[32] Many important corrections were embodied in the Revised Version, published in 1881-1885 A.D. by a committee of English scholars.
APPENDIX
TABLE OF EVENTS AND DATES
Before 1000 B.C., and in some instances even later, nearly all dates must be regarded as merely approximate.
(Specially important dates are in italics)
THE ORIENT
B.C.
3400 Menes, king of Egypt
3000-2500 The pyramid kings
2000 Hammurabi, king of Babylonia
1800-1600 Rule of the Hyksos in Egypt
1292-1225 Rameses II, king of Egypt
1035-925 The undivided Hebrew monarchy
Saul, 1035-1015
David, 985-955
Solomon, 955-925
925-722 Kingdom of Israel
925-586 Kingdom of Judea
722-705 Sargon II, king of Assyria
705-681 Sennacherib, king of Assyria
606 Destruction of Nineveh
604-561 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia
553-465 Persian kings
Cyrus the Great, 553-529
Cambyses, 529-522
Darius I, 521-485
Xerxes I, 485-465
539 Capture of Babylon by Cyrus the Great