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Old World Europe: Region History
Below is the history of the Old World Europe region.PRE-FLOOD EARTH
4004 BC - 2348 BC
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c. 4004 BC
Time begins.
The earth is created by God. Before this point, there was nothing. In six days, God creates everything in the universe -- every star, every planet, everything of nature that exists on the earth. Among this creation on Earth, are the first two humans, a man and a woman named Adam and Eve. They are created fully grown, fully intelligent, and live for a while, naked, in a lush beautiful place known as the Garden of Eden.
At this time, the entire Earth is covered with a water/ice canopy that preserves it in a consistent, warm, greenhouse-like climate. Differences in temperature are minimal, with no more than mild global air movements. Storms do not exist. Rain does not occur. Instead, the surface of the planet is watered by a fog, a mist that rises up and moistens the ground. Life is abundant all over the earth. Animals, birds, fish, plants and trees can be found everywhere. Rain forests are plentiful. Rivers are crystal clear. Land is hilly or flat. There are no mountains, no deserts, no polar ice caps, glaciers do not exist. Earth is, quite literally, a perfectly engineered paradise.
All animals are created to eat plants and the fruit that grow on them. They do not hunt or kill each other for food. There are no meat-eaters (this includes the dinosaurs). Adam and Eve are also commanded, by God, not to eat meat.
Beyond Earth, there are countless stars and planets, all equally beautiful and unique, but none of them are created to support sentient life. Earth is 100% unique -- the home of humanity, the crown of God's creation.
An unknown date after Creation
Sin and death enter the world. As a consequence of their disobedience to God, Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden. They are ashamed of their nakedness, and clothe themselves. Not long after they are expelled from the Garden, they have a son, whom they name Cain. He is the first human born on Earth. Over time, many more sons and daughters are born to Adam over the years, thereby establishing Adam and Eve as the genetic source of all humanity.
At some point, when Cain is older, he kills his younger brother Abel, lies to God, ignors God's rebuke, and leaves home to build a far-off city. From him and his wife are descended generations of Godless men and women who spread out and populate the Earth. They begin to eat meat, in defiance of God's command not to do so. They kill each other, they practice polygamy... they live evil, selfish and utterly corrupt lives.
Many humans during this period live over 900 years. The water canopy above the planet shields them from the harmful effects of ultra-violet rays, cosmic rays, and other harmful radiation.
The inhabitants of Earth at this time create and play musical instruments. The develop poetry. They tend cattle and livestock, they dig mines in search of mineral resources, and they make and use tools of brass and iron. They live in cities and they farm the land. They are advanced, intelligent, creative, self-aware individuals.
3874 BC
Eve gives birth to a son, whom she and Adam name Seth.
3382 BC
A man named Jared, of the line of Seth, fathers a son named Enoch.
3317 BC
Enoch has a son whom he names Methuselah.
3074 BC
Adam, the first human created on Earth, dies at the age of 930.
3017 BC
Enoch, a God-fearing man, is taken to heaven -- without death. He is 365 years old.
2948 BC
Lamech, son of Methuselah, has a son. He names him Noah.
2349 BC
- Methuselah dies at the age of 969. He is known to history as the oldest-living human.
2348 BC
In response to the sheer wickedness of mankind, God engineers a cataclysmic global flood that engulfs the entire Earth. The water/ice canopy above the planet collapses into a massive global deluge of rain, and water below the earth's surface rises up, flooding everything. There is no dry ground left uncovered. Massive earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters accompany this violent apocalypse. Mountains rise, and valleys sink. The surface of the Earth is completely changed, resulting in the modern continents and islands that we know today.
Noah, his wife, his three sons (Shem, Ham, Japheth), and their wives, survive this global flood aboard a large wooden ark. Accompanying them are two of every kind of animal (one male, and one female). Every other human, animal and plant on Earth is destroyed. The world before the Flood is completely wiped out. An estimated 10 trillion people perish. When the water recedes, hundreds of feet of sediment cover the Earth. The lush pre-flood plant life (now trapped under rock and sediment) becomes the earth's massive coal and oil resources.
