Time Line of Israel

• Abraham leaves Ur (c. 2100 B.C.)

• Israelites journey to Egypt to avoid famine (c. 1600 B.C.)
• Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt (c. 1280 B.C.)
• Israelite invasions of Canaan begin (1230 B.C.)
• Saul becomes the first king of Israel (1020 B.C.-1000 B.C.)

• David is the king of Judah and Israel (1000 B.C.-960 B.C)
• David, king of Israel, captures Jerusalem and makes it the capital of Israel (c. 1000 B.C.)
• Solomon becomes the king of Israel and builds Yahweh Temple (960 B.C.-925 B.C.)
• Shesonq sacks Jerusalem (c. 925 B.C.)
• Israel divides into two kingdoms: Judah and Israel (c. 922 B.C.)
• Hebrew alphabet develops

• Omri rules Israel (876 B.C.)

• Amos, the first Hebrew prophet (c. 750 B.C.)
• Samaria, the capital of Israel, captured by Sargon II of Assyria (721 B.C.)
• Sargon II of Assyria deports 28,000 Israelites who become the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel" (721 B.C.)

• exile of the Jews to Babylon (586 B.C.)
• first books of the Old Testament written
• Cyrus the Great of Persia frees the captive Jews from Babylonia (539 B.C.)

• Israel comes under the rule of Alexander the Great (333 B.C.)

• Herod the Great rules Israel as a Roman vassal (34-4 B.C.)
• birth of Jesus Christ ( 4 B.C. )

• crucifixion of Jesus Christ ( 30 A.D. )

• Arabs conquer Palestine (638 A.D.)