David, king of Israel
1040–970 BCE (traditional biblical chronology) · Person
Shepherd, psalmist, giant-slayer, outlaw and king — the man after God's own heart who made Jerusalem his capital.
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- 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 1040 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- Phoenician alphabet emerges (1050 BCE)
- Reign of Ramesses II (1279 BCE)
- The Wrath of Achilles: the Iliad (1184 BCE)
- The Cyclops Polyphemus (1184 BCE)