A Brief Timeline of the Land of Israel

BC

2000   Abraham settles in the land

1250     the Hebrew people arrive

1000    King David makes Jerusalem the capital of Israel

922       splits into two nations: Israel in the north and Judah in the south

722       northern kingdom is conquered by the Assyrians

586       Judah is conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, destroying the Temple, and expelling the Jews, who partially return after 70 years in exile

322      Israel is conquered by the Greeks, led by Alexander the Great

63        Israel is conquered by the Romans

AD

70       Jerusalem and the Temple are destroyed by the Romans, and the Jews expelled

324     becomes part of the Byzantine Empire

614      becomes part of the Persian Empire

629     ruled by the Umayyad Arabs

750     ruled by the Abbasid Arabs

878     ruled by Egypt

1099   conquered by the Crusaders who massacred Muslims and Jews

1187     Kurdish rule with Saladin

1250   Egyptian Mamaluks take over

1517     Ottoman Empire takes over, and Suleiman rebuilds much of Jerusalem

1875   Jewish resettlement begins

1917     British rule following the conquest of Jerusalem by General Allenby

1947    U.N. votes for the partition of the land

1948    foundation of the Jewish State (but excluding the Old City)

1967    capture of the Old City during the Six-Day War

1973    attacked on Yom Kippur by Egypt and Syria

2023   attacked by Hamas from Gaza