|
Date |
Event |
Rule |
|
1921 |
Abraham
enters Canaan. |
Canaaanite |
|
1896 |
Isaac born. |
|
|
1836 |
Jacob (Israel) born. |
|
|
1706 |
Jacob’s family relocates to Egypt. |
|
|
1491 |
Exodus of
Israel out of Egypt (nation of
Israel born). |
|
|
1451 |
Israel enters the promised land under
Joshua. |
|
|
1055 - 1015 |
King David reigns. |
Israelite |
|
1015-975 |
King Solomon reigns. |
|
|
1012 |
Solomon’s Temple established. |
|
|
975 |
Kingdom divides, two tribes (Judah,
Benjamin) to the south under Rehoboam, ten tribes to the north under
Jeroboam. |
|
|
721 |
Assyrian
dispersion of Northern Kingdom. |
|
|
612 |
Fall of Ninevah to Babylon. |
|
|
606 |
Daniel taken captive to Babylon. |
Babylonian |
|
605 |
Fall of Charchemish to Babylon. |
|
|
586 |
Final (3rd)
fall of Judah to Babylon. |
|
|
538 |
Babylon falls to Cyrus (Persia). |
Persian |
|
536 |
Cyrus frees Jews, decree to rebuild Temple. |
|
|
516 |
Zerubbabel’s Temple completed. |
|
|
331 |
Persia falls to Alexander (Greece). |
Greek |
|
323 |
Alexander dies. |
|
|
301 |
Ptolemy rules Judea. |
|
|
250 |
Septuagint (LXX) translated in Alexandria,
Egypt. |
|
|
167 |
Antiochus IV sparks Hasmonean revolt.
(Hanukkah 167.) |
|
|
63 |
Pompey takes Jerusalem. Judea becomes Roman
protectorate. |
Roman and Byzantine |
|
37 |
Herod The Great begins rule. |
|
|
6-4 |
Jesus Born |
|
|
30-32 |
Crucifixion
of Jesus. |
Roman and Byzantine |
|
66-73 |
First Jewish revolt. |
|
|
70 |
Destruction
of Zerubbabels/Herod’s Temple. |
|
|
132-135 |
Second Jewish revolt under Bar Kokhba |
|
|
638 |
Omar takes Jerusalem. |
Arab |
|
1099-1244 |
Crusades |
Crusader |
|
1291 |
Mamluks defeat Crusaders. |
Mamluk |
|
1478-1765 |
Inquisition |
|
|
1516 |
Ottomans conquer Mamluks. |
Ottoman |
|
1290 |
Expulsion of Jews from England. |
|
|
1306 |
Expulsion of Jews from France. |
|
|
1348 |
The Black
Death |
|
|
1492 |
Expulsion of Jews from Spain. |
|
|
1495 |
Explusion of Jews from Lithuania. |
|
|
1497 |
Expulsion of Jews from Portugal. |
|
|
1499-1552 |
Expulsion of Jews from many German states. |
|
|
1874 |
Jewish Prime Minister of England (Benjamin
Disraeli). |
|
|
1887 |
First Zionist Congress (Herzl). |
|
|
1917 |
Balfour Declaration |
|
|
1920 |
British Mandate |
British |
|
1940-1945 |
Holocaust, 6
million Jews (34 %) exterminated. |
|
|
1947 |
United
Nations Partition Plan |
|
|
1948 |
Establishment
of state of Israel, first Arab-Israeli war. |
Israelite (except Jerusalem) |
|
1956 |
Suez crisis; second Arab-Israeli war. |
|
|
1964 |
PLO established. |
|
|
1967 |
Third Arab-Israeli war (Six-Day War) |
|
|
1973 |
Fourth Arab-Israeli war (Yom Kippur War) |
|
|
1978 |
Camp David I peace talks. |
|
|
1982 |
Israel invades Lebanon; withdraws from
Sinai. |
|
|
1985 |
Israel withdraws from Lebanon. |
|
|
1988 |
PLO recognizes state of Israel. |
|
|
1993 |
Oslo I Accords between Israel and PLO. |
|
|
1994 |
Limited Palestinian autonomy in Gaza Strip. |
|
|
1995 |
Oslo II - Israel and PLO sign agreement on
West Bank autonomy. Rabin
assassinated. |
|
|
2000 |
Camp David II talks failed. |
|
|
2001 |
Talks in Taba, Egypt fail. |
Sources:
Barnavi, Eli. A Historical
Atlas Of The Jewish People. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1992.
Gilbert, Martin. The
Illustrated Atlas Of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years Of Jewish History.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990.
Jones, Floyd Nolen. Chronology
Of The Old Testament. Woodlands, TX: KingsWord Press, 1999.
Parker, Philip and Thomas
Cussans. Hammond Atlas Of World History. London, England: Harper Collins
Publishers, 1999.
Potok's, Chaim. Wandering's. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1978.
|
Date |
In Israel |
Outside Israel |
|
700 B.C. |
80% |
20% |
|
200 A.D. |
20% |
80% |
|
1600 A.D. |
1% |
99% |
|
1991 A.D. |
32% |
68% |
Source: Barnavi, Eli, A Historical Atlas Of The
Jewish People, (New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1992), pp. xii-xiii.