ABSTRACT
Before the Common Era (bce) [Some dates are estimates]
19th–17th centuries: Biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs
1792–1750: Hammurabi [Babylonian king]
1312: Exodus from Egypt
13th century: Israelite conquest of Canaan
1150–1025: Period of the Judges
1025–1007: King Saul
1010–970: King David
1001–931: King Solomon
1000 (or before): Pre-Monarchic period
960: Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem completed
931: Split between Northern Kingdom of Israel and Southern Kingdom of Judah
740–722: Kingdom of Israel falls to Assyrians
701: Assyrian ruler Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem
649–609: King Josiah of Judah
586: Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar and destruction of Temple
539: Cyrus, King of Persia allows Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild Temple
516: Second Temple consecrated
460: Reforms of Ezra
356–323: Alexander the Great
320–168: Judaism under Greek Ptolemies and Seleucids
250: Septuagint translation of Torah into Greek
200–135: Qumran community
167/66: Maccabean War
164: Dedication of the Temple
157–129: Hasmonean dynasty
129/28: John Hyrcanus establishes independent Jewish State
120–220: Parthians
63: Pompeii conquers Palestine
37–34: Herod the Great
62425 bce–50 ce Philo of Alexandria
4 bce–c. 33 ce (?): Jesus of Nazareth
