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• Middle Bronze Agec. 2000 — 1550 BCE
• Late Bronze Agec. 1550 — 1200 BCE
• Iron Age Ic. 1200 — 1000 BCE
• Iron Age IIc. 1000 — 586 BCE
• Classical Antiquity586 BCE — 324 CE
• Medieval Period324 — 1500 CE
• Modern Era1500 — Present
• The Patriarchal Era & Descent into Egyptc. 2000 — 1500 BCE
• Bondage, Exodus & The Wildernessc. 1500 — 1200 BCE
• Conquest & The Period of Judgesc. 1200 — 1000 BCE
• The United Monarchyc. 1000 — 930 BCE
• The Schism & The Northern Kingdom930 — 722 BCE
• The Lost Tribes722 — 586 BCE
• The Surviving Kingdom of Judah722 — 586 BCE
• Babylonian Exile & Persian Return586 — 332 BCE
• Hellenistic Rule & Hasmonean Dynasty332 — 63 BCE
• Roman Rule & The Great Revolts63 BCE — 135 CE
• The Long Diaspora & Rabbinic Judaism135 — 1880 CE
• The Modern Era & The State of Israel1880 — Present
• Abraham Leaves Urc. 1900 BCE
• Descent into Egyptc. 1700 BCE
• The Exodus & Red Seac. 1300 BCE
• Mount Sinai & The Torahc. 1290 BCE
• Merneptah Stele1208 BCE
• Battle of Jerichoc. 1180 BCE
• David & Goliathc. 1010 BCE
• First Temple Builtc. 964–957 BCE
• Schism of the Kingdomsc. 930 BCE
• Fall of Samaria724–722 BCE
• The Lemba & The Cohen GeneModern
• Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem701 BCE
• Destruction of the First Temple589–586 BCE
• Cyrus’s Decree538 BCE
• Second Temple Dedicated516 BCE
• The Maccabean Revolt167–160 BCE
• Destruction of the Second Temple70 CE
• Bar Kokhba Revolt132–135 CE
• The Rise of Christianityc. 30–325 CE
• The Mishnahc. 200 CE
• The Edict of Milan313 CE
• The Council of Nicaea325 CE
• The Geonim of Babylon589–1038 CE
• Revolt Against Heraclius614–628 CE
• Arab Conquest of Jerusalem637 CE
• Sunni-Shia Split656–661 CE
• Dome of the Rock689–691 CE
• Golden Age of Spainc. 900–1148 CE
• The Great Schism1054 CE
• Crusades & Ashkenaz1096–1291 CE
• Crusader Conquest of Jerusalem1099 CE
• Saladin’s Conquest and Invitation1187 CE
• Appearance of the Zoharc. 1280 CE
• Fall of Constantinople1453 CE
• Spanish Expulsion1492 CE
• Ottoman Jerusalem and the Walls1517–1541 CE
• Protestant Reformation1517–1648 CE
• The Holocaust1939–1945 CE
• Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls1947–1956 CE
• Vatican II and Nostra Aetate1962–1965 CE
• Independence of Israel14 May 1948
• The Binding of Isaacc. 1850 BCE
• Jacob Renamed Israelc. 1750 BCE
• Enslavement Beginsc. 1450–1300 BCE
• Deborah & Barakc. 1125 BCE
• Tel Dan Stele9th c. BCE
• Hezekiah’s Tunnelc. 700 BCE
• Josiah’s Reforms622 BCE
• Esther in Susac. 475 BCE
• Ezra & Nehemiah458–432 BCE
• The Septuagint3rd–2nd c. BCE
• Herod Expands the Temple20 BCE–63 CE
• Fall of Masada73 CE
• The Babylonian Talmud Completedc. 200–500 CE
• Maimonides1138–1204 CE
• First Aliyah1881–1903 CE
• First Zionist Congress1897
• Ingathering of Exiles1948–1990s CE
• Cain and Abelprimordial
• Noah and the Floodprimordial
• The Tower of Babelprimordial
• Sumer: The First Civilizationc. 3000 BCE
• Code of Hammurabi1754 BCE
• The Mari Archives18th c. BCE
• Gideon and the 300c. 1170 BCE
• Ehud and Eglonc. 1300 BCE
• Samson and Delilahc. 1100 BCE
• Jephthah's Vowc. 1100 BCE
• Daniel in Babylonc. 560 BCE
• Ezekiel by the Kebar Canal593 BCE
• The Elephantine Papyri5th c. BCE
• Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls445 BCE
• Origen of Caesarea and the Hexaplac. 240 CE
• The Dura-Europos Synagogue244 CE
• Constantine's Conversion312 CE
• The Arian Controversy318-381 CE
• The Conversos and Crypto-Jews1391-1700 CE
• Sabbatai Zevi the False Messiah1666 CE
• The Baal Shem Tovc. 1740-1760 CE
• The Vilna Gaon and the Mitnagdimc. 1770 CE
• Absalom's Revoltc. 975 BCE
• Achan at Aic. 1180 BCE
