OLDEST TREE WHICH EXIST EVEN TODAY - Many trees which are so ancient,are being popular because of their rareness. Let's see top 10 ancient trees.
OLDEST TREE ON EARTH WHICH EXIST EVEN TODAY:
( the list is written in ascending order of the tree's age.)
10. BALLYCONNELL YEW
There are many Yew trees in our world. But the Ballyconnell is oldest yew tree.
It is long-lived tree. It is found in Ballyconnell, Annagh, Ireland. It grows 92 feet tall with trunk up to 13 feet in diameter. These trees are averagely tall tree. It is one of the oldest yew tree in the world.
It is 2,000 - 5,000 years old.
Its seed themselves are poisonous and bitter and by its seed any person can be dead. But even after that its seeds are eaten by some bird spices.
Appearance of Christianity, following the life of Jesus of Nazareth and Palestine.
Lions became extinct in western Europe.
Suddenly lions started disappearing in Europe due to excessive hunting (sport of lion hunting was very popular among Greeks and Romans).
9. JOMON SUGI
Jomon sugi is a cryptomeria tree.
It is 83 feet tall (25.3 m) and its trunk circumference is 54 feet (16.4 m). The tree was discovered in 1968, gave the protection to the forest and also gave rise to the island's tourist industry, which today comprises more than half of its economy.
Jomon Sugi is estimated to be between 2,170 and 7,200 years old.
Cryptomeria japonica (Jomon sugi) timber is extremely fragrant, weather and insect resistance, soft and with a low density.
The timber is used to make staves, tubs, casks, furniture and other indoor application and it is also easy to saw.
Japanese Red Cedar Sugi is the national tree of Japan.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
A slave rebellion led by the escaped gladiator Spartacus.
Spartacus was born in 111 BC and Spartacus died in 71 BC.
Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain. In the course of his Gallic wars, Caesar invaded Britain twice: in 55 and 54 BC.
The tree was still growing when Judea annexed to the Roman province of Syria after the death of king Herod.
8. S'OZZASTRU
S'ozzastru has been growing near the village of Santu Baltolu di Carana in Gallura in northern sardinia near lake Liscia.
S'ozzastru olive tree is estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,000 years old.
This olive tree has a circumference of around alomost 40 feet (12m), height of 26 feet (8m) and these qualities of this tree make it oldest tree of Italy and one of the oldest tree in Europe.
The olive tree is evergreen tree or shrub.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
when the ancient Egyptian were the first to domesticate ferrets, but as no mummified remains of a ferret have yet been found.
When the Rig Veda was composed. Rig Veda was composed about 3500 years ago.
According to puranic tradition, Ved Vyas compiled all the four Vedas along with the Mahabharata and the puranas.
Earliest traces of Olmec civilization.
Olmec civilization have been traditional placed by 1400 and 1200 BCE.
The Olmec were American Indians. The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico.
7. THE PRESIDENT SEQUOIA
The president sequoia is giant sequoia tree. It is located in Giant forest of sequoia national park in United state, east of Visalia, California.
It is approximately 247 feet (75m) high, and 27 feet (8.2m) in diameter at the base.
It is known oldest living sequoia tree, It is neither tallest sequoia tree in the world, nor widest. But, it is third largest tree in the world measured by volume of trunk. It has approximately 2 billion lives.
The president sequoia tree is estimated to be 3,200 years old.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
Monotheistic religion was developed in Egypt.
Under the rule of king Akhenaten, Egypt moved to a single sun god,Aten, thus forming Atenism.
The first evidence of Monotheism emerges from Egypt in the14th century BCE (1353-1336 BC) during the region of Akhenaten.
Greeks destroyed Troy.
Troy is a city that war besieged for 10 years and eventually conquered by a Greek army led by king Agamemnon.
Birth of legendary Hercules.
Hercules was born on 1276, October 31 in Thebes during the earliest region of king Creon, brother of Jocasta.
The earliest writing in ancient China.
The earliest writing in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoieseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 BC.
6. OLIVERA DO MOUCHAO
Olivera do Mouchao is a European olive tree. It is located in Mouriscas, Portugal.
Many tourists travel to see it.
There is a big hole like structure on its roots.
This tree has base perimeter of 36.7 feet (11.2 m), a perimeter at the breast height of 21.3 feet (6.5 m), and trunk height up to the first legs of 10.4 feet (3.2m).
This tree has base perimeter of 36.7 feet (11.2 m), a perimeter at the breast height of 21.3 feet (6.5 m), and trunk height up to the first legs of 10.4 feet (3.2m).
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
When Bhagavad Gita was written.
Bhagavad Gita was written down by Ved vyasa at some point between 400 BCE and 200 BCE.
The Gita was discourse given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna. Bhagavad Gita is 5,151 years old book.
Birth of Ramesses second of Egypt.
Ramesses second was born on 1303 BC and died in 1213 BC (aged approximately 90).
