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The Jews are exiled from their homeland by the Babylonians, who sack and destroy Jerusalem.
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The length of the Jews history from their exile to the creation of israel.
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King Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylonia and releases the Jews to go back to their homeland. Many decide to stay.
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The Maccabees revolt against the Hellenistic Empire of the Seleucids. Hanukkah celebrates the subsequent rededication of the Temple.
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Rome annexes Judea, and persecution under the Roman empire becomes unbearable for the Jews. The first Jewish revolts against Rome begin.
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The great Jewish revolt against Roman occupation ends in the destruction of the second temple and the fall of Jerusalem, nearly a million Jews die from the siege and thousands are captured.
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Simon Bar-Kokhba leads a second revolt against Rome... it ends in the defeat of the Jews who are then exiled from Jerusalem.
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Jews travel to England and establish themselves as bankers, boosting the economy largely.
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Crusaders temporarily capture Jerusalem, they slaughter tens of thousands of Jews in the Middle East as well as in Europe.
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Saladin, who has captured Jerusalem, invites the Jews back to their holy land.
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King Edward the First expels all Jews from England to relieve the people's debt to the banks.
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The Jews are blamed for the black death and are driven out of Central Europe by massacre.
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Venice's Jews are forced to live in a small cramped space in the town, the first Jewish ghetto is born.
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Czar Alexander the Second is murdered in St. Petersburg, a Jewish girl is among the plotters. This unleashes a wave of hate to the Jewish-Russian population.
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A program of many anti-Jewish laws are passed and enforced throughout Europe.
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Nearly 6 million Jews are killed during the Holocaust, murdered systematically by the Nazis and their collaborators.
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The nation of Israel is finally founded and ratified