The Primeval Age
~4004–2242 BCE (traditional) · Event
Genesis 1–11: Creation, Eden, the Flood and Babel — the primeval stories that open the Bible.
On these timelines: The Bible
More from The Bible
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- The Nativity: Jesus is born in Bethlehem (5 BCE)
- The Creation (4004 BCE)
- The Life of Jesus (5 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses the lawgiver (1526 BCE)
- The Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (1446 BCE)
Around 4004 BCE
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Sumerian civilisation (4500 BCE)
- Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution ends (4000 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Uruk period in Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)
- Domestication of the horse (3500 BCE)
- Hieroglyphic writing emerges (3200 BCE)
- Spread of agriculture to Europe (5000 BCE)