circa 9600 BCE — The most recent Ice Age ends
The most recent Ice Age – or more precisely, the most recent glacial maximum of the current Ice Age –...
November 20, 2023
The Complete History
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
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 23, 4004 BCE: God separates the Earth and the Heavens
Diary of God, Day One: Called one bit the Earth and one bit the Heavens, but they kept mixing together...
August 26, 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 7, 2349 BCE — Noah boards the Ark and the Great Deluge begins
Noah had done as God commanded. He had built his ark, and taken upon it his wife and his sons...
July 5, 2023
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