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God decided to destroy mankind because of their wickedness. He sent a great flood. Only Noah and his family, along with pairs of every animal species were saved from the flood.
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God promises Abraham the inheritance of the Land of Israel, located between the river of Egypt and the Euphrates.
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Having lived in Egypt for many generation, the Israelites became enslaved by a pharaoh who did not favor them. Under the leadership of Moses, the Israelites departed Egypt.
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5939-exodus
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After a 40-year journey, the Israelites arrived in the Land of Israel as a nation under the leadership of Joshua.
https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2003/Pages/The%20Land%20of%20Promise-%20The%20Covenant%20of%20Abraham%20-%20The.aspx#:~:text=After%20a%2040%2Dyear%20journey,by%20God%20many%20centuries%20earlier.&text=(Josh%204%3A18)%20Thus,promised%20to%20them%20by%20God. -
The First Temple was built under King Solomon's reign. It was completed in 957 BCE and then destroyed by Babylon
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Under Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, the First Temple was destroyed. Nebuchadnezzar sent the Israelites to exile.
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In the course of three years the rebuilding of the Temple was accomplished by the Jews that returned from exile. The second Temple was built on the ruins of the previous one.
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Jesus was a Galilean Jew who began his own ministry. He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities and turned over to the Roman government, who ruled over Jews at the time. Jesus was then crucified by the Romans. After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Christian Church.
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Roman army suppressed the Jews killing more than 600,000 and destroying their Holy Temple. Jews who survived were sold as slaves in the Roman markets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE)