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2348 BC

World wide flood, referred to as Noah’s Flood

Mainstream geology does not support a global flood in recent human history. However, there are records of massive regional floods, such as the flooding of the Black Sea basin around 5600 BC, which some researchers speculate may have inspired flood legends.

“God saw that the earth was corrupt and filled with violence, and he decided to destroy what he had created. But God found one righteous man, Noah, and to him he confided his intention: "I am about to bring on the Flood ... to eliminate everywhere all flesh in which there is the breath of life ... ." So God instructed him to build an ark, and Noah entered the Ark in his six hundredth year [of life], and on the 17th day of the second month of that year "the fountains of the Great Deep burst apart and the floodgates of heaven broke open" and rain fell for forty days and forty nights until the highest mountains were covered to a depth of 15 cubits, and all life perished except Noah and those with him in the Ark. After 150 days, "God remembered Noah ... and the waters subsided" until the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, and on the 27th day of the second month of Noah's six hundred and first year the earth was dry. Then Noah built an altar and made a sacrifice, and God made a covenant with Noah that man would be allowed to eat every living thing but not its blood, and that God would never again destroy all life by a flood.”

1525 BC 🌍 73 million

Birth of Moses, considered one of the most important religious leaders in world history. He is claimed by the religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Bahai as an important prophet of God and the founder of monotheistic belief. There’s no definitive archaeological proof of Moses as a historical figure. However, some inscriptions, geographic correlations, and cultural memory lend weight to the possibility that his story reflects real events or people from ancient Semitic history. Moses lived to be 120 years old, according to the Bible.

Moses is best known from the story in the biblical Book of Exodus and Quran as the lawgiver who met God face-to-face on Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments after leading his people, the Hebrews, out of bondage in Egypt and to the "promised land" of Canaan. The story of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt is only found in the Penteteuch, the first five books of the Bible, and in the Quran which was written later.

No other ancient sources corroborate the story and no archaeological evidence supports it. This has led many scholars to conclude that Moses was a legendary figure and the Exodus story a cultural myth.

776 BC 🌍 110 million

Olympic games are established, recurring set of athletic competitions are held every four years.

An Olympic truce ensured athletes' safe passage, and victors received olive wreaths. The games served as a platform for political declarations, alliances, and religious ceremonies, while also promoting Hellenistic culture across the Mediterranean.

563 BC

Buddha is born, a spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism, one of the world’s major religions. His life story is both historically rich and spiritually profound. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering

500 BC

Military campaigns by ethnic groups, they fought against neighboring tribes. These early conflicts were crucial in establishing territorial control and expanding influence.

490 BC

First marathons, with someone running.26.2 miles.

Greek soldier named Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to the city of Athens to deliver news of a Greek victory over the invading Persians, covering a distance of roughly 25 miles in the process. As the story goes, he burst into the assembly of Athenians, shouted “Nike! Nike! Nenikekiam!” (“Victory! Victory! Rejoice, we conquer!”), then collapsed from exhaustion and died.

When London hosted the Olympics in 1908, organizers originally planned a marathon route of 26 miles, starting at Windsor Castle and ending at the entrance of the White City Stadium, which had been specially built for the Games. The decision was made to have the finish line extended so the race ended inside the stadium and in front of the royal box where King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra would be in attendance. This alteration lengthened the race from 26 miles to 26 miles and 385 yards — or exactly 26.2 miles.

214 BC

The great wall of China construction begins, The main purpose of the Great Wall was for border defense but it also transmitted messages using beacon towers (communication) and allowed troops to travel in a faster way

Glutinous rice mortar was used to bind the Great Wall bricks, which is much stronger than ordinary lime mortar, and also water-resistant. Arsenic, "the poison of kings" was used to prevent erosion of the Wall by insects like ants

Over a million people worked on the Wall, many of them prisoners of war, soldiers, and convicts. To distinguish outlaw laborers from their civilian colleagues, authorities shaved the heads and bound the limbs of the former in chains. This custom was especially common during the Qin and Han dynasties. Crimes ranging from murder to tax evasions could be publishable by wall duty. Responsibilities included keeping watch during the day and building at night.

Working on the Great Wall was dangerous. According to some estimates, about 400,000 workers perished while building it.