| Term | Definition |
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J-18th century bce |
Habirus move to Egypt |
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J-17th century bce |
Hyksos ruled Egypt |
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J-15th-13th centuries bce |
Egyptians build monuments and Hyksos are made the slaves |
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J-1290-1224 bce |
reign of Ramses II; also exodus |
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J-722 bce |
Assyrians conquer Israel and kill and deport many Jews |
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J-612 bce |
Babylonians defeat Assyrians |
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J-586 bce |
Babylonians conquer Israel; Babylonian exile/captivity; Diaspora occurs |
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J-538 bce |
Persian emperor, Cyrus, allows Jews to return home and allower religious freedom |
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J-333-331 bce |
Persians are conquered by Greeks |
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J-70 ce |
Romans conquer and destroy Jerusalem and the Temple |
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J-10th-2nd centuries bce |
Tanakh is written |
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J-950 bce |
Jahwist strand |
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J-850 bce |
Eloist strand |
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J-650 bce |
Deuteromist historian strand |
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J-6th century bce |
Priestly authors strand (before/during Babylonian captivity) |
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C-4 bce |
birth of Jesus of Nazareth |
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C-64 ce |
Paul arrives in Rome during the reign of Nero |
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C-65 ce |
Paul is beheaded in Rome |
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C-81-96 ce |
Domitian's persecution |
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C-1st-2nd centuries ce |
Revelation is written |
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C-312-313 ce |
Constantine passed the Edict of Toleration (Milan) |
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C-395 ce |
Christianity becomes the only allowable religion in the empire under Theodosius I |
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C-330 ce |
Constantine moves church to Constantinople |
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C-4th century ce |
beginnings of separation of east and west churches |
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C-1054 ce |
Great Schism |
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C-1517 ce |
Martin Luther tacked his 95 theses on church door |
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C-1545 ce |
Council of Trent and Catholic Counter Reformation |
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C-70 ce |
Gospel of Mark |
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C-80s ce |
Gospel of Matthew |
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C-85-95 ce |
Gospel of Luke |
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C-90-117 ce |
Gospel of John |
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C-190s ce |
Acts |
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I-7th century ce |
Islam began |
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I-570 ce |
birth of Muhammed |
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I-620 ce |
people of Medina invite Muhammed to come to their city |
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I-622 ce |
Muhammed escapes Mecca and travels to Medina; Hijra |
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I-630 ce |
Muhammed and 6,000 men took over Mecca and kept the Kaaba standing |
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I-632 ce |
Muhammed dies |
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J-1933 ce |
Holocaust |
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J-1947 ce |
UN passes resolution making Palestinve half Jewish and half Arab |