WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA DIG INTO GOD’S AMAZING HIS-STORY! Grades 6+
WORLD HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA CREATION TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE, VOL. 1 OF 3-VOLUME SET $39.99 $31.99 Digital PDF: $9.99 history from Creation to the Roman Empire, all presented from a biblical worldview. This gorgeously illustrated world history encyclopedia pairs the scholarly accuracy of a Christian historian with the visual delight of a graphic novel. Your teens and tweens will be riveted by substantial, truthful accounts of ancient Are you ready to uncover real buried treasure? Not gold or jewels— something even better! Travel back in time to explore ancient lands, incredible kingdoms, and the people who shaped our world. From towering pyramids and daring explorers to dinosaurs and distant islands, history is full of adventure!
TIMELINE: 1500 b . c . – 600 b . c .
Assyrians build Jerwan Aqueduct to carry water to Nineveh c. 690 b . c .
Chavín fashion gold objects (South America) c. 900 b . c .
Israel splits into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah 975 b . c .
Vedas written in Sanskrit c. 1400 b . c .
Homer wrote Iliad c. 760 b . c .
David becomes king c. 1048 b . c .
AFRICA’S NATURAL WONDERS
Cush conquers Egypt c. 750 b . c . Africa is a magnificent land. The Sahara Desert The world’s largest hot desert, it covers 3.6 million square Assyria destroys Northern Kingdom of Israel 721 b . c . Greeks use an alphabet c. 800 b . c .
Joshua leads the Israelites into the Promised Land 1452 b . c .
Nile The world’s longest river, the Nile, stretches north to south for about 4,132 miles. The Nile flows to two major tributaries: the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
Carthage founded 814 b . c . The climate changed dramatically in different parts of the globe after the Flood in Noah’s day and the resulting Ice Age. Even the Sahara Desert in Africa was not yet the dry barren wasteland that it is today. Cave art, fossils, and artifacts show a region where ancient people lived, tending their flocks of sheep, goats, and cattle as they grazed on the lush, green 836 b . c . Civil War in Egypt grasslands. Elephants, hippopotamuses, and other wild animals lived along the rivers and in the valleys. As the Ice Age came to an end and the shifting sands of the Sahara took over, people and animals migrated south to other grasslands or north toward the coast.
Mediterranean coast in Monastir, Tunisia
Troy destroyed (Turkey) c. 1200 b . c .
Hanging Gardens of Babylon c. 600 b . c .
Sparta built c. 1000 b . c .
First temple constructed by King Solomon in Jerusalem c. 1012–1004 b . c .
Settlement of Grimspound
Celts grow strong in Hallstatt (Austria) c. 700 b . c .
Phoenician alphabet created c. 1100 b . c .
Ezekiel’s ministry begins c. 593 b . c .
(England) c. 1450 b . c .
The Exodus 1491 b . c .
Gideon judges Israel c. 1251 b . c .
Daniel prophesies 607–534 b . c .
miles over a large region of the northern part of the continent.
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c. 1000 b . c . Kites & dictionaries in use in China 1000 b . c .
1500 b . c .
776 b . c . First Olympics held in ancient Greece
c. 700 b . c . Scythians dominate steppes north of the Black Sea
604 b . c . Disappearance of Philistines after Babylonian conquest
588 b . c . Judah captured and temple destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar (Babylonians)
1430 b . c . Hittite Empire formed
c. 1200 b . c . Olmec culture begins (Mexico)
c. 1095 b . c . Samuel anoints Saul king of Israel
929 b . c . Omri, king of Israel, moves capital to Samaria
Mount Kilimanjaro A quest for hikers, Kilimanjaro towers over the land with its snow-capped peaks at about 19,341 feet above sea level.
1451 b . c . Jericho falls
c. 1200 b . c . China casts large bronze bells
c. 1000 b . c . India manufactures sugar from sugar cane
808 b . c . Jonah swallowed by a great fish
713 b . c . As a miraculous sign to Hezekiah, the shadow goes backward on the sundial of Ahaz The equator The equator runs through the continent from east to west, giving much of this region a tropical climate. 759–698 b . c . Isaiah prophesies
1491 b . c . God gives Moses the Ten Commandments
c. 1278 b . c . Deliverance by Deborah and Barak
c. 1048 b . c . King David makes Jerusalem his capital
c. 600 b . c . Celts migrate to Britain
629–588 b . c Jeremiah prophesies
748 b . c . Founding of Rome
Congo Basin Sitting along the equator in the heart of Africa is the Congo Basin. The Congo River waters this area of the continent on its journey to the Atlantic Ocean. Covering 1.2 million square miles, the basin’s rainforest is about the size of Texas, California, and Montana combined! As the second largest tropical rainforest in the world, it plays a key part in regulating the earth’s climate. It is home to gorillas, chimpanzees, and leopards.
chimpanzees
African Savanna Over half the continent of Africa is covered by the African Savanna. Miles and miles of grassland are dotted with trees and bushes. During the summer wet season, it can get 15-25 inches of rain each month. With winter comes the dry season, when the savanna hardly gets any rain at all. Big cats hunt here, including lions and cheetahs. Antelope, zebras, and rhinoceroses thunder across the plains. Elephants, giraffes, and hippopotamuses share waterholes. The Serengeti Plains, the most famous savanna region in Africa, witnesses the great migration of wildebeest each year as they follow the seasonal rains.
Victoria Falls Cascades of water gush down the cliffs at beautiful Victoria Falls at over 132.1 million gallons every minute in peak season.
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