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BC (BCE)
3150-2200
2200-1550
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63
37
19
4 (6?)
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66-73
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132-135
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200c
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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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