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*(The estimate of 10 trillion people on Earth before the global flood is the result of a conservative mathematical extrapolation using Biblical lineage data, the average lifespan of 900 years, and the much higher number of children per couple. In addition, a global flood would not have been necessary if humanity did not fill the entire surface of the Earth at that time.)After 40 days of rain, and 150 total days afloat, the large wooden vessel comes to rest on the newly-exposed land of a brand new mountain in the Middle East, known to history as Mount Ararat.
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ANCIENT HISTORY
2347 BC
The new world begins.
After 370 days on the ark, Noah, his family, and all of the animals on the ark, exit onto dry ground, and set foot upon Mount Ararat in the Middle East. From these survivors descend all current humans and animals on the earth. At this time, God engineers it so that all animals now fear humans. In addition, God grants permission for humans to eat any animal that does not still have blood in it. Before the Flood, humans and animals live in harmony with each other. After the flood, they fear and eat each other.
When the flood waters recede, areas of the planet begin to cool. Large ice sheets form over vast areas of the planet (except near the equator). This rapid global "ice age" persists for roughly 700 years.
2247 BC
At this time, all humans on earth speak the same language. Noah and his family had been commanded by God to "be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth." Yet, as the post-flood population grows, most people remain in the Middle East. They decide to build a city with a tall tower (Bablyon in Mesopotamia) to proclaim their greatness. God, however, intervenes, removes their common language, and establishes multiple new languages so that they can no longer understand each other. All humans on Earth, are, therefore, forced to spread out across the planet, settling in various places that share the same language. These common language groups become the founding inhabitants of the ancient civilizations we know today.
c. 1850 BC
The post-Flood global "ice age" reaches its peak.
c. 1650 BC
The post-Flood global "ice age" comes to an end.
1490 BC
Joshua asks God to make the sun and moon stop moving, so that the light of the day could last long enough for the Israelites to complete their battle against the Amorites. God answers Joshua's prayer. The Earth and moon stop rotating for about a day, and the Amorites are crushed by the armies of Israel.
1184 BC
The city of Troy is destroyed by the Greeks.
5 BC
Jesus Christ is born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, Israel (the Middle East). He is both God and man. As a human being, Jesus is the second man in Earth's history to be born outside of natural conception (Adam being the first, having been created fully grown). He is born to a virgin woman named Mary, conceived by God, and having no human father.
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Jesus Christ begins his ministry in Galilee, Israel (the Middle East).
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Jesus Christ is crucified on a cross just outside of the gates to the city of Jerusalem in Israel (the Middle East). He is buried, and, three days later, rises from the dead. After 40 more days appearing to his disciples and followers, he ascends into heaven.
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1754
The French and Indian War (between France and England) begins in North America.
1760
Oct. 25 -- British King George II dies suddenly, the result of an incipient aortic aneurysm. He is 77 years old. He is succeeded by his 22-year-old grandson George William Frederick (George III).
1763
Feb. 10 -- The Treaty of Paris is signed in Europe, ending the French and Indian War.
1775
The American Revolution begins in North America as British colonies declare their independence from England. A bloody war begins along the eastern coast of North America.
1783
Sept. 3 -- The Second Treaty of Paris is signed in Europe, ending the American Revolutionary War.
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1812
June 8 -- The War of 1812 breaks out between England and the United States. This is the first time the United States declares war on another nation.
1814
Dec. 24 -- The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812.
1820
Jan. 29 -- British King George III dies, the result of rapidly failing health. He is 81 years old. He is succeeded by his 57-year-old Prince Regent son George Augustus Frederick (George IV).
1830
June 26 -- British King George IV dies, the result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding resulting from the rupture of a blood vessel in his stomach. He is 67 years old. He is succeeded by his 64-year-old younger brother William Henry (William IV).
1837
June 2 -- British King William IV dies, the result of failing health. He is 71 years old. Since he has no living legitimate issue, he is succeeded by his 18-year-old niece Alexandrina Victoria (Queen Victoria).
June 10 -- British Princess Alexandrina Victoria is crowned as Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1846
Jan. 23 -- In France, Louis Phillipe I abdicates the throne of France in favor of his nine-year-old grandson, Philippe.
