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Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE
Bronze Age
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2166 BCE
Abraham is born
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2066 BCE
Isaac is born
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2006 BCE
Jacob & Esau are born
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1915 BCE
Joseph is born
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1898 BCE
Joseph is sold into slavery
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1526 BCE
Moses is born
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1407 BCE
Moses dies;Joshua conquers Canaan
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1375 BCE
Judges begin to rule
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Period: 1200 BCE to 586 BCE
Iron Age
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1105 BCE
Samuel is born
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1075 BCE
Sampson leads Israel
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1075 BCE
Sampson leads Israel
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1050 BCE
Saul becomes king
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1003 BCE
David made king
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970 BCE
Solomon made king
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966 BCE
Solomon begins to build the Temple in Jerusalem
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930 BCE
The kingdom is divided
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875 BCE
Elijah begins his ministry
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742 BCE
Micah becomes a prophet
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740 BCE
Isaiah becomes a prophet
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713 BCE
Sargon II suppresses uprising in the Philistine city of Ashdod
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627 BCE
Jeremiah becomes a prophet
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586 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroys Jerusalem; Temple destroyed
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539 BCE
Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylon
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479 BCE
Esther becomes Xerxes queen
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5 BCE
Jesus born in Bethlehem
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Period: to 3000 BCE
Stone Age