TIME LINE OF HISTORICAL PERIODS IN THE HOLYLAND

PREHISTORY  
  NEOLITHIC 8300-4500 BC
 

CHALCOLITHIC 4500-3200 BC
BRONZE AGE  
 

EARLY BRONZE AGE 3200-2200 BC
 

MIDDLE BRONZE AGE 2200-1550 BC
 

LATE BRONZE AGE 1550-1200 BC
  The Exodus  
IRON AGE  
  IRON AGE I 1200-1000 BC
  United Monarchy Saul King succeeded by David
David conquers Jerusalem
1000
David rules 40 years
  IRON AGE II 1000-586 BC
  King Solomon rules 40 years 970-930 BC
  United Kingdom of Israel divides into
    Northern Kingdom (Israel)
    Southern Kingdom (Judah)
930 BC
  Conquest of Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyria
    Exile of 10 Tribes
    Five groups of foreigners brought in to settle the land
        they became the Samaritans
722 BC
  Conquest of Southern Kingdom of Judah by Babylon begins 597
  Temple destroyed by Babylonians
Exile of the two southern tribes (Judah and Benjamin)
9th of Ab 587 BC
587/586 BC
BABYLONIAN PERIOD 586-539 BC
  Babylonian exile of Judah for 70 years 586-539 BC
PERSIAN PERIOD 539-332 BC
  Edict of Cyrus allows Jews to return to Judah 538 BC
  Start rebuilding the Temple 537 BC
HELLENISTIC PERIOD 332-141 BC
 

Maccabees revolt against Greek Syrian rule 168 BC
HASMONEAN PERIOD 141-37 BC
  Judean independence 141-63 BC
  Romans make Judah a vassal state 37 BC
ROMAN PERIOD 37 BC-324 AD
  Judea becomes a Roman province 37 BC
  Romans appoint the Idumean Herod as King of Judea 37 BC
  Birth of Christ 3/2 BC
  Jesus begins His ministry 28 AD
  Jesus crucified & rose from the dead
    40 days later ascends to heaven
30 AD
  Jewish revolt against Rome begins 66 AD
  Romans destroy the Temple 9th of Ab 70 AD
BYZANTINE PERIOD 324-638 AD
  Christian rule of Jerusalem and Palestine  
ISLAMIC CONQUEST 638-1516 AD
  Capture of Christian Jerusalem by the Moslem Army
    of Khalid ibn Thabit
638 AD
  Caliphate of Medina rule 632-661 AD
  Umayyad Caliphate 661-750 AD
  Islamic shrine known as the Dome of Rock erected 685-705 AD
  Abbasid rule from Bagdad 750-878 AD
  Moslem rule from Egypt (Tulunids, Ikhshids &Fatimids) 878-1099 AD
CRUSADER PERIOD 1099-1291 AD
OTTOMAN (Moslem) PERIOD 1517-1917 AD
BRITISH MANDATE OVERPALESTINE 1917-1948 AD
ISRAEL & JORDAN (created to be 2 states by the United Nations) 1947
  Independence of Israel as the Second Middle East democracy 1948

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