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• ▸Middle Bronze Agec. 2000 — 1550 BCE

  • ▸The Patriarchal Era & Descent into Egyptc. 2000 — 1500 BCE

    • ▸Abraham Leaves Urc. 1900 BCE

      • The Binding of Isaacc. 1850 BCE
      • Jacob Renamed Israelc. 1750 BCE
      • Code of Hammurabi1754 BCE
      • The Mari Archives18th c. BCE
      • Hagar and Ishmaelc. 1850 BCE
      • Sodom and Gomorrahc. 1850 BCE
    • ▸Descent into Egyptc. 1700 BCE

      • The Beni Hasan Tomb Paintingc. 1900 BCE
      • The Hyksos in Egyptc. 1650-1550 BCE
      • Joseph in Egyptc. 1700 BCE
      • Nuzi Tablets and Patriarchal Customs15th c. BCE
    • Cain and Abelprimordial
    • Noah and the Floodprimordial
    • The Tower of Babelprimordial
    • The Ebla Tabletsc. 2300 BCE
  • Sumer: The First Civilizationc. 3000 BCE
• ▸Late Bronze Agec. 1550 — 1200 BCE

  • ▸Bondage, Exodus & The Wildernessc. 1500 — 1200 BCE

    • ▸The Exodus & Red Seac. 1300 BCE

      • Enslavement Beginsc. 1450–1300 BCE
      • The Burning Bushc. 1300 BCE
      • Ramesses II and the Exodus Pharaoh Question1279-1213 BCE
      • The Ten Plaguesc. 1300 BCE
    • ▸Mount Sinai & The Torahc. 1290 BCE

      • Balaam the Divinerc. 1250 BCE
      • Korach's Rebellionc. 1260 BCE
      • The Tabernaclec. 1290 BCE
    • Merneptah Stele1208 BCE
  • The Amarna Letters14th c. BCE
  • The Hittite Empirec. 1500-1180 BCE
  • The Phoenician Alphabetc. 1200 BCE
  • The Sea Peoples and Bronze Age Collapsec. 1200 BCE
  • The Tablets of Ugarit14th-12th c. BCE
• ▸Iron Age Ic. 1200 — 1000 BCE

  • ▸Conquest & The Period of Judgesc. 1200 — 1000 BCE

    • ▸Battle of Jerichoc. 1180 BCE

      • ▸Deborah & Barakc. 1125 BCE

        • Samson and Delilahc. 1100 BCE
      • Achan at Aic. 1180 BCE
      • Joshua and the Conquestc. 1200 BCE
    • Gideon and the 300c. 1170 BCE
    • Ehud and Eglonc. 1300 BCE
    • Jephthah's Vowc. 1100 BCE
    • The Ark Capturedc. 1080 BCE
    • The Philistines of Ekronc. 1150 BCE
• ▸Iron Age IIc. 1000 — 586 BCE

  • ▸The United Monarchyc. 1000 — 930 BCE

    • ▸David & Goliathc. 1010 BCE

      • Absalom's Revoltc. 975 BCE
      • David, Bathsheba, and Uriahc. 990 BCE
      • David Captures Jerusalemc. 1000 BCE
    • ▸First Temple Builtc. 964–957 BCE

      • Tel Dan Stele9th c. BCE
      • The Gezer Calendarc. 925 BCE
      • The Queen of Shebac. 950 BCE
      • Building Solomon's Temple964-957 BCE
    • Samuel Anoints Saulc. 1030 BCE
    • Saul at the Witch of Endorc. 1010 BCE
  • ▸The Schism & The Northern Kingdom930 — 722 BCE

    • ▸Schism of the Kingdomsc. 930 BCE

      • Pharaoh Shishak's Raid925 BCE
    • ▸Fall of Samaria724–722 BCE

      • Tiglath-Pileser III's Western Campaigns734-732 BCE
    • Ahab and Jezebelc. 870 BCE
    • Elijah on Mount Carmelc. 860 BCE
    • Elisha and Naamanc. 830 BCE
    • The Mesha Stelec. 840 BCE
    • Omri Founds Samariac. 880 BCE
  • ▸The Lost Tribes722 — 586 BCE

    • The Lemba & The Cohen GeneModern
  • ▸The Surviving Kingdom of Judah722 — 586 BCE

    • ▸Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem701 BCE

      • Hezekiah’s Tunnelc. 700 BCE
    • ▸Destruction of the First Temple589–586 BCE

      • Josiah’s Reforms622 BCE
      • Daniel in Babylonc. 560 BCE
      • Ezekiel by the Kebar Canal593 BCE
      • Bullae of Jerusalemc. 600 BCE
      • The Lachish Lettersc. 588 BCE
      • The Book of Lamentationsc. 586 BCE
• ▸Classical Antiquity586 BCE — 324 CE

  • ▸Babylonian Exile & Persian Return586 — 332 BCE

    • ▸Cyrus’s Decree538 BCE

      • Esther in Susac. 475 BCE
    • ▸Second Temple Dedicated516 BCE

      • ▸Ezra & Nehemiah458–432 BCE

        • Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls445 BCE
        • The Samaritan Temple at Mount Gerizim5th c. BCE
      • The Elephantine Papyri5th c. BCE
  • ▸Hellenistic Rule & Hasmonean Dynasty332 — 63 BCE

    • ▸The Maccabean Revolt167–160 BCE

      • The Septuagint3rd–2nd c. BCE
      • Antiochus IV's Decree167 BCE
      • The Rededication and the Oil164 BCE
    • Alexander the Great at Jerusalem332 BCE
  • ▸Roman Rule & The Great Revolts63 BCE — 135 CE

