Timeline of Ancient Israelite Religion(2000-539 BCE)
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| 2000-1750 | Old Babylonian period |
| 2000-1700 | Israel's Patriarchal period |
| ca. 1900-1400 | Old Assyrian period |
| 1882 | Terach born |
| 1813 | Abraham born |
| ca. 1850/1750/1700 | Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Ishmael, famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt |
| 1800 | First Jerusalem city wall built |
| ca. 1792-1750 | Hammurabi |
| ca. 1750-1200 | Hittite empire |
| 1765 | The Tower of Babel |
| 1743 | Origin of traditions of the "Abrahamic covenant" |
| 1713 | Isaac born; Abraham circumcises himself; Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed |
| ca. 1700-1550 | Hyksos in Egypt |
| 1677 | Isaac prepared as sacrifice; Sarah dies |
| 1653 | Jacob born |
| 1638 | Abraham dies |
| ca. 1600-1150 | Kassite period (Babylonia) |
| 1590 | Isaac blesses Jacob instead of Esau. |
| ca. 1570-1085 | New Kingdom period (Egypt) |
| 1569 | Jacob marries Leah |
| 1565 | Levi born |
| 1562 | Joseph born |
| 1546 | Joseph sold into slavery |
| 1533 | Isaac dies |
| 1532 | Joseph becomes viceroy of Egypt |
| 1523 | Jacob and his family join Joseph in Egypt |
| ca. 1500-1200 | Ugaritic texts |
| 1452 | Joseph dies |
| 1429 | Egyptian enslavement of the Hebrews begins |
| ca. 1400-900 | Middle Assyrian period |
| ca. 1400-1300 | Amarna period (Egypt) |
| 1393 | Moses born. |
| 1355 | Joshua born. |
| 1314 | Moses sees the burning bush. |
| ca. 1300-1200 | Mosaic period (Israel) |
| 1280 | Exodus from Egypt, Sinai Torah, Canaan Entry |
| 1240 | After setting up the Ark at Shiloh near Shechem (Nablus), Joshua launches foray into Jerusalem (Joshua 10:23, 15:63) |
| ca. 1200 | Sea Peoples invade Egypt and Syro-Palestine |
| ca. 1200-1050/1000 | Period of the Judges (Israel) |
| ca. 1200-1000 | Jerusalem is a Canaanite city |
| ca. 1150-900 | Middle Babylonian period: |
| ca. 1106 | Deborah judges Israel. |
| ca. 1050-450 | Hebrew prophets (Samuel-Malachi) |
| ca. 1000-587 | Monarchical period in Israel |
| ca. 1030-1010 | Saul (transitional king) |
| ca. 1010-970 | David conquers the Jebusites and makes Jerusalem his capital |
| ca. 970-931 | Solomon builds the First Temple on Mount Moriah |
| ca. 931 | Secession of Northern Kingdom (Israel) from Southern Kingdom (Judah) |
| 931-913 | Rehoboam rules Judah |
| 931-910 | Jeroboam I rules Israel, choses Shechem as his first capital, later moves it to Tirzah |
| 913-911 | Abijah rules Judah |
| 911-870 | Asa rules Juda |
| 910-909 | Nadab (son of Jeroboam) rules Israel |
| 909-886 | Baasha kills Nadab and rules Israel |
| 900-612 | Neo-Assyrian period |
| 886-885 | Elah, son of Baasha, rules Israel |
| 885 | Zimri kills Elah, but reigns just seven days before committing suicide, Omri chosen as King of Israel |
| 885-880(?) | War between Omri and Tibni |
| 885-874 | Omri kills Tibni, rules Israel |
| 879 | Omri moves capital of Israel from Tirzah to Samaria |
| 874-853 | Ahab, Omri's son, is killed in battle, Jezebel reigns as Queen. Athaliah, Ahab and Jezebel's daughter, marries Jehoram, crown prince of Judah |
| 870-848 | Jehoshapha rules Judah |
| 853-851 | Ahaziah, son of Ahab, rules Israel, dies in accident |
| 750-725 | Israelite Prophets Amos, Hosea, Isaiah |
| 722/721 | Northern Kingdom (Israel) destroyed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (10 lost tribes) |
| 720 | Ahaz, King of Judah dismantles Solomon's bronze vessels and places a private Syrian altar in the Temple |
| 716 | Hezekiah, King of Jerusalem, with help of God and the prophet Isaiah resists Assyrian attempt to capture Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 32). Wells and springs leading to the city are stopped |
| 701 | Assyrian ruler Sennacherib beseiges Jerusalem |
| 612-538 | Neo-Babylonian (“Chaldean”) period |
| 620 | Josiah (Judean King) and “Deuteronomic Reforms” |
| ca. 600-580 | Judean Prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel |
| 587/586 | Southern Kingdom (Judah) and First Temple destroyed-Babylonian exile |
| ca. 550 | Judean Prophet “Second Isaiah” |
| 541 | First Jews return from Babylon in small numbers to rebuild the city and its walls. Seventy years of exile terminated. (Daniel 9, Haggai 2:18-19) |
| 539 | Persian ruler Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonian Empire |
Dates regarding biblical figures and events cannot be confirmed.
- 3800 B.CE - 2001 BCE - The Dawn of “History”
- 2000 B.C.E. - 587 BCE - Context of Ancient Israelite Religion
- 538 BCE - 70 CE - Judaism After the Babylonian Exile
- 230 BCE-400 CE - Rule of Rome
- 70 - 500 - Rabbinic Jewish Period of Talmud Development
- 325 - 590 - Consolidation & Dominance of Classical Christianity
- 600 - 1500 - “Medieval” Period in the West
- 570 - 1258 - Reception & Classical Development of Muhammad's Islamic Message
- 1095-1258 - Crusades
- 1258-1500 - Further Transitions and Rebuilding of Political Islam
- 1291-1516 - Mamluk Rule
- 1517-1569 - Reformation and Post-Reformation Christian Period
- 1500-1920 - Dominance of Ottoman Muslim Empire in Turkey
- 1700-1917 - Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods
- 1914-1918 - Islamic Unrest and Realignment in the Middle East
- 1918-1947 - British Rule in Palestine
- 1947-Present - Modern Israel & the Diaspora
- Timeline for the History of Jerusalem - 4500 B.C.E.-Present
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