Terah
Left Ur for Canaan but settled in Haran.
The facts
| Dates | 2126 BC – 1921 BC |
|---|---|
| Lifespan | 205 years |
| Lineage band | Semitic |
| Scripture | Gen. 11:26-32 |
| Era | Post-Flood Era |
| Father | Nahor |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
Terah falls 1878 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Post-Flood 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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Sons
Who else was alive
Reu2217 BC – 1978 BCSerug2185 BC – 1955 BCNahor2155 BC – 2007 BCThe fall of the Akkadian Empire2154 BCStonehenge construction continues in Britain2100 BCThe first Dynasty of Babylon and Hammurabi’s Code2100 BCThe Xia Dynasty in China2070 BC – 1600 BCConstruction of Stone Circles at agar Qim and Mnajdra, Malta2000 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.