Israelite Chronology
Biblical Period
| 2000–1200 BCE | Traditional Dates of Patriarchs and Sojourn in Egypt |
| 1200 BCE | Settlement in Canaan |
| 1200–1025 BCE | Chieftains (“Judges”) and Tribal Rule |
| 1025–928 BCE | United Monarchy of Israel and Judah |
| 928–720 BCE 720 BCE | Divided Monarchy (Separate Kingdoms of Israel and Judah) Fall and Exile of Northern Kingdom (“Israel”) |
| 720–586 BCE 586 BCE | Late Monarchy (Judah alone) Fall of Judah, Destruction of Temple, Babylonian Exile |
| 586–538 BCE | Exilic Period |
| 538 BCE–70 CE | Postexilic/Second Temple Period |
| 538–334 BCE | Persian Period |
| 538 BCE | Edict of Cyrus, Beginning of Return to Zion |
| 515 BCE | Completion of Second Temple |
| Fifth century BCE | Ezra and Nehemiah |
| 332 BCE–63 CE | Hellenistic Period |
| 167 BCE | Antiochus’s Decree |
| 166–164 BCE | Hasmonean (Maccabean) Revolt (First Hanukkah, 164 BCE) |
| 63 BCE–614 CE | Roman Period |
| 70 CE | Destruction of Second Temple by Romans |
| 70–600 CE | Rabbinic (Talmudic) Period |
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.