File : Chronology of Israel eng.png center 760px default Jewish history rect 658 156 833 176 Periods of massive immigration to the land of Israel rect 564 156 647 175 Periods in which the majority of Jews lived in exile rect 460 156 554 175 Periods in which the majority of Jews lived in the land of Israel , with full or partial independence rect 314 156 452 175 Periods in which a Jewish Temple existed rect 196 156 309 175 Jewish history rect 26 102 134 122 Shoftim rect 134 102 265 121 Melakhim rect 146 83 266 104 First Temple rect 286 83 418 103 Second Temple rect 341 103 392 121 Zugot rect 393 103 453 121 Tannaim rect 452 102 534 221 Amoraim rect 534 102 560 121 Savoraim rect 559 103 691 121 Geonim rect 691 102 825 121 Rishonim rect 825 100 940 120 Acharonim rect 939 94 959 120 Aliyot rect 957 65 975 121 Israel rect 940 62 958 94 The Holocaust rect 825 62 941 100 Diaspora rect 808 61 825 101 Expulsion from Spain rect 428 62 808 103 Roman exile poly 226 82 410 82 410 92 428 92 428 61 226 62 Assyrian Exile ( Ten Lost Tribes ) rect 264 82 284 122 Babylonian captivity rect 283 103 341 121 Second Temple period poly 26 121 17 121 17 63 225 63 226 81 145 82 145 101 26 101 Ancient Jewish History rect 58 136 375 146 Chronology of the Bible rect 356 122 373 135 Common Era desc none The history of the early Jews , and their neighbors , centers on the Fertile Crescent and east coast of the Mediterranean Sea . It begins among those people who occupied the area lying between the river Nile and Mesopotamia . Surrounded by ancient seats of culture in Egypt and Babylonia , by the deserts of Arabia , and by the highlands of Asia Minor , the land of Canaan ( roughly corresponding to modern Israel , the Palestinian Territories , Jordan and Lebanon ) was a meeting place of civilizations
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