth.
The of Boodhism translated from Pali into Ceylonese.Rashi Doodeen, Vizier of Persia, writes.
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supplanting inAnam.Pigolotti writes regarding Routes to Kathay. Hafiz the Poet flourishing.
John de Marignotti travels. The Golden Bull. takeAdrianople.
.translated into Sanskrit. . . .
, and Worship, with in Europe.
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Joan ofArc. Europe hearing of Pegu. Samarkand—Emperor studiesAstronomy.Guinea discovered by Portuguses. take Constantinople, which has Christian Churches.
Gaur, the Capital of Bengal. King of Herat sends Embassy to China. Vatican Library.very Holy in China, in February and March.
Maps ofAmerican Coast. West Indies discovered. Vasco de Gama to East Indies.denouncing Serpent Worship in Europe. Amerigo Vespucci discovers SouthAmerica.
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MAHOMEDANS
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Temples of Satroonjáya and Pàlitána. translates New Testament—Put to death.
One said to have been written. , Emperor of India, .
dies, Makao, . burns Servetus. England abolishes PapalAuthority. .
Demand for Open Bibles. . Celebes worship Sun. conquer Bengal and Orissa
Spaniards discoverAngkor, Boodhist Capital, of Kamboia. Bartholemew Massacre, .
sends Priests to China.
[ .] Benedict goes fromAgra to Kathay. Holland seizes Portuguese Eastern Settlements.
1526
1526
1552 1531 1545
1556-1605 1568
1570 1572
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BABER
AKBAR,
COUNCILOF TRENT
sic
1619
1622
1667
1678
1685 1688
Act to Burn Witches passed (Bacon).
Cochin China massacres English and Dutch Traders. English Settlement at Madras.
Pope , institutes Laws for Propagation of .
Royal Society of London. Bayle, Historian. Judge Hale condemning Witches.
Khiva, Bokhara, and Khokan become Khanates. Habeas Corpus.
Revocation of Edict of Nantes. English Revolution.
sends Missions everywhere.
CATHERINE DE MEDICI.
GREGORY XV CHRISTIANITY
ROME
1804 1812 1813
1815 1829 1830 1832
1837
1851 1833
BONAPARTE
BONAPARTE
Emperor. Moscow burned, .l Steamers, . [Bill.
defeated at Waterloo. Catholic Disabilities removed. George IV. dies. English Reform
Queen Victoria Crowned.
Rise of , who preach Doctrines of Christianity ten years—Leader, Tien-le. Slaves Emancipated—Railways.
or Churches springing up all over India.
being called in question, and insisted on by the educated.
TA-PINGS
BRAHMO SOMAJES THEIST
ALL REVELATIONS ACCURATE HISTORICAL CRITICISM
CHARLES
KOULI KHAN
XII. of Sweden.
China expels Jesuits.—Pekin Earthquake, , loss, persons. Academy of St. Petersburg.
Naweb ofArcot wipes out Southern Hindoo Kingdoms.—Göttingen Universty.
, King of Persia, conquers Moguls.
British Museum. Birth of real and accurateAstronomy in Europe.
Oxygen and Hydrogen discovered. Galvanism.—J. Bryant’s Mythological History. Vaccination.
1724 1731 180,000 1728
1736
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1753
1774-9 1788 1798
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Northmen discover America to Hope Bay.Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, establishes a School of Theology.CAVES AJANTAat .— , King of England.CANUTEJAIN Temple of Samnat destroyed by MAHMOOD.JAIN ABOO HILDEBRANDTemple, of Vimalasa.— Pope.“Truce of God,” for Regulation of the Seasons, &c., published in France.Anahuak abandoned by Tolteks. take .TURKS BAGDAD
Death of Fall of Toorkestan Empire.MALEK SHAH;HAROLD WILLIAM, King of Saxons, conquered by the Norman.
KIVA or Khorasim a great kingdom.
11101125
1139
1153
1170
1172
FOURTH CRUSADE. Law issued in Scotland for Prayer on Saturdays.
GHENGIS KHAN, 1163 1226to . His movements force Siberians into North America.IRELAND conquered.Chichemecas take Anahuak.EDRISA, Arabian Philosopher, says Earth is miles in circumference.27,000MONGOLS invade China through Yoonan.TANJORE Temple—Chola Dynasty.—Portugal a Monarchy.
Learning revived at Cambridge. The Order of Knights-Templars instituted.1118
MEXICO founded.— IV. of France.CHARLES
1203
1204
1238
1258
1280
1302
1345
MARCO POLO travelling. The great Tschu in China.
