Tower of Babel

2247 BCPost-Flood Era

Languages divided; the nations scatter.

The facts

Dates	2247 BC
Scripture	Gen. 11:1-9
Era	Post-Flood Era
Source	Chart + scripture

Where this sits on the chart

Tower of Babel falls 1757 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Post-Flood Era arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.

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Who else was alive

The rise of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia2334 BC Salah2311 BC – 1878 BC Eber2281 BC – 1817 BC Peleg2247 BC – 2008 BC Reu2217 BC – 1978 BC Serug2185 BC – 1955 BC Nahor2155 BC – 2007 BC The fall of the Akkadian Empire2154 BC

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