630 BCE The
Davidic Empire was divided into a Northern and a Southern Kingdom.
722 BCE The Northern Kingdom
was conquered by the Assyrians.
586 BCE The Southern Kingdom
was conquered by the Babylonians.
586–538 BCE The Babylonian
Exile.
After 538 BCE Reconstruction
of Jerusalem: Temples with priests, development of Sacred Scriptures (Tora).
66–70 CE The first Jewish
War against the Romans; destruction of the “Second” (Herodian)
Temple.
135 CE Final destruction
of Jerusalem by the Romans; the Jews were driven from Palestine.
