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1800 BCE
Abraham enters the promised land
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1250 BCE
Moses freed the Hebrew people from Egyptian bondage and led them back to Canaan, or promised land
approx date -
1200 BCE
RE-entry into the promised land
approx -
1050 BCE
The Hebrew people became a confederation of tribes and a kingdom began under Kings Saul, David and Solomon
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1000 BCE
The written Torah commences
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950 BCE
Construction of the first temple in Jerusalem
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586 BCE
Babylonian exile and destruction of the first temple
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537 BCE
Return to the Babylonian exile
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500 BCE
The second temple is built
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331 BCE
Jerusalem is conquered by Alexander the Great
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168 BCE
The Jewish family of the Maccabees led a revolution against the Greeks
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165 BCE
Regaining possession of the second and first temple in Jerusalem
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70
Destruction of the second temple by Romans
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130
Simon bar Kociba led a revolution against the Romans
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600
Completion of two Talmuds
written commentaries made by rabbinic scholars who studied Mishnah wrote these on the Jewish faith -
1000
Golden age of Judaism commenced in Spain
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1099
French and German Christians crusaders marched to Jerusalem to regain the Holy Land
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1492
Jews first expelled from Iberian Peninsula
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Islam came out to compete with other religions
early 1600's -
Beginning of Zionist movement
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Holocaust
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Establishment of Israel
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6 Day War
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Oslo Peace Accord is negotiated by Israelites and Palestinians