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| BCE |
BEFORE THE COMMON ERA |
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| 1004 |
King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom
of Israel |
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| 967 |
King Solomon's reign begins |
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| 960 |
Solomon builds the First Temple as the religious and spiritual
center of the Jewish People |
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| 922 |
The Kingdom divides between North (Israel) and South (Judah)
- Jerusalem is the capital of Judah |
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| 586 |
Nebuchadnezzer, King of Babylon conquers Jerusalem and destroys
the First Temple - the Jews are exiled to Babylon |
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| MID-530s |
Jews return to Eretz Israel from Babylon and start to build
the Second Temple |
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| 517 |
Second Temple is completed |
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| MID 5th Century |
Ezra and Nehemiah rebuild Jerusalem's walls and strengthen
the Jewish community |
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| 332 |
Alexander the Great (Greece) conquers Jerusalem |
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| Late 4th Century |
Ptolemy I takes control of the city |
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| 199 |
Jerusalem is conquered by the Seleucids of Syria |
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| 167-164 |
Maccabean revolt against the Hellenistic domination; Jerusalem
is restored to jewish autonomy under Hasmonean (Maccabean Empire) |
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| 63 |
Roman invasion led by Pompey |
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| 37 |
King Herod appointed as ruler of Judah by the Romans, restores
the Temple |
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| CE |
COMMON ERA |
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| 33 |
Jesus crucified in Jerusalem |
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| 66-73 |
First Jewish Revolt against Rome |
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| 70 |
Jerusalem and the Second Temple are destroyed after Roman
siege |
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| 132-135 |
Second Jewish revolt led by Bar Kochba, Jews slaughtered,
exiled from the city |
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| 324 |
Byzantine rule - the Roman Empire including Jerusalem becomes
christian under Emperor Constantine |
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| 614-638 |
Jerusalem falls to the Persians (614), Byzantines (629) and
Arab Muslims (638) |
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| 688-691 |
Dome of the Rock and El-Aksa built |
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| 1099 |
First Crusaders capture Jerusalem |
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| 1187 |
Saladin captures Jerusalem |
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| 1260 |
Mamelukes rule Jerusalem |
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| 1516-17 |
Turkish Ottoman Empire (sultan Selim) conquers Jerusalem |
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| 1535-38 |
Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilds city walls |
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| 1858-60 |
Mishkenot Sha'ananim built by Montefiore - first jewish settlement
outside Old City walls |
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| 1917 |
British conquer Jerusalem; British Mandate period |
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| 1947 |
Partition plan calls for internationalization of Jerusalem |
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| 1949 |
Jerusalem proclaimed Capital of the state of Israel |
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| 1965 |
Teddy Kollek becomes Mayor |
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| 1967 |
Six Day War - Jerusalem reunified under Israeli control |
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| 1992 |
25th anniversary of reunification |
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| 1996 |
3000 years since the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital
city by King David |
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