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Here are some Old Testament timeline facts that I think help put it in perspective:

• The first Olympics were held at about the time of Jonah.
• Daniel was about 80 years old when he was in the lion’s den. That incident took place about the time of Confucius and Buddha.
• At about the time of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, indoor plumbing was first being developed.
• Socrates live about 500 years after King Solomon.
• King Tut probably ruled Egypt just a few years after Moses led the Children of Israel to the Promised Land.
• The Parthenon in Greece was built about the same time that Esther was queen in Persia.
• Rome was founded about the same time that Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah were prophesying.
• Nehemiah built his wall about 200 years before the Great Wall of China was built.
• The legend of the Trojan horse dates back to the time of Judges.
• Cleopatra was queen of Egypt 30 years before Jesus was born.
• Old Testament history occurred before the Mayan calendar, before Plato, Aristotle, and Julius Caesar.

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