BIBLE & WORLD EVENTS: 9 (525-458 B.C.)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) A chronology of Bible and World events helps us appreciate history better in a holistic perspective and will also provide insight with better understanding for us.

b) Event periods: 525-458 B.C.

1. Date: 525 B.C.

a) World Event:

i) Polo sport among Persians.

2. Date: 520

a) World Event:

i) Public libraries open in Athens, Greece.

3. Date: 516

a) Bible Event:

i) New temple completed in Jerusalem.

4. Date: 509

a) World Event:

i) Rome becomes a republic.

5. Date: 500

a) World Event:

i) Glass first imported into China from Near East; Indian surgeon Susrata performs cataract operation; origin of Halloween, a Celtic festival.

6. Date: 490

a) World Event:

i) First time Greek men choose short haircuts.

7. Date: 479

a) Bible Event:

i) Esther becomes queen of Persia.

8. Date: 469

a) World Event:

i) Socrates, philosopher of the ancient world, born.

9. Date: 460

a) World Event:

i) Birth of Democritus, who introduced an atomic theory by arguing that all bodies are made of indivisible and unchangeable atoms.

10. Date: 458

a) Bible Event:

i) Ezra returns to Jerusalem.

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