    • ▸Destruction of the Second Temple70 CE

      • ▸Herod Expands the Temple20 BCE–63 CE

        • Herod's Caesarea Maritima22-10 BCE
      • Fall of Masada73 CE
      • Josephus the Historian37-100 CE
      • Yohanan ben Zakkai at Yavnehc. 70 CE
    • ▸Bar Kokhba Revolt132–135 CE

      • Aelia Capitolina135 CE
      • The Bar Kokhba Lettersc. 134 CE
      • The Kitos War (Diaspora Revolt)115-117 CE
    • ▸The Rise of Christianityc. 30–325 CE

      • The Crucifixion of Jesusc. 30 CE
      • Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea26-36 CE
      • The Council of Jerusalemc. 49 CE
      • Paul of Tarsusc. 33-67 CE
    • Pompey Enters the Holy of Holies63 BCE
• ▸Medieval Period324 — 1500 CE

  • ▸The Long Diaspora & Rabbinic Judaism135 — 1880 CE

    • ▸The Mishnahc. 200 CE

      • The Babylonian Talmud Completedc. 200–500 CE
      • Origen of Caesarea and the Hexaplac. 240 CE
      • The Dura-Europos Synagogue244 CE
      • Hillel and Shammaic. 10 BCE — 30 CE
      • The Jerusalem Talmudc. 400 CE
      • The Birkat ha-Minim and the Splitc. 90 CE
      • Toward a Standard Textc. 200 CE
      • The Tannaim in the Galileec. 150 CE
    • ▸The Edict of Milan313 CE

      • Constantine's Conversion312 CE
      • Julian the Apostate's Temple Project363 CE
    • ▸The Council of Nicaea325 CE

      • The Arian Controversy318-381 CE
      • The Council of Chalcedon451 CE
    • ▸The Geonim of Babylon589–1038 CE

      • The Karaites of Anan ben Davidc. 760 CE
      • The Khazar Conversionc. 740 CE
      • Saadia Gaon928-942 CE
    • Revolt Against Heraclius614–628 CE
    • ▸Arab Conquest of Jerusalem637 CE

      • The Conquest of Khaybar628 CE
      • Muhammad in Medina622 CE
      • The Pact of Umarc. 720 CE
    • ▸Sunni-Shia Split656–661 CE

      • The Battle of Karbala680 CE
    • Dome of the Rock689–691 CE
    • Golden Age of Spainc. 900–1148 CE
    • The Great Schism1054 CE
    • ▸Crusades & Ashkenaz1096–1291 CE

      • The Disputation of Barcelona1263 CE
      • Rashi of Troyes1040-1105 CE
      • The Tosafists12th-13th c. CE
      • The Black Death and the Blood Libels1348-1351 CE
      • The Massacre at York (Clifford's Tower)March 16, 1190
    • Crusader Conquest of Jerusalem1099 CE
    • Saladin’s Conquest and Invitation1187 CE
    • ▸Appearance of the Zoharc. 1280 CE

      • The Kabbalists of Safedc. 1565 CE
    • Fall of Constantinople1453 CE
    • ▸Spanish Expulsion1492 CE

      • ▸Maimonides1138–1204 CE

        • Maimonides in Cairoc. 1185 CE
        • The Cairo Geniza10th-19th c. CE
      • The Conversos and Crypto-Jews1391-1700 CE
      • Don Isaac Abravanel1437-1508 CE
    • Ottoman Jerusalem and the Walls1517–1541 CE
    • Protestant Reformation1517–1648 CE
    • Sabbatai Zevi the False Messiah1666 CE
    • The Baal Shem Tovc. 1740-1760 CE
    • The Vilna Gaon and the Mitnagdimc. 1770 CE
    • The Bene Israel of Indiaancient origins, documented from 11th c. CE
    • Beta Israel: The Jews of Ethiopiadocumented from 14th c. CE
• ▸Modern Era1500 — Present

  • ▸The Modern Era & The State of Israel1880 — Present

    • ▸The Holocaust1939–1945 CE

      • ▸First Aliyah1881–1903 CE

        • The Arab Revolt 1936-391936-1939 CE
        • The Balfour DeclarationNovember 2, 1917
        • The British Mandate for Palestine1922-1948 CE
        • The Russian Pogroms1881-1906 CE
        • The Founding of Tel Aviv1909 CE
      • ▸First Zionist Congress1897

        • The Dreyfus Affair1894-1906 CE
      • KristallnachtNovember 9-10, 1938
      • Auschwitz-Birkenau1940-1945 CE
      • The Eichmann TrialApril 1961 — May 1962
      • The Wannsee ConferenceJanuary 20, 1942
      • The Warsaw Ghetto UprisingApril 19 — May 16, 1943
    • ▸Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls1947–1956 CE

      • The Essenes of Qumranc. 100 BCE — 68 CE
    • Vatican II and Nostra Aetate1962–1965 CE
    • ▸Independence of Israel14 May 1948

      • Ingathering of Exiles1948–1990s CE
      • Camp David 1978September 1978
      • The Exodus 1947July 1947
      • The Oslo AccordsSeptember 13, 1993
      • The Six-Day WarJune 5-10, 1967
      • The UN Partition VoteNovember 29, 1947
      • The Yom Kippur WarOctober 6-25, 1973
    • The Damascus Affair1840 CE
    • Moses Mendelssohn and the Haskalahc. 1780 CE
    • The Mortara Case1858 CE
    • Napoleon's Grand Sanhedrin1806-1807 CE