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Religion Christian Scriptures
Question | Answer |
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What is Canaan? | Land promised to the Israelites by God / located near the fertile crescent / acted as a funnel between Egypt and Mesopotamia / Land bridge |
What is diaspora? | Term used to describe the scattering of Israelites |
What is remnant? | Term used to describe the small group of Israelites that returned to Israel after the Edict of Cyrus / part of the whole |
1850 BC | Abraham father of Israel is born |
1250 BC | Exodus / Moses frees Israelite slaves from Egypt after God unleashes the plagues |
1200 BC | Israelites occupy Canaan ( Holy Land ) |
1020 BC | United Monarchy of Israel under King Sal the first king of Israel |
961 BC | Soloman becomes king of Israel |
950 BC | The temple at Jerusalem is completed by king Soloman |
922 BC | Soloman dies and Israel splits into two kingdoms / 10 tribes form the Northern Kingdom and Judah which has royal lineage becomes the Southern Kingdom |
721 BC | Assyria destroys the Northern Kingdom |
587 BC | Babylon becomes dominant empire and defeats Assyria / wipes out Southern Kingdom of Judah / Israel is no longer a nation and temple gets burned to the ground |
Period of Exile | Significant part of Judah population is taken to Babylon as slaves |
538 BC | |
515 BC |