HISTORICAL TIME LINE

BC (BCE)

3150-2200

2200-1550

2000 c

1550-1200

1200-1000

1125

1100

1050

1020

1004

1004

1000-539

998

965

928

877

871

722

701

627

605

597

586

539

538

535

520

516

486-480

458

458

450-400

445

 444

336

332

167 

164

63

37

19

4 (6?)

AD (CE)

30

66-73

70

73

80-120

132-135

135

200c

312

325

570

614

629?

636

638

661

691

701

750-877

878

904

934

969

1010

1070-80

1099

1187

1215

1219

1242

1244

1250-1516

1291

1299-1303

1480

1492

1496-97

1516

1531

1541

 1648-49

1799

1831

1838

1840

1854

1864

1867

1871-82

1881-84

 1882

1894

1897

1904

1909

1917

1919-23

1920

1920

1922

1923

1923

1924

1925

1929

1933

1933-39

1937

1938

1938

1939

1940

 1947

1948

1948

1953

1956

1957

1967

1973

1979

1982

1987

1989

1991

1991

1993

1998

2000

2000

2000

2001 9/11

2002

2002

2003

2004

2005

2005

2006

2007
Early Bronze Age Civilizations in Egypt & Mesopotamia

Middle Bronze Age

Abram called

Late Bronze Age Israel conquers Canaan

Iron Age I

Victory of Deborah and Barak

Gideon defeats Midian

Fall of Shilo

Saul becomes king

Saul killed on Mt. Gilboa

David becomes king in Hebron

Iron Age II

David conquers Jerusalem

Solomon’s Temple begun

Israel and Judah divided

King Omri establishes Samaria

King Ahab marries Jezebel

Fall of Samaria

Jerusalem delivered from Assyrians

Jeremiah begins his work

First deportation to Babylon

Second deportation

Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem

The Persian king Cyrus conquers Babylon

Jews return from Babylon

Work on Temple begun and halted

Work renewed by Haggai and Zechariah

Second Temple finished

Events of the Book of Esther

1st Decree of Artaxerxes

Ezra’s arrival in Jerusalem

Approximate dates of Malachi

2nd Decree of Artaxerxes

Walls of Jerusalem completed by Nehemiah

Alexander the Great invades Asia

Legendary visit of Alexander to Jerusalem

Antiochus (Epiphanes) defiles Temple

Temple rededicated by Maccabees

Roman Emperor Pompey enters Jerusalem

Herod conquers Jerusalem with Roman backing

Herod begins Temple enlargement

Birth of Jesus (Yeshua)



Jesus crucified

Jewish revolt against Rome

Jerusalem destroyed

Fall of Masada

Sages of the Mishnah

Second Jewish revolt

Jerusalem becomes a Roman city

Mishnah completed

Emperor Constantine accepts Christianity

Council of Nicea

Muhammed is born

Persians conquer Jerusalem bringing much destruction

Byzantine rule is restored

Muslims enter Israel

Jerusalem falls to Muslims

Omayyad rule from Damascus

Dome of the Rock built

Al-Aqsa Mosque completed

Abbasid rule from Baghdad

Tulun, Governor of Egypt conquers Palestine

Jerusalem returns to Abbasid rule

Egyptian Ikhshidi princes conquer Palestine

Fatamid Caliphs conquer Palestine

Caliph al-Hakim destroys many synagogues and churches in Jerusalem

The Seljuks Turks pillage and rule

Crusaders conquer Jerusalem

Saladin captures Jerusalem

Fourth Lateran Council

Jerusalem’s walls raised

Burning of Talmud in Paris

Khawarezmian Turks pillage Holy Land

Mamluk rule in Holy Land

End of Latin (Crusader) Kingdom

Mongol invasion

Inquisition established in Spain

Jews expelled from Spain

Jews expelled from Portugal

Ottoman rule begins in Palestine

Inquisition established in Portugal

Golden Gate is sealed to prevent entry of Messiah

Chmielnicki massacres

Napoleon proclaims the restoration of Holy Land to the Jews

Mohammed Ali of Egypt gains control of Holy Land

Edward Robinson begins archaeological work in Jerusalem

English writers and statesmen begin to consider Jewish restoration

Crimea War begins over disputes regarding Jerusalem

Sir Charles Wilson begins archaeological work

Captain Charles Warren begins excavations

First agricultural settlements

Pogroms sweep Russia

First Aliya begins

Dreyfus trial in Paris

First Zionist Congress

Second Aliya begins

Tel Aviv founded

Jerusalem surrenders to Allenby

Third Aliya

British pre Mandate begins

Massive anti-Jewish riots in land

Mandate confirmed by League of Nations

Palestine Mandate begins operation

British give away 75% of the Mandate

Fourth Aliya

Hebrew University opened

Arabs riots in Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed

Hitler becomes chancellor

Fifth Aliya

Peel Commission proposes partition of land

Kristallnacht

Wingate organizes special Jewish units to fight Arabs

Outbreak of World War II

Nazi Germany introduces gassing of Jews - six million ultimately perish

UN General Assembly decides to partition Palestine

Proclamation of independence and War of Independence

Transjordan occupies Judea and Samaria

Beginning of Arab Fedayeen attacks

Sinai Campaign

Israel evacuates Sinai

Six Day War with Jews capturing Jerusalem

Yom Kippur War

Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

Lebanon War

First Arab uprising begins (Intifada)

Massive aliya from former USSR begins

Gulf War and missile attacks on Israel

Madrid Peace Conference

Oslo Accords introduced

Israel’s 50th anniversary (Jubilee)

Israel withdraws from Lebanon (security zone)

Camp David peace summit

Second Arab uprising (Intifada) begins

Muslim attacks on the US mainland

US openly favors a Palestinian State

Road Map peace plan introduced

US War against Iraq begins

Yasser Arafat dies

Syrian withdrawal from 29 year occupation of Lebanon

Israeli withdrawal from all Gaza settlements

Second Lebanon war/ Gaza War

Annapolis Peace Conference

   
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