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586 BCE
Soloman's Temple Destroyed
According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple was built on what is commonly known as the Temple Mount in the 10th century BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE -
516 BCE
Second Temple Created
70 Years Later the Jews had finished construction of a second temple -
19 BCE
Second Temple Renovation
In 19 BCE the second temple was expanded by Herod The Great, rebuilding, enlarging the temple as well as artificially doubling the size of the platform it stood upon. -
70
Temple's Destruction
The Temple was destroyed by the Romans with the rest of Jerusalem. This was during the first Jewish-Roman war. -
Period: 135 to 638
Late Roman and Byzantine periods
During much of the 2nd–5th centuries of the Common Era, after the Roman defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, Jews were banned from Jerusalem. There is some evidence that Roman emperors in the 2nd and 3rd centuries did permit them to visit the city to worship on the Mount of Olives and sometimes on the Temple Mount itself. Eventually after many years, Permission was granted and they were officially permitted to resettle in Jerusalem.[28] -
Period: 1517 to
Ottoman Period
In 1517, the Turkish Ottomans under Selim I conquered Jerusalem from the Mamluks who had held it since 1250. Selim's son, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, ordered the construction of an imposing wall to be built around the entire city, which still stands today. Various folktales relate Suleiman's quest to locate the Temple site and his order to have the area "swept and sprinkled, and the Western Wall washed with rosewater" upon its discovery. -
Period: to
Brits Rule
The British invaded and Occupied Jerusalem. -
Today (the ritual)
Nowadays and for days to come, the Wall (sometime's referred to as the wailing wall) is a place for prayer and is a site for pilgrimage for all, no matter what religion they follow. The pilgrim ritual undertaken involves writing requests/prayers on scrap pieces of paper and placing them in between cracks on the ancient wall. Nowadays there's even the option to have your prayer printed out and placed in the wall Via the internet.