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Time Periods
Siginificance
Term | Definition |
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721/722 BCE | Northern Kingdom (Israel) destroyed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (10 lost tribes) |
586 BCE | Southern Kingdom (Judah) and First Temple destroyed-Babylonian exile |
333 BCE | persian period ends, Alexander the Great conquered Palestine in 332 BCE, bringing it under the influence of Hellenistic culture, which impacted all aspects of life, art and architecture, philosophy and religion |
167-164 BCE | Hasmonean dynasty, Maccabean revolt led by mattathias and his sons, 25 kislev (14 dec) Judah conquered jerusalem, purifies and consecrates temple (hanukkah), Judah the Macabee |
66 CE | first Jewish-Roman war, great jewish revolt |
70 CE | second temple pd ended, exile following jewish revolt against rome, theory that ppl hid the scrolls when they saw the romans approaching |
73 CE | Last rebels fall at masada, suicide pact |
132-135 CE | Bar Kochba revolt, third and final war between jewish ppl and the Roman empire |
325 CE | Council of Nicea- est church doctrine between the Holy trinity, not created for the first time |
395 CE | Emperor Theodosius I makes Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire, jews under christian rome not pagan rome |