jan 1, 138 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes converted the Jewish temple into a shrine for the Greek god, Zeus. He also put his own candidate to Jewish high priesthood. All of this led to the creation of the Maccabean Revolt.

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More of the Jewish population continued to dislike Greek rule, which created a group of rebels called the Maccabees.

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