| -7000 |
|
Founding of Jericho - world's earliest known city |
| -4000 |
|
Early Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia |
| -3500 |
|
Sumerian cuneiform (picture-writing) developed |
| -3500 |
|
Sumerians invent wheel |
| -2500 |
|
Early Hebrew civilization in Israel area |
| -2100 |
|
Babylon established by the Chaldeans |
| -2000 |
|
Abraham migrates from Ur to Canaan |
| -2000 |
|
Hittite empire established in Asia Minor |
| -2000 |
|
Gilgamesh Epic (heroic poem) written in cuneiform |
| -2000 |
|
Phoenicians trading in Eastern Mediterranean |
| -1800 |
|
Babylonian king Hammurabi codifies laws |
| -1600 |
|
Phoenicians develop phonetic alphabet |
| -1400 |
|
Hebrews invade Canaan (Joshua) |
| -1300 |
|
Hebrew Exodus from Egypt under Moses |
| -1250 |
|
Israelites invade Palestine |
| -1200 |
|
Hittites overthrown by Assyrians |
| -1020 |
|
Saul becomes King of Israel |
| -1000 |
|
David becomes King of Israel - Philistines defeated |
| -970 |
|
Solomon becomes King of Israel |
| -940 |
|
Death of King Solomon - kingdom split into two |
| -800 |
|
Phoenicians establish colony at Carthage, North Africa |
| -720 |
|
Assyrians invade Palestine |
| -620 |
|
Ninevah sacked by Medes - end of Assyrian empire |
| -600 |
|
Hanging Gardens of Babylon built by Nebuchadnezar |
| -580 |
|
Nebuchadnezar takes Hebrews into captivity in Babylon |
| -540 |
|
Medes and Persians under Cyrus control most of Asia Minor |
| -530 |
|
Jews freed after Cyrus the Persian conquers Babylon |
| -525 |
|
Persians expand into Egypt, Asia Minor and towards India |
| -486 |
|
Xerxes becomes King of Persia |
| -165 |
|
Jewish kingdom revived under Hasmoneans and Maccabees |
| -87 |
|
Babylonian tablet records passage of Halley's Comet |
| -63 |
|
Romans under Pompey conquer Palestine |
| -4 |
|
Birth of Jesus Christ |
| 33 |
|
Death of Jesus Christ |
| 67 |
|
Death of St Paul |
| 70 |
|
Jerusalem destroyed by Romans after rebellion |
| 135 |
|
Emperor Hadrian completes destruction of Palestine |
| 600 |
|
Jewish Talmud written |