• Alexander the Great at Jerusalem332 BCE
• The Amarna Letters14th c. BCE
• Antiochus IV's Decree167 BCE
• The Arab Revolt 1936-391936-1939 CE
• The Ark Capturedc. 1080 BCE
• The Balfour DeclarationNovember 2, 1917
• David, Bathsheba, and Uriahc. 990 BCE
• The Beni Hasan Tomb Paintingc. 1900 BCE
• The Burning Bushc. 1300 BCE
• Herod's Caesarea Maritima22-10 BCE
• The Council of Chalcedon451 CE
• The Crucifixion of Jesusc. 30 CE
• The Damascus Affair1840 CE
• David Captures Jerusalemc. 1000 BCE
• The Dreyfus Affair1894-1906 CE
• The Ebla Tabletsc. 2300 BCE
• The Gezer Calendarc. 925 BCE
• Hagar and Ishmaelc. 1850 BCE
• The Rededication and the Oil164 BCE
• Hillel and Shammaic. 10 BCE — 30 CE
• The Hittite Empirec. 1500-1180 BCE
• The Hyksos in Egyptc. 1650-1550 BCE
• The Jerusalem Talmudc. 400 CE
• Joseph in Egyptc. 1700 BCE
• Julian the Apostate's Temple Project363 CE
• The Karaites of Anan ben Davidc. 760 CE
• The Battle of Karbala680 CE
• The Conquest of Khaybar628 CE
• The Khazar Conversionc. 740 CE
• KristallnachtNovember 9-10, 1938
• The British Mandate for Palestine1922-1948 CE
• Moses Mendelssohn and the Haskalahc. 1780 CE
• The Mortara Case1858 CE
• Muhammad in Medina622 CE
• Napoleon's Grand Sanhedrin1806-1807 CE
• Nuzi Tablets and Patriarchal Customs15th c. BCE
• The Philistines of Ekronc. 1150 BCE
• The Russian Pogroms1881-1906 CE
• Pompey Enters the Holy of Holies63 BCE
• Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea26-36 CE
• The Queen of Shebac. 950 BCE
• The Essenes of Qumranc. 100 BCE — 68 CE
• Ramesses II and the Exodus Pharaoh Question1279-1213 BCE
• Saadia Gaon928-942 CE
• The Samaritan Temple at Mount Gerizim5th c. BCE
• Samuel Anoints Saulc. 1030 BCE
• Saul at the Witch of Endorc. 1010 BCE
• Pharaoh Shishak's Raid925 BCE
• Sodom and Gomorrahc. 1850 BCE
• Building Solomon's Temple964-957 BCE
• The Founding of Tel Aviv1909 CE
• The Ten Plaguesc. 1300 BCE
• The Pact of Umarc. 720 CE
• Ahab and Jezebelc. 870 BCE
• Balaam the Divinerc. 1250 BCE
• Bullae of Jerusalemc. 600 BCE
• Elijah on Mount Carmelc. 860 BCE
• Elisha and Naamanc. 830 BCE
• Joshua and the Conquestc. 1200 BCE
• Korach's Rebellionc. 1260 BCE
• The Lachish Lettersc. 588 BCE
• The Mesha Stelec. 840 BCE
• Omri Founds Samariac. 880 BCE
• The Phoenician Alphabetc. 1200 BCE
• The Sea Peoples and Bronze Age Collapsec. 1200 BCE
• The Tabernaclec. 1290 BCE
• Tiglath-Pileser III's Western Campaigns734-732 BCE
• The Tablets of Ugarit14th-12th c. BCE
• Aelia Capitolina135 CE
• The Bar Kokhba Lettersc. 134 CE
• The Council of Jerusalemc. 49 CE
• The Disputation of Barcelona1263 CE
• The Birkat ha-Minim and the Splitc. 90 CE
• Josephus the Historian37-100 CE
• The Kitos War (Diaspora Revolt)115-117 CE
• The Book of Lamentationsc. 586 BCE
• Maimonides in Cairoc. 1185 CE
• Toward a Standard Textc. 200 CE
• Paul of Tarsusc. 33-67 CE
• Rashi of Troyes1040-1105 CE
• The Tannaim in the Galileec. 150 CE
• The Tosafists12th-13th c. CE
• Yohanan ben Zakkai at Yavnehc. 70 CE
• Don Isaac Abravanel1437-1508 CE
• Auschwitz-Birkenau1940-1945 CE
• The Bene Israel of Indiaancient origins, documented from 11th c. CE
• Beta Israel: The Jews of Ethiopiadocumented from 14th c. CE
• The Black Death and the Blood Libels1348-1351 CE
• The Cairo Geniza10th-19th c. CE
• Camp David 1978September 1978
• The Eichmann TrialApril 1961 — May 1962
• The Exodus 1947July 1947
• The Kabbalists of Safedc. 1565 CE
• The Oslo AccordsSeptember 13, 1993
• The Six-Day WarJune 5-10, 1967
• The UN Partition VoteNovember 29, 1947
• The Wannsee ConferenceJanuary 20, 1942
• The Warsaw Ghetto UprisingApril 19 — May 16, 1943
• The Yom Kippur WarOctober 6-25, 1973
• The Massacre at York (Clifford's Tower)March 16, 1190