ADAM - 4004 to 3070 B.C. - 954 YRS. - BIBLE'S REPUTED FIRSTH MAN METHUSALAH - 3317 TO 2348 - 969 YRS. - REPUTED OLDEST MAN PHAROAHS, KING OF EGYPT - 3000 TO 322 B.C. - 2678 YRS. NOAH 2948 TO 1998 - 950 YRS., COUNTED BY MOONS - 73 YEARS. THE FLOOD - 2348 TOWER OF BABEL - 2247 B.C. ABRAHAM - 2061 B.C. - REPUTED FATHER OF JEWS. JACOB - 1901 B.C. - GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM AND FATHER OF THE 12 TRIBES. JOSEPH - 1733 - 1623 - SON OF JACOB SOLD INTO EGYPT. MOSES - 1571 TO 1451 B.C. - LEADER AND LAWGIVER OF ISRAELITES. JOSHUA - 1451 - LEADS ISRAELITE ARMY INTO CANAAN. SAMSON - 1138 B.C. - NOTED FOR HIS STRENGTH.  JUDGED ISRAEL 20 YEARS. SAUL - 1095 B.C. - FIRST KING OF ISRAEL.  REIGNED 40 YEARS. DAVID - 1055 B.C. - SECOND KIND OF ISRAEL. REIGNED 40 YEARS. SOLOMON - 1015 B.C. - THIRD KING OF ISREAL. REIGNED 40 YEARS. ZOROASTER - 1000 B.C. - A PHOENICIAN - WROTE OF DUALITY OF GOOD AND EVIL. HOMER - 1000 B.C. - THE GREAT GREEK POET. ELIJAH - 931 B.C. - A PROPHET OF THE 10 TRIBES OF ISRAEL WHO REBELLED. ELISHA - 900 B.C. - A PROPHET OF THE 10 TRIBES OF ISRAEL WHO REBELLED. JONAH - 867 B.C. - A PROPHET OF ISRAEL; HERO OF A FISH STORY. JEREMIAH - 631 B.C. - A PROPHET OF JUDAH (TWO TRIBES) DANEIL - 599 B.C. - A HEBREW PROPHET DISTINQUISHED IN BABYLON. CONFUCIUS - 551 TO 478 B.C. - GREAT MORAL TEACHER OF THE CHINESE. SOLON - 594 B.C. - THE GREAT GREEK LAWGIVER. PYTHAGORUS - 580 B.C. - A GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO TAUGHT THAT THE EARTH IS A SPHERE REVOLVING AROUND A BALL OF FIRE. DARIUS - 521 - 486 B.C. - PERSIAN KING WHO ESTABLISHED POST ROADS AND COINAGE. BUDDHA - 500 B.C. - OF INDIA - ESTABLISHED BUDDHISM. LEONIDAS - 480 B.C. - A SPARTAN GENERAL - DEFEATED PERSIANS AT THERMOPLAYAE. SOCRATES - 469 TO 399 B.C. - GREEK PHILOSOPHER WHO TAUGHT THAT THE PROPER STUDY FOR MANKIND IS MAN.  HE DECLARED A UNIVERSAL REULER AND THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. PLATO - 429 - 348 B.C. - A PUPIL OF SOCRATES. ARISTOTLE - 344 B.C. - A GREEK PHILOSOPHER, PUPIL OF PLATO. HERODOTUS - 402 B.C. - A GREEK SCHOLAR AND FAHTER OF HISTORY. HIPPOCRATES - 367 B.C. - A GREEK DOCTOR AND FATHER OF MEDICINE. ALEXANDER - 356 - 323 B.C. - GREAT GENERAL AND CONQUEROR. PTOLEMYS - 322 TO 30 B.C. - GREEK KINGS OF EGYPT. HANNIBAL - 248 TO 183 B.C. - GREEK GENERAL OF CARTHAGE OF NORTH AFRICA. JULIUS CAESAR - 100 TO 48 B.C. - GREAT ROMAN GENERAL AND STATESMAN. CLEOPATRA - 69 B.C. TO 30 B.C. - PTOLEMY QUEEN OF EGYPT. POMPEY - SON- IN LAW TO JULIUS CAESAR WHO CONQUERED PALASTINE. AUGUSTUS  CAESAR - 31 B.C. TO 14 A.D. - ESTABLISHED TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE GREATEST POLITICAL ACHEIVEMENT OF ANCIENT TIMES. THE CHRISTIAN ERA begins by the birth of Jesus, the Messiah or Christ, who was born 1 A.D. or from which all Christian nations date time.  On his life, character, and teachings the Christian Religion is founded.  He wrote no books but his acts, sayings and doctrines were written by his apostles after his death, known as the apostolic age (30 to 70 A.D.). FROM THE TOMLINSON FAMILY RECORD BY DR. S.W.HEATH