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The first temple is built in Jerusalem.
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The Kingdom of Israel is divided into two mini states called Israel and Judah.
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The northern kingdom of Israel is destroyed by Assyrians.
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The first temple is burned to the ground by the Babylonians, along with the rest of Jerusalem.
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The southern kingdom of Judah is destroyed by the Babylonians.
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The second temple is built in Jerusalem.
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Alexander the Great conquered Jerusalem with the Greeks and SPARTA IS THE BEST WAY BETTER THAN THE REST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Antiochus rules over the Jews in Judah and is an unfair ruler.
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The Maccabees, led by Judah, Revolt against Antiochus and his antisemitic ways.
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The Maccabees defeat Antiochus and his army and reclaim the temple. They purify it and light the candles on the menoirah.
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The Hasmonean family (the Maccabees) rule over Judah.
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Roman general Pompeii conquers Judea and makes it a Roman province.
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Herod is named king by the Romans. He does not have any actual power.
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Hillel and Shammai were both famous religious scholars and taught many people in Jerusalem.
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Jesus was born is Nazareth and became a traveling preacher.
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John the baptist preaches and baptizes his followers.
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Jesus is arrested by the Romans and crucified by a governor of Judea.
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Yochanan ben Zakkai and other rabbis gather in Yavneh and set up a religious court.
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The second temple along with much of Jerusalem is destroyed by the Romans.
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Bar Kochba leads a giant Jewish revolt against the Romans.
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Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire.
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Muhammad the prophet of Islam was born in Mecca.
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Jerusalem is captured and put under Muslim control.
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Babylonia is the center of Jewish life and put under Muslim control.
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Spain is the center of Jewish life and put under Muslim control.
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Saadiah Gaon is born in Egypt and becomes a great scholar.
