2000 BC -1000 BC
2000 BC
God makes a covenant with Abraham, the father of the Israelite nation.
957 BC
David’s son Solomon builds the first temple.
449 BC
The Greeks successfully defend their homeland, putting an end to the Persian Wars.
27 BC
Augustus Caesar establishes the Roman Empire.
1850 BC
Joseph and his family settle in Egypt, where the Israelites will be enslaved for 400 years.
722 BC
Assyria conquers the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
405 BC
Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
5 BC - AD 30
The Life of Christ
1750 BC
Babylonian King Hammurabi issues the first known law code.
586 BC
Babylon conquers the Southern Kingdom of Judah, and destroys the first temple.
323 BC
Alexander the Great dies after amassing an empire stretching from Greece to the border of India.
AD 70
The Romans capture Jerusalem and destroy the second temple
1450 BC
Moses leads the people of Israel out of slavery in Egypt.
515 BC
The Jews return from exile and complete the second temple.
165 BC
The Jews successfully retake Jerusalem from the Seleucids in the Maccabean Rebellion.
AD 135
The Romans put down the Bar Kochba Rebellion and force the Jews out of Judea.
1000 BC
David reigns in Israel
509 BC
The Roman Republic begins.
146 BC
Roman expansion accelerates with the capture of Greece and Carthage.
AD 180
Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies, marking the end of the Pax Romana.