9564 BCE — Atlantis sinks
It’s Atlantis. Everyone knows the basics: an advanced civilisation on a large island or small continent in the Atlantic Ocean,...
November 15, 2023
Loki
April 26, 7378 BCE — Bilbo Baggins is recruited by Thorin Oakenshield as a thief
It was a most Unexpected Party. Bilbo had no idea that he was going to be throwing it, for one...
November 10, 2023
October 28, 4004 BCE — God creates Adam
Diary of God, Day Six: So tired today. Spent the whole day working on one thing after another: animals. All...
August 21, 2023
circa 3400 BCE — The Sahara Desert assumes its modern form
It wasn’t always a desert. The Saharan plain was once open grassland with occasional forests. As late as the time...
August 1, 2023
circa 2600 BCE — Gilgamesh becomes King of Uruk
Gilgamesh is the title character of one of the oldest known literary works, the Epic of Gilgamesh, which dates from...
July 22, 2023
circa 2500 BCE — Gilgamesh ends his reign as King of Uruk
Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk for many years, but was not well-loved by his subjects, as he was an...
July 12, 2023
November 30, 2349 BCE — Noah begins building an ark
So one day, God, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, got pissed off at basically everyone. I mean everyone. Except...
July 7, 2023
December 18, 2348 BCE — Noah’s ark makes landfall
So God, in all his moodswingy glory, had decided to wipe out the entire human race. Except for this one...
July 2, 2023
April 16, 1174 BCE — Odysseus reclaims the throne of Ithaca
Tradition holds that this is the day that the Odyssey ended: that Ulysses returned to Ithaca, recruited his son and...
January 24, 2023
1117 BCE — Delilah cuts Samson’s hair
Samson is one of the great heroes of Judges era of the Israelites. A judge and priest, he was also...
January 19, 2023
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