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Hebrews (under Moses) escape enslavement from Egypt
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The Ten Commandments contain little that was new to the ancient world and reflect a morality common to the ancient Middle East. They are a description of the conditions accepted by the community of Israel in its relationship to Yahweh.
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The holy book of Judiasm is written
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First Temple was built in 1000 BC by King Solomon after King David conquered Jerusalem and made it his capital. The Temple was destroyed in 586 BC by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, when he conquered Jerusalem.
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Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday April 3, 33 A.D. The latest investigation, reported in the journal International Geology Review, focused on earthquake activity at the Dead Sea, located 13 miles from Jerusalem.
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Christianity is banned in the Roman empire.
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The tales of the life and work of Jesus (gospels) composed.
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The Jews were revolting against the Romans that were leading them in Jerusalem. This caused the second temple to fall, and it was a time of extreme violence and chaos
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Septuagint (Greek translation of the Bible) composed at Alexandria.
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After the Jews returned home from captivity, they built the Second Temple, but this temple was destroyed during the first Jewish revolt. This led to the second Jewish revolt.
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Roman empire becomes mandatorily Christian
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Muhammad undertakes the Hegira (Hijra), the migration from Mecca to Medina, establishing the start of the Islamic calendar.
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Battle of Badr: Muhammad's forces win, resulting in a turning point for Islam against the ruling Quraysh tribe.
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Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced.