He is also known as Ramesses the Great.
5. GRAN ABUELO
Gran Abuelo is Patagonian cypress, and it is located in Alerce Costero National park in Chile.
It is oldest living tree in South America. The tree stands at more than 196 feet (60 m) tall with a diameter of 13 feet (4 m) and a perimeter of 36 feet (11 m). All the tree of this family can survive for a long time, and it can't be estimated that how many long years they can survive.
It is very long tree and this tree's timber was used to make weapons, tools etc.
Gran Abuelo is estimated to be around 3,645 years old.
Its age means that Gran Abuelo germinated around 1,500 BCE.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
The Egyptian hieroglyphic script contained 24 uniliterals (symbols that stood for single consonants, much like letters in English). 
Hammurabi the king of babylon [now in Iraq] developed oldest existence code of laws.
The code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the babylon king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 BC.
4. SARV-E ABARKUH
Sarv-e Abarkuh is the mediterranean Cyprus, it grows in Yazd Province, Abarkuh, Sarv street, Iran.
It has height of 82 feet (25 m) and circumference of 59 feet (18 m).
The cypress is widely cultivated as a ornamental tree foe millennia away from its native range.
Sarv-e Abarkuh is estimated to be around 4,000 years old.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
Horses were chained and used for transportation.
Horses were used for transportation because they are capable for lifting heavey weight with high speed compare than human. Horses were first domesticated around 3,500 BC. It is believed that the man first tamed horses in the steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan.
The last woolly Mammoth went extinct from Wrangle island.
Wrangle island is peculiarity. The vast majority of woolly Mammoth died out at the end of the last ice age, about 10,500 years ago.
When the glass was made first known.
The earliest known man made glass are date back to around 3,500 BC, with finds in Egypt and Eastern Mesopotamia.
3. ZONGULDAK YEW
Zonguldak Yew tree is Yew tree, and It is located in Zonguldak of Black sea region in Turkey. The tree is said to be 3,950 feet (1,204 m) above the sea level.
According to the researchers, Yew tree can live around 40 century, if it is not distributed by Humans.
Similar to other Yew tree its seeds are themselves poisonous.
Zonguldak Yew tree is estimated to be around 4,112 years old.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
When the Gilgamesh epic was written.
When the Gilgamesh epic was written.
The Gilgamesh epic was written by Sin-Leqi-Unninni that composed poems and anonymous. The Gilgamesh was written in c. 2,100-1,200 BCE, in the region of Mesopotamia, its language is Sumerian.
A century long drought which was the cause of collapse of old kingdom in Egypt.
The cause of the abrupt drought around 4,200 years BP is still unknown.
Destruction of the Biblical flood according to the Hebrew calendar.
2. METHUSELAH
Methuselah tree is a great Basin Bristlecone Pine. It is located in the White Mountains of Inyo country in the eastern California, USA. This tree is named on long lived man from Hebrew Bible who live 969 years. It was found in 1953 and its exact location has not been publicly disclosed.
Methuselah is located between 9,500 and 9,800 feet (2,900 and 3,000 meter) above the sea level in the "Methuselah Grove" in the ancient Bristlecone Pine forest within the Inyo National forest.
Methuselah tree is estimated to be around 4,848 years old.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
During the time ancient Indus valley civilization.
Hinduism started somewhere between 2300 BC and 1500 BC.
Stonehenge was erected in Britain.
Stonehenge was built in 3000 BC, it was built in several stages.
The reason of making Stonehenge has not been discovered, but some scholar believe that it was the of alien landing site or a religious activities.
When the all three Giza's pyramids were not built.
All the three famed pyramids in Giza were built around 2,550 and 2,490 B.C.
According to Egyptologists, pyramids were built as a tomb for the fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh khufu.
1. GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Bristlecone pine are very extremely rare species of tree, and the great basin bristlecone pine is found in White mountain of California, USA.
The tree was found in 2012, and the identity of the specimen is kept secret. At higher elevations, they can be found in pure stand. It is very adaptive tree. Bristlecone pines grow to 60 feet (18 m) tall and 5 feet (1.5 m) in diameter.
The great basin bristlecone pine is long lived tree exist on Earth.
AT THE TIME THE TREE BEGAN TO GROW:
Architecture and arts in ancient Egypt.
The art was started between 31st century BC and the 4th century AD, it includes painting, drawings, jewelry, sculpture and etc.
The beginning of Agriculture.
The Agriculture was developed first at least 10,000 years ago. The Zagros mountain range, which lies at the border between Iran and Iraq, used to be the home to some of the world's earliest farmers.Maybe, Our hunter around 12,000 tried to farming by their hands, they would't started farming with any help of any animal.
The earliest recorded Egyptian calendar.
The ancient Egyptian calendar is 5,000 years old. According to the Egyptologist J. H. Breasted, the earliest date which is known n Egyptian calendar corresponds to 4236 B. C. E. in terms of the Gregorian calendar.
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