Israel’s Most Famous Timeline

  • 135

    Jewish Diaspora

    Israel was settled 3,000 years ago by the Hebrew people. The Jewish Diaspora was when the first Jewish Temple was destroyed by the Romans.
  • 538

    Jews Return

    The Persian and Hellenistic period was when many of the Jews returned from Babylonia, and the rebuilt the Temple.
  • 586

    Babylonia conquered Judah

    The second temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and most of the Jews exiled.
  • 614

    Persian Invasion

    In the invasion political and administrative stability was damaged. There was mass killing and massive about of churches destroyed.
  • 691

    Arab Rule

    On the site of the First and Second Jewish temple in Jerusalem, the Dome of the rock was Built by Caliph Abd el-Malik
  • 722

    Israel is Crushed

    Israel was crush when the Assyrians attacked. Ten tribes in Israel exiled.
  • 1020

    Government

    The Jew established a monarchy under king Saul.
  • 1564

    Law is Published

    In 1564 the code of Jewish law was published.
  • Walls come Up

    First ever neighborhood walls built around Jerusalem’s old city.
  • 400 Hundred years of Rule Ended

    In 1917 British conquest ends 400 hundred years of Ottoman rule. But, British Foreign Minister Balfour pledges to support for a establishment of a “Jewish national home in Palestine”
  • War of Independence

    The war broke out when five Arab Nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate.
  • End of British Mandate

    The end of the British mandate during World War II granted Jordan independence in 1946 and would termination its Mandate in Palestine.
  • Six-day war

    In 1964 there was a six-day war between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt. After the war Jerusalem was reunited.
  • Israel Attacked by Iraqi

    The 1991 bombing of Israel was a bombing campaign of Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation during the Gulf War.
  • Friction in the North

    In 2020 the is a friction in Israel over religion. The friction is between the Palestinians and the Jews.