Chronology

Brief chronology of the Jewish people


1,446 bce

Exodus

} 396 years

1,050 bce

Establishment of the kingdom

} 442 years

608 bce

Exile into Babylon

} 70 years

538 bce

End of exile; beginning of Persian domination of Palestine

} 205 years

333 bce

Hellines dominate Palestine

} 270 years

63 bce

Roman domination of Palestine

} 61 years

2 bce

Birth of Jesus of Nazareth

} 33 years

31 ce

Death of Jesus of Nazareth

} 39 years

70 ce

Destruction of the temple by the Romans; beginning of the Diaspora

} 1878 years

1948 ce

End of the Diaspora; establishment of the State of Israel