Jan. 25 -- Due to strong public opinion, the National Assembly of France rejects young Philippe as king. Instead, they declare the establishment of the Second French Republic. The provisional government instates Dupont de l'Eure as its president.
Feb. 1 -- France declares war on the United Kingdom as a result of political issues in Europe.
1848
Dec. 11 -- In France, Louis Napoleon wins the Presidential election.
1851
Dec. 3 -- In France, the Coup d'Etat of Louis Napolean occurs.
1852
Dec. -- In France, Louis Napoleon is elected Emperor. He assumes the French throne as Napoleon III.
1855
Feb. 18 -- In France, an assassination attempt wounds Napoleon III.
1873
French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, briefly considers the idea of gifting a colossal neoclassical bronze statue of a robed female figure representing Libertas, a Roman goddess, bearing a lighted torch and tablet, and representing Freedom to the United States. However, the United States' disastrous loss in the American Civil War, and the continuation of slavery in Dixie kills the idea rather quickly. No such statue is ever gifted to the United States.
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*(In real life, this was the beginning of the famous Statue of Liberty. In our story, however, Lady Liberty is never built in New York harbor. Instead, Liberty Island is the location of the granite-walled historic Fort Wood, a partial military/historical preservation site.)
1877
Nov. 24 -- France declares war on the United Kingdom. Within months, French troops are invading and capturing land in British Canada. British Canada will, from this point forward, be a highly contested region by both France and the United Kingdom.
1884
June 2 -- French Emperor Napoleon III dies, the result of failing health. He is 76 years old. He is succeeded by his 28-year-old son Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph (Napoleon IV).
1896
April -- In Athens, Greece, half way around the world, the first Modern Olympics are held. Over the years that follow, this will become a high-profile global sports competition.
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1901
Jan. 22 -- British Queen Victoria dies, the result of failing health. She is 81 years old. She is succeeded by her 49-year-old son Albert Edward (Edward VII).
1910
May 6 -- British King Edward VII dies, the result of failing health. He is 68 years old. He is succeeded by his 44-year-old son George Frederick Ernest Albert (George V).
1925
Aug. 7 -- French Emperor Napoleon IV dies, the result of failing health. He is 69 years old. He is succeeded by his 40-year-old son Napoleon Charles Joseph Eugene (Napoleon V).
1936
Jan. 20 -- British King George V dies, the result of failing health. He is 70 years old. He is succeeded by his 41-year-old son Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (Edward VIII).
Dec. 11 -- British King Edward VIII abdicates his throne to marry a soon-to-be divorced woman that he loves. He is 42 years old. He is succeeded by his 40-year-old younger brother Albert Frederick Arthur George (George VI).
1952
Feb. 6 -- British King George VI dies, the result of a coronary thrombosis in his sleep. He is 56 years old. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old daughter Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (Elizabeth II).
1967
Aug. 7 -- French Emperor Napoleon V dies, the result of failing health. He is 82 years old. He is succeeded by his 60-year-old son Napoleon Joseph Charles Eugene Louis (Napoleon VI).
1986
Aug. 7 -- French Emperor Napoleon VI dies, the result of failing health. He is 79 years old. He is succeeded by his 46-year-old son Napoleon Charles Eugene (Napoleon VII).
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2015
July 18 -- French Emperor Napoleon VII dies, the result of a successful Spanish assassination. He is 75 years old. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old son Napoleon Henri Eugene (Napoleon VIII).
July 23 -- One of the first acts of Napoleon VIII as Emperor of France, is to order that a nuclear bomb be dropped on Bilbao, Spain. He does this in retribution for the assassination of his father. This action sparks the Franco-Spanish War that rages across Europe for the next four years, and claims hundreds of thousands of lives.
2019
Sept. 2 -- French Emperor Napoleon VIII dies, murdered by his own subjects. He is 24 years old. His death marks the end of the Bonaparte Dynasty in France, the collapse of the Second French Empire, and the end of the Franco-Spanish War. In it's place rises the French Third Republic -- a Democracy determined to rid itself of all ties to the French throne.
