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[[James Ussher]] (4 January 1581–21 March 1656) must surely rank with [[Herodotus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Plutarch]], [[Suetonius]], [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], and [[Pliny the Elder]] and [[Pliny the Younger|Younger]] as an historian. ''[[The Annals of the World]],'' his magnum opus, is the result of a lifetime of travel, study, and research.

[[James Ussher]] (4 January 1581–21 March 1656) must surely rank with [[Herodotus]], [[Thucydides]], [[Plutarch]], [[Suetonius]], [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], and [[Pliny the Elder]] and [[Pliny the Younger|Younger]] as an historian. ''[[The Annals of the World]],'' his magnum opus, is the result of a lifetime of travel, study, and research.

Ussher attempted to join the Bible to all other works of recorded history, and to present a unified treatment of the natural and political history of the world from Creation to [[70 AD]], the date of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by the future [[Rome|Roman]] Emperor Titus. To do this, he relied heavily on ancient historical sources, and even traveled to the Mediterranean region to examine as many primary sources as he could. No one since (perhaps) [[Flavius Josephus]] had attempted to join Biblical and extra-Biblical history as Ussher did.

Ussher attempted to join the Bible to all other works of recorded history, and to present a unified treatment of the natural and political history of the world from Creation to [[70 AD]], the date of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by the future [[Rome|Roman]] Emperor [[Titus]]. To do this, he relied heavily on ancient historical sources, and even traveled to the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] region to examine as many primary sources as he could. No one since (perhaps) [[Flavius Josephus]] had attempted to join Biblical and extra-Biblical history as Ussher did.

===The Chronology===

===The Chronology===