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1841.

No.

Reign.

B. C.

Chronology of the Chinese.

3. THE HEA DYNASTY.

Year of Cycle.

Cotemporary Events.

127

1. 8 2205 7: 13 Division of the earth, 2200; Gen. xi. 18.

F

2

92197 7:21

3. 29 2188 7:30

4. 13

2159 7: 59

5. 28

2146 [8 : 12

1

6. 61

21188: 40 The kingdom of Sicyon established,

2089, and the first pyramid built

7. 17 20579:41

8. 26 2040 | 8:58

9. 18 2014 10:24

10. 16

1996 10:42 Abraham born 1992.

11. 59 1980 10:58

12. 21

1921 11:57 Abraham goes into Egypt, 1916.

13. 21 1900 12:18

14. 31 1879 12:39

15. 11

1848 13:10 Kingdom of Argos founded 1856.

16. 19 1837 13:21 Memnon, the Egyptian invents letters,

17. 52 1818 13:40

1822.

per-

Dating the commencement of the building of Babel from about the year 2230, and presuming that the dispersion, which soon followed, drove mankind eastward to the Yellow river, it is possible, and haps probable, that Yu was the founder of the Chinese empire. The allusion to his draining off the waters of a deluge seems to support this supposition. All the records extant, regarding this dynasty, are of very doubtful authenticity.