HB Handbook 2 By davidjhenson Period: 1250 BCE to 1000 BCE Pre-state tribal period Period: 1000 BCE to 930 BCE Proto-monarchy Period: 930 BCE to 722 BCE Neighboring monarchies Period: 745 BCE to 640 BCE Assyrian rule Period: 722 BCE to 586 BCE Judah alone Period: 640 BCE to 586 BCE Babylonian rule 586 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem Period: 586 BCE to 538 BCE Babylonian exile Period: 538 BCE to 333 BCE Persian period Period: 538 BCE to 332 BCE Post-exilic period Period: 538 BCE to 332 BCE Persian rule Period: 332 BCE to 167 BCE Hellenistic period Period: 332 BCE to 167 BCE Greek rule Period: 142 BCE to 63 BCE Maccabean monarchy 63 BCE Beginning of the Roman period Period: 63 BCE to 135 Roman rule 70 Destruction of the Second Temple