The Flood
The year Methuselah died and the world was unmade.
The facts
| Dates | 2348 BC |
|---|---|
| Scripture | Gen. 7-8 |
| Era | Antediluvian Era |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
The Flood falls 1656 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Antediluvian Era arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The rise of the Old Kingdom in Egypt2686 BCForming different tribes and peoples2590 BCConstruction of the Great Pyramid of Giza2580 BC – 2560 BCShem2446 BC – 1846 BCGreat Flood according t Ussher’s chronology2348 BCArphaxad2346 BC – 1908 BCThe rise of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia2334 BCSalah2311 BC – 1878 BC
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.