Inquisition established.— , King of England, offers aid to Saracens.JOHN
KABLAI KHAN rules in Yoonan. Pekin new capital. [land.Russia conquered by Tatars.— now supreme in India.MOSLEMS
BAGDAD KALIFAT MONGOLSand destroyed by . Popular Representation in Eng-1264
Pagan destroyed by .— again conquered by .KABLAI KHAN CHINA MONGOLSMartaban made Capital of Pegu, which, with Pagan Capital of Barma is destroyed.
13641370
1398
1378
EDWARD I. removes the Lia-fail, or “Stone of the King,” to Westminister.Pope excommunicates P , King of France. built.—Gunpowder.HILIP 1325 MEXICOIbn Batula to China.—Mahd. Toglak conquers Bengal and the Karnatik.AVA MAHOMEDANS, the Capital of Barma.— in Rangoon.Kambodia conquered by .—Cannon used.— .SIAM TIMOOR, 1335-1405
Schism of Double Popes, which continues years.38
Siberians reach West Greenland, driven on by Red Indians.
Kathay sends Embassy to .TIMOOR
Second Empire falls.JAVA
14051401
14391449
146014741497
Statute for Burning of Heretics passed. Henry IV.Pegu rules Arakan, and Prome employed Europeans.JAIN Temple of Sad rebuilt by Kamboo Rana of Ooderpore.JAIN Tower, Chitore, built by Kamboo Rana.
The Bible is printed by Gutenberg at Mayence, .1450-56Portuguese Mission to . in Europe.JAPAN —PRINTING
THOMAS-A-KEMPIS, COLUMBUS, CAXTON, THE MEDICIS.Verd Islands discovered by Portuguese. Cape of Good Hope discovered by B. Diaz.1486
Tatars driven out of Kiva.— Rule.—Portuguese Settlements in Malaka.UZBEG’S
COPERNICUS MACHIAVELLI.—Saracens out of Spain.— .
1521
1515
1525
1536
1565
1592
Copernicus observes the Vernal Equinox.
Cabot finds Esquimaux in Labrador.
MEXICO plundered.—Portuguese visit China.Socinians deny .—Spanish Conquest of Peru.TRINITYPortuguese get Makao.—Kabol independent.French Voyage to India and China.— .— .— .ERASMUS LUTHER TASSO
JAPAN conquers Korea and holds it six years.— Newspapers.CALVIN.Spaniards to Phillipines.— , Queen of Scots.MARY
Dutch to China.— now introduced into Japan and expelled in .CHRISTIANITY 1638
1605
1644
1607
1667
1649
1658
Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese.A New Translation of the Bible begun.SHAKESPEARE. LORD BACON. DESCARTES. KEPLER.— —Logarithms.— —
LOCKE, KANT, GIBBON, BURNS, HUME, ISAAC NEWTON, VOLTAIRE.
CHARLES I. beheaded.— — —HARVEY. BUNYAN. CARDINAL MAZARIN.Kingdom of Kiva falls.— dies.— ,CROMWELL MILTON 1608-1674.
Russia aids Kiva.— II. dies.— , Emperor, .JAMES AURANGAZEB 1618-1707
Earthquake at Pekin, killed.—East India Company as “Tea-Traders,” .300,000 1680
CHINA: GALILEO. HAMPDEN.Mings fall, Manchoos succeed. — —Barometers.
1750
1704
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1793
1782
1826
1858 1861
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Beginning of Protestant Missions to India.PETER ABDOOL WAHABthe Great dies.— . SWEDENBORG.
ALOMPRA, King of Barma, conquers Pegu, .—1757-58 BUFFON.AMERICAN War. Population whites, and half-a-million blacks.2,000,000
Macarthy received by Emperor at Pekin.—French Revolution ; Louis XVI. beheaded.Independence recognized.
BONAPARTE CUVIER. FICHTE.conquers at Marengo.— —
HONG-KONG taken : Emperor closes China.KOREANS CHRISTIANS.massacre
Taylor urges — .THEISM COMPTE.
First American Railroad.STRAUSS, RENAN.Treaty of Tien-sin; Toleration of Christianity.
Kiva a Tributary to Russia.
1812
1841
1854
1842
CHINESE CHRISTIANITY.Edict againstCanton ransomed. Champollion.
Japan treats with Europe.Shanghai taken; Five Cities opened.
Canton given back.
Capture of Peking.