World History

I find the history of our world humbling to reflect on.

Beginning with Adam and Eve at about 4000 BC, I believe that it is worthwhile to ponder about the various events and individuals that have shaped our history. What were the personalities of these individuals like, and how did their environment influence their actions? It is so interesting to examine the learning and development of man.

For example, taking a very simplistic view of world history (these dates are very approximate in many cases), there have been many individuals that have had dramatic impacts on our world's history. It will be fun to see who impacts world history as we proceed through the next 1000 years. For example:

4000 BC Adam and Eve began the human family, according to Biblical accounts.
3300 BC Enoch was born, and at about 3100 BC, his city of Zion, being righteous, was taken up to God.
3000 BC Noah was born, and the flood occured about 2300 BC. Writings of the Summerians is believed to have begun about this time.
2000 BC Abraham was born. Mathematical tables and the names of heavenly bodies (stars and constellations) started showing up at this time among the Chaldeans and the Babylonians.
1500 BC Moses freed Israel at about this time. The city of Troy was founded at about this time.
1000 BC David and his son Solomon established a strong Israelitish Nation.
600 BC Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem.
500 BC Buddism was founded in India. Confuscious was expounding wisdom.
400 BC Socrates, Hippocrates, Plato and Aristotle were expanding knowledge.
300 BC Alexander the Great was conquering kingdoms, and Euclid was establishing mathematics.
200 BC The Great Wall of China was built, and the Roman Empire began.
The Meridian of Time - Christ was born; was crucified; and was resurrected.
300 AD Constantine accepted Christianity, and the Nicene Creed was established.
500 AD Attila the Hun ravaged Europe. Clovis I conquered the Gauls (France). Rome fell to the Germanic tribes.
600 AD Muhammed founded the Islam religion, and the Muslim empire began.
800 AD Charlemagne united Europe and was crowned King of the Holy Roman Empire.
1500 AD Joan of Arc drove the English from France. Johann Gutenberg invented moveable type. Martin Luther started the Reformation. William Tyndale translated the Bible into English. Columbus sailed to America. Copernicus put the Sun at the center of the Universe.
1800 AD America gained it's independence from England. Worldwide, experiments in freedom and liberty began.
2000 AD The greatest level of technological advance and prosperity that the world has ever known has been established.

So, what will the next 1000 years look like? I hope that we the people of the world will continue to embrace the values of history that have created peace and prosperity; namely: preparation, work, freedom, liberty, faith, hope and charity.