Time Line of Judah

• Abraham leaves Ur (c. 2100 B.C.)

• Jerusalem is a thriving fortified city (c. 1800 B.C.)
• Israelites journey to Egypt to avoid famine (c. 1600 B.C.)
• Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt (c. 1280 B.C.)

• Israel divides into two kingdoms: Judah and Israel (c. 922 B.C.)
• Hebrew alphabet develops

• Amos, the first Hebrew prophet ( c. 750 B.C. )
• Hezekiah, king of Judah (715-687 B.C.)
• Assyria attacks Jerusalem (701 B.C.)

• Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia captures Jerusalem (587 B.C.)
• Judah becomes a province of Babylonia (587 B.C.)
• exile of the Jews to Babylon (586 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia burns Jerusalem ( 581 B.C. )
• first books of the Old Testament written
• Cyrus the Great of Persia frees the captive Jews from Babylonia (539 B.C.)

• Judas Maccabaeus defeats the Syrians and frees Jerusalem (164 B.C.)

• Pompey of Rome captures Jerusalem and places Judah under Roman rule (63 B.C.)
• birth of Jesus Christ (4 B.C.)

• crucifixion of Jesus Christ (30 A.D.)
• Titus suppresses a revolt in Jerusalem (70 A.D.)

• Persians capture Damascus and Jerusalem (614 A.D.)
• Arabs conquer Palestine (638 A.D.)