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Abraham receives a message from god to go and travel north to Haran. circa 1800 B.C.E
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God informs Abraham to leave Haran and travel to a yet unknown location. Circa 1775 B.C.E
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Abraham creates a covenant or pact with god on his journey. Circa 1770 B.C.E
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Abraham and his wife Sarah give birth to their first son Isacc at impossible ages. Abraham was 99 and his wife Sarah was 90. Circa 1760 B.C
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Abraham's wife Sarah passes at the young age of 127. Circa 1723 B.C
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Abraham is somehow able to live to the impossible age of 175 when he passes away. Circa 1684 B.C.E
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Isacc takes up the mantle of Covenant leader after his father passes. He then marries Rebecca the second matriarch. Circa 1684 B.C
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Rebecca gives birth to twins, two sons for Isacc. Esau and Jacob
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Jacob, fearing his brother Esau, flees to Paddan-Aram to escape his brothers wrath. Circa 1663 bc
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Jealous of Jacob's affection with his son Joseph, Jacob's other sons sell their brother Joseph into slaver in Egypt. Circa 1650 B.C
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While away Jacob marries two women, Rachel and Leah, and fathers a daughter and twelve sons. Circa 1633
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After twenty years away Jacob returns with his family and is named Israel. He is pronounced the third patriarch. Circa 1623 B.C
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Joseph discovers his brothers, who sold him into slaver, and his father and allows them safe passage into Egypt. Circa 1600 B.C.E
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Jacob follows in his grandfather's footsteps and lives to an incredibly old age. Jacob dies at the ripe old age of 147. Circa 1416 B.C.E
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Powerful pharaohs rise up to reclaim their land in Egypt. They enslave the occupying Hyksos and the Hebrews as well. Circa 1315 B.C.E
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Ramses II fears that he will be overthrown, so he declares that all male Hebrews infants be put to death. Circa 1279 B.C.E
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Moses is found in a basket and is taken in by the pharaos daughter to be raised as a prince of Egypt. Circa 1279 B.C.E
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Moses accidently killed an Egyptian overseer who was viciously beating a slave. Racked with guilt Moses fled to become a Shepard. Circa 1259 B.C
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Moses, with the power of god behind him, saves the Hebrews by bringing disaster upon the Egyptians. The Pharaoh let the Hebrews go. Circa 1249 B.C.E
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Moses passes away in 1220 B.C.E after a long trip through the desert.
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The twelve judges serve as rulers and protectors of the holy land starting in circa 1200 B.C.E and ending around circa 1100 B.C
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Saul is appointed first king of the Israelites. Circa 1006 B.C
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Saul falls in battle, and his successor I named, King David. David is called the greatest of the forty-two kings of Israel.
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Great king David passes around 965 B.C.E probably at some impossibly old age.
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Solomon takes over king when his father David died. Circa 964
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King Solomon dies after a very unfavorable rule. Circa 928 B.C
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The Assyrians moved in and conquer the country of Israel. Circa 722 B.C.E
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The small country of Judah south of what was Israel is conquered by the Babylonian empire. Circa 586 B.C
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The Persian Empire takes over Babylonia and reinstates the country of Judah. Circa 539 B.C
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The Greek empire moves in and takes over Persia. They spread their language and culture throughout their empire too Judah. Circa 332 B.C
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The Syrian King Antiochus Epiphanes despised the Greek culture and caused infighting among the people at Judah. Circa 175 B.C
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Judah and Syria finally make peace after long fighting. Circa 143 B.C.E
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The Roman General Pompeius took over the city of Jerusalem and captured it for the Romans. Circa 63 B.C.E
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The Romans crucified radical religious zealots, and of them some were peaceful such as the "lord and savior" Jesus Christ himself. Circa 0
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The Romans raze most of Jerusalem and change the name of the area to Palestine. The Jewish people persevere and continue to carry on their legacy ever more.
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