The Calendar Of Key Events

• 722 BC Assyria conquers Israel (Assyrian exile of northern kingdom)
  • Contemporary prophet: Isaiah
  
  
• 586 BC Babylon conquers Judah (Babylonian exile of southern kingdom)
  • Contemporary prophet: Jeremiah
  
  
• 539 BC Edict of Cyrus (first return from exile)
  • Contemporaries: Ezra and Nehemiah
  
  
• 520 BC Rebuilding of the Second Temple
  • Contemporary prophets: Haggai and Zechariah
  
  
• 516 BC Dedication of the Second Temple
  • 411 BC Bagoas, first Persian Governor of Jerusalem
  
  
• 332 BC Conquest of Alexander the Great
  
  
• 250 BC Translation and publication of Torah into Greek (LXX)
  
  
• 175 BC Syrian King, Seleucid, plunders Jerusalem
  
  
• 167 BC Maccabean Revolt / Jerusalem and Temple retaken from Seleucids
  
  
• 142 BC Hasmonean dynasty / period of Jewish autonomy (149-129)
  
  
• 63 BC Pompey conquers Jerusalem / Roman rule over Palestine begins
  
  
• 37 BC Reign of Herod the Great (37-4 BC)
  
  
• 19 BC Herod rebuilds the Temple
  
  
• 4 BC Birth of Jesus Christ
  
  
• 27 AD Ministry of Jesus (27-30)
  
  
• 30 AD Crucifixion of Jesus
  
  
• 40 AD Conversion and ministry of Saul of Tarsus (? 36-64)
  
  
• 50 AD New Testament documents began to be published
  
  
• 66 AD First Jewish Revolt Against Rome (66-73)
  
  
• 69 AD Vespasian approves Rabbi Zakkai's Jewish study center
  
  
• 70 AD Destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem
  
  
• 73 AD Fall of Masada; last Jewish resistance of first revolt
  
  
• 114 AD Jewish revolts outside Palestine extinguished (114-117)
  
  
• 132 AD Bar Kokhba Revolt routed (132-137)
  

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