Cosmogonic Myths and Theoretical Science
| DATES | WORK OR EVENT |
|---|---|
| 6500 BCE | Rg Veda (India) verses indicate winter solstice in sign of Aries |
| 4000 BCE | Date of creation of the world based on Old Testament genealogies |
| 3928 BCE | Earliest eclipse mentioned in the Rg Veda (India) |
| 3102 BCE | Traditional beginning of present creation Kali Yuga (India) |
| 2500 BCE | Gilgamesh (Sumer) |
| 2300 BCE | Pyramid Texts (Egypt) |
| 2100 BCE | Enuma Elish (Ur) |
| 1850 BCE | Rhind and Moscow Mathematical Papyri (Egypt) |
| 1800 BCE | Book of the Dead (Egypt) |
| 1700 BCE | Hammurabi (Babylon)) |
| 1500 BCE | Ras Shamrah (Canaan) |
| 1250 BCE | Moses leads Israel out of Egypt |
| 1100 BCE | Shabaka Stone (Egypt) |
| 950 BCE | Texts "J;P;E;" (Hebrew) |
| 800 BCE | Hesiod, Orphic (Greek) |
| 628 BCE | Zoroaster or Zarathustra (Persia) |
| 563 BCE | Buddha (India) |
| 551 BCE | Confucius (China) |
| 500 BCE | Fusion "JE" text (Hebrew) |
| 500 BCE | Maya, Toltecs |
| 300 BCE | Alexander, Euclid, Plato |
| 214 BCE | Great Wall of China |
| 100BCE | Kojiki; Nihongi (Japan) |
| 5 CE | Jesus |
| 300 CE | Zend Avesta (Persia) |
| 900 CE | Eddas (Norse) |
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