Timeline for the History of Judaism

• The Dawn of “History” (ca. 3800-2001 B.C.E)
• Context of Ancient Israelite Religion (ca. 2000-587 B.C.E.)
• Judaism After the Babylonian Exile (ca. 538 B.C.E.-70 CE)
• Rule of Rome (ca. 230 B.C.E. - 400 C.E.)
• Rabbinic Jewish Period of Talmud Development (70-500 C.E.)
• Consolidation & Dominance of Classical Christianity (325-590)
• “Medieval” Period in the West (ca. 600-1500)
• Reception & Classical Development of Muhammad's Islamic Message (570-1258)
• Crusades (1095-1258)
• Further Transitions and Rebuilding of Political Islam (1258-1500)
• Mamluk Rule (1291-1516)
• Reformation and Post-Reformation Christian Period (1517-1569)
• Dominance of Ottoman Muslim Empire in Turkey (1500-1920)
• Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods (ca. 1700-1917)
• Islamic Unrest and Realignment in the Middle East (ca. 1914-1918)
• British Rule in Palestine (1918-47)
• Modern Israel & the Diaspora (1947-2007)
• Timeline for the History of Jerusalem (4500 B.C.E.-Present)