| EVENT |
DATE |
| Creation of the World |
4004 BCE (from Bishop Ussher) [Note 1] |
| Creation of the World |
3761 BCE (from Jewish sources) [Note 1] |
| The Great Flood |
2349 BCE [Note 2] |
| Tower of Babel |
2247 BCE [Note 3] |
| Abraham enters Canaan |
1920 BCE (2090) |
| Death of Joseph in Egypt |
1689 BCE (1804) |
| Exodus from Egypt |
1491 BCE (1445, 1280) |
| 10 commandments received |
1491 BCE (1445) |
| Arrival at Canaan |
1451 BCE (1405) |
| Death of Joshua |
1427 BCE |
| Theocracy ends. Israel becomes a monarchy. |
1095 BCE (1020). Saul is the first king |
| Jerusalem chosen as capital |
1000 BCE |
| Kingdom divides into Israel and Judah |
931 BCE [Note 4] |
| Assyrians invade northern kingdom |
722 BCE Inhabitants scattered |
| Babylonians invade southern. kingdom |
605 BCE |
| Temple destroyed. Main Babylonian exile begins |
586 BCE. Most Jews flee to Egypt |
| A few Jews return to Jerusalem |
538 to 515 BCE |
| Medes invade Middle East |
536 BCE |
| Second temple built |
516 BCE |
| Main Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible |
About 250 BCE. Called the Septuagint |
| Greeks invade; Persians defeated |
332 BCE |
| Judea conquered and annexed to Syria |
198 BCE |
| Revolt by the Maccabees |
165 BCE; Jerusalem liberated |
| Jews experience partial independence |
142 to 63 BCE |
| Romans invade |
63 BCE; Jerusalem occupied |
| Destruction of much of Jerusalem and the second temple.
Jews and Jewish Christians are scattered. |
70 CE |
| A three-year revolt against the Roman Empire failed. Surviving
Jews were exiled from Palestine and scattered throughout the known world in the "Diaspora." |
135 CE |
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