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Jewish History Timeline
Timeline of the Jewish people.
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Religious Studies
12th Grade
10/04/2011

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2000-1700 BCE
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Avraham born in the city of Ur and brings his family to Canaan. Isaac stays in Canaan all his life. Jacob moves to Egypt during a famine with his entire family. The children of Israel are enslaved in Egypt.
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1280 BCE
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Exodus from Egypt. Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
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1250-1050 BCE
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Conquest of Canaan, distribution of the land among the 12 tribes. The children of Israel led by Joshua and by the Judges.
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1020-1004 BCE
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The prophet Samuel anoints King Saul, first king of Israel.
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1004-965 BCE
Definition
King David lives.
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965-928 BCE
Definition
King Solomon lives. First Temple is constructed.
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928 BCE
Definition
The kingdom is split into Judea in the south and Israel in the north.
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928-722 BCE
Definition
Prophecies of Elijah, Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah.
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722 BCE
Definition
Northern Israel and the Shomron conquered by Assyria; loss of ten tribes.
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586 BCE
Definition
Destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians; Jerusalem destroyed; Jews exiled to Babylonia.
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538 BCE
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King Cyrus of Persia allows the Jews to return to Israel and rebuild the Beit Mikdash.
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520-515 BCE
Definition
Second Beit Mikdash built.
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450 BCE
Definition
Ezra and Nechemia lead the Jews.
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444 BCE
Definition
Ezra holds public reading of the Torah.
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332 BCE
Definition
Hellenic (Greek) culture introduced to Israel after Alexander the Great conquers Persia in 399 BCE.
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323 BCE
Definition
Alexander the Great dies; Seleucid control over Israel.
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167-165 BCE
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Maccabees revolt against Antiochus Epiphanies and the Syrian Greeks.
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63 BCE
Definition
Rome invited to Jerusalem.
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70 CE
Definition
Second Temple is destroyed; Sanhedrin established in Yavneh.
Term
132-135 CE
Definition
Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome.
Term
135 CE
Definition
Betar falls, revolt ends, end of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel until 1948.
Term
200 CE
Definition
Mishnah redacted by R' Yehuda HaNasi.
Term
220 CE
Definition
Tosefta redacted by R' Chiya and R' Oshaya.
Term
350 CE
Definition
Halachic midrashim are redacted.
Term
400 CE
Definition
Talmud Yerushalmi redacted by Amoraim of Eretz Yisrael. Aggadic midrash collections redacted.
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500 CE
Definition
Talmud Bavli redacted by Amoraim of Bavel.
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500-700 CE
Definition
Era of the Savoraim.
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700-900 CE
Definition
Era of the Geonim.
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900-1550 CE
Definition
Era of the Rishonim.
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1550 CE-Present
Definition
Era of the Achronim.
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