Timeline of the Seven Periods of Jewish History

Jacob's twelve sons became the patriarchs of the twelve tribes of Israel. They then settled in Egypt. Abraham became the first Patriarch, his son Isaac the second and his son Jacob the third God created a Covenant with Abraham promising descendants and the Promised Land. God called Abram to leave Mesopotamia and he became Abraham The Israelites were put into slavery by the Egyptians God Sent Moses to free them. Moses protected the Israelites until God sent the Passover, freeing them Moses then led them through the desert to a mountain where God gave them the Ten Commandments or 'Ten Words' Moses later died and his successor, Joshua, led them to the Promised Land God called a young shepherd named David to become King of the Israelites Saul, the previous King, grew jealous and tried to assassinate him David fled and gained help from the Philistines and fought Saul's army, and Saul was killed David then became the King of Israel, and he made Jerusalem the religious capital of his united kingdom David died and was succeeded by one of his sons, Solomon Solomon created the temple in Jerusalem to house the Ark of the Covenant and Sacred Vessels The prophet Jeremiah warned the king and people of Judah to turn back to God They ignored him and the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple They lost the Ark of the Covenant and the people of Judah were exiled The Israelites exile ended when the Persian King, Cyrus, conquered Babylon Cyrus decreed that the Jews could go back to Palestine and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem They also took back the sacred vessels and the Ark of the Covenant Alexander the Great, a young Greek King, conquered Israel After Alexander's death, his kingdom was split into two Israel was left relatively free under Ptolemy's rule, who was one of Alexander's Generals Antiochus took control and sought to spread the Greek religion through the Jews An rebellion was formed and Judas Maccabeus formed and alliance with the Romans War broke out and Antiochus was defeated The Old Testament was Completed Pompey the Great, a Roman General, entered Jerusalem The first of the Herods was made King Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea Jesus began to preach to the Public and work miracles Jesus was put to death by Pontius Pilate and was Crucified A few days later Jesus rose from the dead and his followers saw him as the son of God and a Human Being The Jews began to rebel against the Roman Empire for the first time The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's temple Over 600,000 Jews were killed The Jews rebelled for a second time The Jews revolted for the third time and the Romans defeated them The Romans made it so that the Jews could not go insight of the ruins of Jerusalem. The Jews were then dispersed throughout the world. First: The Patriarchs of The People of Israel Interim 1: Descendants of the Patriarch Jacob in Egypt Second: The Exodus and Entry into the Promised Land Interim 2: Final Years of Rule under the Judges Third: The Monarchy Fourth: The Exile in Babylon Fifth: The Post Exile Sixth: The Greek Conquest Seventh: The Roman Empire Jude Soy was born