CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
B.C.
4004 Creation of the World.
2944 Birth of Noah.
2348 The Flood or Deluge covers the whole earth—lasts about a year.
2347 Noah quits the Ark; offers sacrifices of thanksgiving; God appoints the rainbow as a pledge that he will never again destroy the earth by the waters of a flood. (Gen. ix. 11.)
2300 The Tower of Babel built; confusion of languages; dispersion of mankind.
2233 Babylon founded by Nimrod; Nineveh founded by Asshur; commencement of the Assyrian monarchy.
2188 The Egyptian monarchy founded by Mizraim; continues 1663 years.