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B.C. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



the burning of the wood* of mount Ida in 9S6. 

 Crete. 



1990. Benjamin almost dettroyed by the other 1 1 tribe;. !'"". 



1383. Certi taught the Athenian* the arts of agriculture, !'71 

 Ac. 



1356. The Eleoinian mysteries introduced at Atheni. 



The kingdom of Mycenx begins about this time, i'ltj. 

 when the kingdom of Argoi was divided. 



1886. The hthmian games instituted by Sysiphu:.. 907. 



1325. The great Egyptian canicular year began on Sa- 900. 

 turday, July 'JO, and consisted of 1-H>0 years. 696. 



1307. The Olympic games instituted by Pelops. 893. 



13OO. The Lupercaha instituted. 



1885. Deborah defeats the Canaanites under Siscra. SSI. 



1284. The Siculi pass out of Italy into Sicily ; accord- 

 ing to others, the first colony arrived in 1294, 

 and a second in 1264. 872. 



1263. The expedition of the Argonauts ; according to 869. 

 others, in 1225. About this time the Pythian 

 games were instituted by Adrastus. 



1252. The city of Tyre built. 



1245. Gideon routs the Midianites. 868. 



Arcadians conducted by Evander into Italy. 



1234. Theseus establishes a democracy in Attica, and 839. 

 renews the Isthmian games ; others say in 1231. 



1233. Carthage built by a colony of Tynans. 826. 



1225. The Theban war of the 7 heroes against Eteoclcs. 



1222, Thecelebrationof theOlympicgamesby Hercules. 820. 



1213. Helen carried off by Theseus. 



1198. Helen carried off by Paris ; others say in 1204. 814. 



119t. The Trojan war begins, and continues 10 years. 



1188. Jephtha, the 7th judge of Israel for 6 years, his rash 801. 

 vow with respect to his daughter. 797. 



1184. Troy burned by the Greeks, on the 1 1th of June, 790. 

 408 years before the first olympiad. .(Eneas sails 

 early in autumn for Thrace. 787. 



1182. The kingdom of the Latins begins under ./Eneas. 



1179. The maritime power of the Mediterranean acqui- 786. 

 red by the Lydians. 779. 



1176. Salamis in Cyprus built by Teucer. 



1157. Eli the high priest, llth judge of Isael for forty 



years. 770. 



1152. The city of Alba-Longa built by Ascanius. 



1141. The Amazons burned the temple of Ephesus. 760. 



1136. Samson aLys 3000 Philistines. 



1124. The migration of the yEolian colonies. Thebes 754. 

 built by the Boeotians. 



1122. The 3d dynasty of China, called Tcheoo, begins. 



1 1 1 .). The mariner's compass said to be known in China. 753. 



1104. The Heraclidz return into Peloponnesus ; and di- 

 vide it. The kingdom of Lacedxmon begins. 750. 

 That of Mycene ends. 74-7. 



1088. The kingdom of Sicyon ends ; others say in 



1130. 743. 



1070. Athens governed by archons. 



1058. The maritime power of the Mediterranean ac- 734. 

 quired by the Pelasgians. 



1055. Saul kills himself on mount Gilboa. 732. 



1048. Jerusalem taken by David; and made the seat of 



his kingdom. 724. 



44. The Ionian colonies migrate from Greece. 



1028. Absalom rebels, and is killed by Joab. 



101'.'. Solomon begins to build the temple. 722. 



000. The maritirocpowcr of the Mediterranean acqui- 

 red by the Thracians, who hold it 19 years. I'll. 

 996. Solomon's fleet prepared in the Red Sea, and sent 



to Ophir. 

 992. Solomon'* palace finished. 720. 



Samos, in the island of the same name, and Utica, CLronolo- 

 built about tins time. gy. 



The kingdoms of Judah and Israel divided. V "^"Y"" P ' 



or 97 I '-.ing of Egypt, takes Jerusalem, 



and plunders the temple. 



Lycurgus, the Spartan lawgiver, born. 



The maritime power of the Mediterranean acqui- 

 red by the Rhodians, who maintain it ','3 years. 



Homer wrote his poems and flourished. 



The kingdom of Assyria ends. 



Elijah the prophet taken up into Heaven. 



The maritime power of the Mediterranean acquired 

 by the Phrygians. 



Lycurgus, after travelling! years, establishes his 

 laws in Lacedxmon. The Olympic games re- 

 stored at Elis. 



The art of sculpture in marble said to be invented. 



Scales and measures invented by Pliidon, king of 

 Argos, who also coined silver at jEgina. The 

 city of Carthage built by Dido ; others say it 

 was enlarged by her in 861. 



The Cyprians acquire the maritime power of the 

 Mediterranean. 



The kingdom of Judah desolated by the army of 

 HazacT, king of Syria. 



The maritime power of the Mediterranean acquired 

 by the Phoenicians. 



Nineveh taken by Arbaces, and Belesis; Sardana- 

 palus burns himself to death. 



Kingdom of Macedon begins, and continues 6lG 

 years, till the battle of Pydna. 



Capua, in Campania, built. 



Kingdom of Lydia begins. 



Amos the prophet flourished. He prophesied in 

 787. 



The Egyptians acquire the maritime power of the 

 Mediterranean. 



The Corinthians invented ships called Triremes. 



The race of kings terminated at Corinth, and was suc- 

 ceeded by magistrates, called Prytaacs elected an- 

 nually. 



Pluil invades the kingdom of Israel, and is bribed 

 to depart with 1000 talents. 



Theopompus establishes the Ephori at Lacedx* 

 mon. 



The decennial archons begin at Athens. The Mi- 

 lesians acquire the maritime power of the Medi- 

 terranean. 



Rome built, according to Varro, April the 20th. 

 or the 12th of the kalends of May. 



The rape of the Sabines 1 . 



Union of the Romans and Sabines. The zra of 

 Nabonassar begins. 



The first war between the Messenians and Laccdz- 

 monians begins, and continues 19 years. 



The Carians acquire the command of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Syracuse built by a colony of Corinthians under 

 Archias ; others say in 758. 



The first Messenian war ended by the capture of 

 Ithome, which subjected them to the Laccdz- 

 moniani. 



The Chinese empire divided into principalities. 

 Confuciub's history of China begins. 



Samaria taken, after three years siege. The first 

 eclipse of the moon on record, according to Pto- 

 lemy, March 19th, 3 hours 20* before midnight. 



The 2d and 3d eclipse of the moon on record ; the 



