Updated Timeline MidEast 207 Section 5
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Updated: 24 Oct 2022
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start of the iron age and collapse of major powersdeclaration of cyrus- religious freedom decreeRule changes from Ptolemaic to Seleuciddiaspora returns from exile, second temple is built under cyrusarrival of Alexander the Great and the Greeks, beginning of the Hellenistic periodAlexander the Great come from Greece and takes rule over Middle East territory after 10 years of conquestalexander the great took over egypt and grecoroman period beganMesha Stele167 BCE: Maccabean RevoltMerneptah inscription (early mention of israel)Romans take over GreeksThe First Temple in Jerusalem was built by King Solomon after David conquered Jerusalem and made it his capitalAntioch in JerusalemDestruction Of First TempleNebuchadnezzar arrives in Judah -> 18 month siege to capture and destroy jerusalemPompey the Great arrives with the Romans, allows Samaritans to practice religion freely, Jews tooRomans destory Second TempleBiblical Israel "attacks"Alexander Jannaeous becomes king of Maccabean stateDestruction of Shomron (capital of Kingdom of the NorthDivision of Israel and JudahHerod becomes vassal King of the Jews, he builds the Temple MountHerod diesBeginning of David's kingdomBattle of Meggido (Armageddon)The Roman province of Judaea was created160 BCE: Judah dies in BattleBattle of QarqarTel Qasileh founded by the PhilistinesPhilistine cultural distinctiveness begins to declinePhilistines arrive and introduce ironNewcomers defeat philistines + beginning of rise of monarchiesDeclaration of CyrusSecond Temple OpensDeath of Israelite King AhabSeleucids take power from PtolomyBlack ObelisckMacabbean RevoltJewish population increases to 1 million, two generations after Alexander Jannaeus's military expeditionsAssyria captured SamariaThe Peace of ApameaJudah besieged by the Northern Kingdom of IsraelBeginning of our classPeriods
First Temple PeriodNeolithic/Stone AgeBronze AgeHellenistic PeriodTale of Sinuhe Written in EgyptMaccabean rulecopper periodIron AgeFirst appearance of Philistines in eastern MediterraneanAlexander JannaeusPersian PeriodThe Great Revolt: The Jews revolted against the Romans and the Romans destroyed the second temple in retaliationKing Hezekiah's ruleAlexander's Wife Assumes PwerJosiah's Rule of Judah: Reinvention of Judah, "Monotheistic Reform"Roman Period
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