Ancient Israel timeline
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Updated: 18 Oct 2017
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Abraham leaves his homeland and
travels to the promise land,
the land of cananJacob and his 12 sons settle in EgyptThe Israelites, led by Moses,
escape Egypt and set out for
the promise landSettlement in CanaanPeriod of judges who led Israel as a confederation of 12 tribesThe United kingdom
under the leadership of: King Saul 1020-1000
King David 1000-961; King Solomon 961-922The kingdom is divided
into two kindoms: Israel (North)
and Judah (south)Israel is defeated by Assyria and the people are deported Assyrian territoryAssyria unsuccessfully attacks Jerusalem, Judah's capitalKing Josiah begins religious reform in Judah, centralising worship in the templeArrysia falls to coalition of Medes and babyloniansBabylonia gains control of Jerusalem, Judah's CapitalFall of Judah to Babylonia; Jerusalem burned; temple destroyed; most of the population taken into capivity in BabyloniaExile in BabyloniaPersia conquers Babylonia; Judeans return home under persian ruleSecond temple built on site of Solomons templeNehemiah and Ezra begin religious reformwall of Jerusalem rebuiltEnd of ProphecyBeginning of Greek rule and introduction of Greek toughtAntiochus IV attemps to impose Hellenistic religion on Jews, Desecrate the templeMacabean Revolt; Temple cleansedJudea becomes somewhat independentBeginning of Roman ruleHerod the Great appointed by Rome as king of Judea, rebuilds and expands the second templeBirth of JesusHerod Antipas, son of Herod the great, rules Galilee
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