IV. =The Events of Bible History=, given in the fourth column, are too numerous to be recapitulated. The student should divide them according to the Subdivisions of the Periods, already given. V. =The History of Egypt= occupies the fifth column. The opinions of scholars are greatly at variance with regard to the dates of the first eighteen dynasties, some of them differing by a thousand years. The ancient history of Egypt is divided into three sections. (1.) The Old Kingdom, founded by Menes perhaps 4700 B.C., and governed by ten dynasties in succession. (2.) The Middle Kingdom, from about 2900 B.C. to 1570 B.C., Dynasties XI. to XVII. (3.) The New Kingdom, from 1570 B.C. to 525 B.C., Dynasties XVII. to XXVII. Egypt was part of the Persian Empire from 525 to 332 B.C. After 323 B.C. it was governed by a line of Greek kings, who bore the name of Ptolemy, until 30 B.C., when it became a Roman province. VI. =The Kingdoms of the East=, Babylonia and Assyria, appear on the sixth column; beginning with a number of states in Babylonia; becoming an empire under Hammurabi about 2280 B.C.; by turns strong and weak until about 1100 B.C., when the Assyrian empire arose, overpowering Babylon. The Assyrian Empire lasted until 625 B.C., when Babylon again arose to power, though the Chaldean Empire did not begin until 606 B.C. In 536 B.C. it fell before the Persian conquerors, and the whole world of the Bible was under Persian control until 330 B.C., when Alexander the Great won it. No world-empire arose after the death of Alexander, until the Roman period. [Transcriber's Note: This time-line has been changed from the original layout due to width and text constraints. Originally, there were eight columns across with the Roman numeral major divisions noted below and the century marks ran down the left and right margins. The original is also color-coded to indicate eras of history such as the Roman Rule of Israel. To try to make this time-line still useful in a text format, each item from each column has been arranged in order with a letter indicating its original column title. This leads to some necessary repetion. For example: [C] c. 1010. David, King. [D] 1010--David King over Judah. because David was both a "Ruler in Bible History" and a part of the "History of Israel." Below this linear timeline is a format more like the original but with only one, two or three columns in a section depending on the space available.] A I. General Periods B II. Subdivision of General Periods C III. Persons and Rulers in Bible History D IV. History of Israel E V. Egypt F VI. Kingdoms of the East G VII. The Oriental Empires H VIII. The World in General