Ancient Near East Dates

Early Bronze Age

3300-2000 BCE

Abraham

2000 BC.

Iron Age

1200-586 BC

Moses

1200 BC

Saul, David, Solomon, United Monarchy, Temple of Solomon

1000 BC

Divided Monarchy: North/Samaria/Ephraim vs South/Jerusalem/Judah

930 BC

end of northern kingdom/ exile to Assyria

722 BC

Babylon destroys Ninevah (end of Assyrian rule)

612 BC

Lehi

600 BC

end of southern kingdom/Jerusalem destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, exile to Babylon

586 BC

Persian Period

539-332 BC

Cyrus the Persian captures Babylon, Jews return

539 BC

Temple rebuilt

515 BC

Hellenistic/Hasmonian Periods

332-62 BC

Alexander the great dies/ Palestine under Ptolemaic rule

323 BC

Seleucids conquer Palestine, prohibit Judaism

198 BC

Maccabean Revolt, beginning of Hasmonean rule

167 BC

Roman Period

63 BC - 325 AD

Pompey (Rome) conquers Jerusalem

63 AD

Herod the Great

37-4 BC

Jesus

1-34 AD

First Jewish Revolt, Romans destroy Jerusalem

70 AD

Bar-Kochba Revolt, Aelia Capitolina

132 AD

Byzantine Period

325-638 AD

Constantine, Nicaean Creed, Byzantine period

325 AD

Islamic Period

638-1918 AD

Muhammad dies

632 AD

Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock

638 AD

Crusader Period

1099-1260 AD

Crusaders conquer Jerusalem

1099 AD

Saladin end crusaders rule of the Holy Land at the Horns of Hattin

1187 AD

Ottomans conquer Byzantium/ Constantinople

1453 AD

End of Ottoman Empire

1918 AD