Ussher's History of The Earth
Ussher's chronology provides the following dates for key events in the Biblical history of the world:
- 4004 BC - Creation
- 2349-2348 BC - Noah's Flood
- 1921 BC - God's call to Abraham
- 1491 BC - The Exodus from Egypt
- 1012 BC - Founding of the Temple in Jerusalem
- 588 BC - Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon and the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity
- 4 BC - Birth of Jesus
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