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 | ||
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United Monarchy
Saul King succeeded by David
David conquers Jerusalem |
1000 David rules 40 years |
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| IRON AGE II | 1000 – 586 BC | ||
| King Solomon rules 40 years | 970 -930 BC | ||
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United Kingdom of Israel divides into Northern Kingdom (Israel) Southern Kingdom (Judah) |
930 BC | ||
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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 | ||
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Temple destroyed by Babylonians Exile of the two southern tribes (Judah and Benjamin) |
9th of Ab 587 BC 587/586 BC |
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| BABYLONIAN PERIOD | 586 - 539 BC | ||
| Babylonian exile of Judah for 70 years | 586 – 539 BC | ||
| PERSIAN PERIOD | 539 - 332 | ||
| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 First Middle East democracy | 1948 | ||
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