| Note: B.C.=B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and A.D.=C.E. (Common Era) Basic Dates (first four are very “approximate”) |
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| 4000 B.C.E. | Adam and Eve [Masoretic text tradition] |
| 1900 B.C.E. | Time of Abraham |
| 1450 B.C.E. | Exodus from Egypt/Moses & Torah |
| 1000 B.C.E. | King David/Solomon-United Monarchy (12 Tribes) |
| 721 B.C.E. | Northern Kingdom (10 Tribes) of Israel Destroyed/Assyrian Exile |
| 586 B.C.E. | 1st. Temple Destroyed/Babylonian Exile of Judah (2 Tribes) |
| 516 B.C.E. | Return of Judah from Exile/Temple Rebuilt |
| 165 B.C.E. | Maccabeean Revolt and Independence of Judah (Antiochus IV) |
| 100 B.C.E. | Flourish of Qumran Community/Teacher of Righteousness |
| 4 /3 B.C.E. | Birth of Jesus/Death of Herod the Great/War of Varus |
| 6 C.E. | Revolt of Judas the Galilean |
| 30 C.E. | Crucifixion of Jesus |
| 64 C.E. | Fire in Rome/Persecution of Christians (Nero) |
| 70 C.E. | Roman Destruction of Jerusalem (66-73 C.E. 1st Jewish Revolt-Masada) |
| 135 C.E. | 2nd Jewish Revolt/Bar Kochba (Kosiba) |
| 200 C.E. | Mishnah Compiled and Edited |
| Ancient Empires |
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| Egyptian | 3000 B.C.E. |
| Old Babylonian (Hammurabi) | 2000 B.C.E. |
| Assyrian (Shalmaneser V/Sargon) | 700s B.C.E. |
| Babylonian (Nebuchadnezzar) | 600s B.C.E. |
| Persian (Cyrus) | 500s B.C.E. |
| Greek (Alexander) | 330 B.C.E. (Hellenization) |
| Romans in Palestine (Pompey) | 63 B.C.E. |
| Roman Emperors |
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| 27 B.C.E. to 14 C.E. | Augustus (Octavian) |
| 14 to 37 C.E. | Tiberius |
| 37 to 41 C.E. | Caligula |
| 41 to 54 C.E. | Claudius |
| 54 to 68 C.E. | Nero |
| 68 to 69 C.E. | Galba; Otho; Vitellius |
| 69 to 79 C.E. | Vespasian |
| 79 to 81 C.E. | Titus |
| 81 to 96 C.E. | Domitian |
| 96 to 98 C.E. | Nerva |
| 98 to 117 C.E. | Trajan |
| 117 to 138 C.E. | Hadrian |
| Herodian Rulers |
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| Herod the Great, King of Jews | 37 to 4 B.C.E. |
| Archelaus (son) over Judea | 4 B.C.E to 6 C.E. |
| Philip over east | 4 B.C.E. to 34 C.E. |
| Herod Antipas (son), tetrarch of Galilee and Perea | 4 B.C.E. to 39 C.E. |
| Pontius Pilate, Procurator of Judea | 26-36 C.E. |
| Herod Agrippa I (grandson), King over Judea and Galilee | 41-44 C.E. (Acts 12) |
| Herod Agrippa II (son), parts of Palestine | 53-100 C.E. (Acts 25-26) |
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Note: Roman Procurators over Judea from 6 to 41 C.E., then over all Palestine from 44-66 C.E. |
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