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Period: 3150 BCE to 2200 BCE
Early Bronze Age
Bronze Weapons -
Period: 2166 BCE to 1991 BCE
Abraham
Made a covenant with God and is the patriarch for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -
Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE
Egyptian Middle Kingdom
Known as the Classical Age -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1550 BCE
Middle Bronze Age
Bronze Weapons -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age
Bronze Weapons -
Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE
Exodus
When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt -
Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE
Exodus
God parted the Red Sea so that Moses could lead the Israelites out of Egypt. (See my explanation for the date on the Word Document) -
Period: 1445 BCE to 1050 BCE
Book of Judges
When the book of Judges was written -
Period: 1327 BCE to 1229 BCE
Ruth
Moabite woman who marries Boaz and is the grandmother of David -
Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE
Iron Age I
Iron Weapons -
Period: 1050 BCE to 1010 BCE
Saul
First king of Israel -
Period: 1035 BCE to 961 BCE
King David
Second King of Israel
A man after God's own heart -
Period: 1010 BCE to 931 BCE
Solomon
David's son who succeeded him
Known for the wisdom God gave him -
Period: 1000 BCE to 550 BCE
Iron Age II
Iron Weapons -
Period: 930 BCE to 721 BCE
Divided Kingdom
A taxation issue after Solomon's death caused the kingdom to split into Judah and Israel -
Period: 900 BCE to 600 BCE
Assyrian Empire
Mesopotamian Kingdom and Empire that took over most of the Eastern world -
Period: 783 BCE to 742 BCE
Uzziah
Tenth king in Judah -
Period: 780 BCE to 753 BCE
Amos
One of the twelve minor prophets -
Period: 750 BCE to 686 BCE
Hezekiah
Thirteenth king of Judah -
Period: 742 BCE to 700 BCE
Isaiah
Israelite Prophet -
Period: 721 BCE to 721 BCE
Fall of Israel
Assyrians took over and destroyed Israel -
Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE
Josiah
Sixteenth King of Judah -
Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE
Nahum
One of the twelve minor prophets -
Period: 630 BCE to 562 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon who destroyed Solomon's temple -
Period: 626 BCE to 587 BCE
Jeremiah
One of the major prophets who was often referred to as the "weeping prophet" -
Period: 605 BCE to 538 BCE
Daniel
Known for surviving King Nebuchadnezzar's furnace -
Period: 605 BCE to 539 BCE
Babylonian Empire
Spanned from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea -
Period: 597 BCE to 560 BCE
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet -
Period: 597 BCE to 538 BCE
Babylonian Exile
Many citizens of Judah were taken captive in Babylon -
Period: 586 BCE to 586 BCE
Fall of Judah
Babylon took Judah after they retaliated -
Period: 560 BCE to 510 BCE
Haggai
One of the twelve minor prophets -
Period: 538 BCE to 538 BCE
Edict of Cyrus
Allowed the citizens of Judah to return and rebuild Jerusalem -
Period: 529 BCE to 333 BCE
Persian Empire
Also known as Imperial Iran -
Period: 470 BCE to 430 BCE
Ezra
Hebrew scribe and priest -
Period: 445 BCE to 420 BCE
Nehemiah
Offical in the Persian court who leads a group of Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem