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3000 BC
Melchizedek (High Priest)
Melchizedek (King of Salem)
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2000 BC
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3000 BC
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4000 BC
Great pyramids
Assyrian Empire founded
Babylonian Empire founded
The Hyksos (from the Levant) rule Egypt
Hammurabi (Babylon) conquers Mesopotamia
​​​18th Egypt. Dynasty expels Hyksos (poss. Ex. 1:8)​​
Egypt founded
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Earliest known settlement of Jerusalem​
Chronology of Prophets, High Priests, & Rulers
All dates are approximate
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900 BC
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850 BC
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800 BC
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750 BC
Johanan I
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Amariah I
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Zachariah | Shallum I | Menahem
Hoshea (Last King of Israel)
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722 BC
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931 BC
Benhadad I (Syria) aids Asa
Benhadad II/Hadadezer (Syria) fights Ahab
Ithobaal I (Tyre) | Mesha (Moab)
Hazael (Syria) | Samaria built by Ahab
Battle of Ramoth-Gilead - Ahab slain
Tiglath-pileser III (King of Assyria​​​)
Osorkon IV (Pharaoh) | Shalmanezer V (Assyria)
Sargon II (Assyria) | Marduk-apla-iddina II (Babylon)
Adad-nirari III (King of Assyria)
​First Olympic Games
​Jonah goes to Nineveh, Assyria​
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4000 BC
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3000 BC
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2000 BC
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1500 BC
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1400 BC
Thutmose II (Pharaoh)
Hatshepsut (Pharaoh)
Battle of Megiddo - Canaan under Egyptian rule
The Exodus
Amenhotep II (Pharaoh)
Amarna Letters show Canaanites seeking help
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1300 BC
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1200 BC
Start of Iron Age
Battle of Kadesh - Hittites defeat Egyptians
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Ruth & Naomi
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1100 BC
Abimelech (King)
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EVENTS
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PROPHETS & PATRIARCHS
PRIESTS
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KINGS
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1050 BC
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1000 BC
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950 BC
David & Goliath
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​​Siamun's (Pharaoh) daughter marries Solomon
​​​​Hiram I (King of Tyre) gives supplies to Solomon
Temple of Solomon completed​​
Shoshenq I/Shishak (Pharaoh)
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700 BC
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600 BC
​​​​​​​Ezekiel
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587 BC
Battle of Meggido - Josiah killed | Judah loses indepen​dence
​​Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon) defeats Egypt - deports first Jews
​​​Jehoiakim rebels & taken to Babylon | Babylon beseiges Jerusalem - deports Jehoiachin - puts Zedekiah on throne
​​​​​​​​​​Azariah VI
​​​​​​Jeremiah
Zephaniah
Huldah
Nahum | Habakkuk
Urijah ​
Lehi & Nephi​​​​
Daniel
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625 BC
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650 BC
​Sennacherib (Assyria) beseiges Jerusalem
Esarhaddon's (Assyria) conquests from Syria to Egypt
Manasseh II carried captive to Assyria | Later returned
Ashurbanipal (Assyria) defeats Taharqa (Pharaoh)
Psamtik I (Pharaoh)
​​​​​​Necho II (Pharaoh)
Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylon)​​
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575 BC
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550 BC
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500 BC
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450 BC
Amel-Marduk (Babylon​)
​Nabonidus | Belshazzar
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​​​​​Cyrus the Great (Persia)
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400 BC
​​​​​Zerubbabel
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350 BC
​​​​​​​Cyrus the Great (Persia) defeats Median Empire
Fall of Babylon | Cyrus allows Jews to return
​Cambyses II (Persia) conquers Egypt​
Second Temple completed
Aristotle teaches many, including Alexander
Alexander the Great (Macedon) conquers Palestine
Plato born
Philip II (Macedon) establishes Greek federation
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​Artaxerxes I (Persia)
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​Darius III (Last King of Persia)
Greeks win Battle of Marathon against Persia
​​​​Artaxerxes II (Persia)
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300 BC
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250 BC
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200 BC
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150 BC
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100 BC
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50 BC
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25 BC
Pompey (Rome) conquers Judea​
Aristobulus II taken captive to Rome
Crassus (Rome) loots Jewish Temple & Holy of Holies
Julius Caesar (Rome) assasinated
Herod conquers Jerusalem
Cleopatra dies, the last pharaoh
Herod starts Second Temple​ construction
Herod kills 3 sons & wife for treason
Abinadi
Alma the Elder
Mosiah II
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Alma the Younger​
Helaman I, Moroni I
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Nephi II
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Samuell the Lamanite
Nephi III
​​​Aristobulus I (King)
Alexander Jannaeus (King)
Salome Alexandra (Queen)
Hyrcanus II (King)
Aristobulus II (King)
Antigonus II (King)
Herod the Great (King)
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Antipater II (Prince)
Alexander (Prince)
Aristobulus IV (Prince)
Herod II (Prince)
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Antipater I the Idumaean (Roman Procurator)
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Augustus (Roman Emperor​)
Seleucids conquer Jerusalem
​​Heliodorus (Seleucid) tries to plunder Temple
​​Epiphanes (Seleucid) desecrates Temple; Maccabee revolt
Temple rededicated | Hanukkah
After Alexander's death, kingdom fractures into Seleucids, Ptolemies, & Antigonids
Greek/Hellenistic period
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25 AD
Birth of Jesus (dates disputed)
Death of Herod the Great, kingdom divided
Judas of Gamala revolts against Rome, starts Zealots
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Pilate (Rome) clashes with Jews​
Ministry of Jesus​
Crucifixion & Resurrection
Jesus (Messiah)
Anna (Prophetess)
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John the Baptist (Prophet)
Peter, James, John, & others (Apostles)
Quirinius (Governor of Syria)
Coponius | Marcus A. (Prefects)
Annius Rufus (Prefect of Judea)
​​Pontius Pilate (Prefect of Judea)
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33 AD
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1 BC
Jesus (King of Kings)
Herod Archelaus | Herod Antipas | Philip | Salome I
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Herodias (Princess)
Salome III (Princess)
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50 AD
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75 AD
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100 AD
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70 AD
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200 AD
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300 AD
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400 AD
Jerusalem becomes pagan Aelia Capitolina
Bar Kokhba revolt | Romans ban Jews from Jerusalem
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Constantine (Rome) converts to Christianity
Council of Nicaea reinstated Jerusalem's name
Constantine's mother visits Holy Land & commissions churches​​
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Matthias | Paul (Apostles​)
James III (Bishop of Jerusalem)
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Simeon I (Bishop of Jerusalem​)
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Clement I (Bishop of Rome)
Justus (Bishop of Jerusalem​​​​​​​)
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Gamaliel IV​
​​​​​​​​Judah III
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Gamaliel VI (Last Nasi)
Simon bar Kokhba (Prince)
Salvidienus (Propraetor of Judea)
Severus (Last Propraetor​)
Antoninus Pius (Emperor​​​)
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor​​​)
Septimus Severus (Emperor​​​)
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Valerian (Roman Emperor)​​
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Paul imprisoned | Temple completed
Jerusalem & Temple destroyed​​​
Simeon (Nasi​​)
​​​​​​Jonathan | Ishmael II
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500 AD
Persians conquer Jerusalem, Christans killed, Jews return
Justinian the Great (Byzantine Emperor)
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Umar (Caliph of Islam)
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Post-Apostolic & Apostacy
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600 AD
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700 AD
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800 AD
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Aaron ben Meir (Rabbi of Palestinian
Gaonate​)
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Rashi (Rabbi of France)
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900 AD
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (Imam-Caliph)
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​Godfrey & Baldwin I (King of Jerusalem)
Baldwin II & Melisende (Monarchs of Jerusalem)
Fulk, Baldwin III, Amalric, Baldwin IV (Kings of Jerusalem)
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Saladin (Egypt & Syria Sultan)
Baldwin V, Sibylla & Guy, Isabella I & Conrad, Henry II, Aimery | Maria & John I, Isabella II & Frederick, Conrad II, Conrad III (Monarchs of Jerusalem)
Baybars (Egypt & Syria Sultan)
Hugh, John II, Henry II (Last Kings of Jerusalem)
Al-Ashraf Khalil | Al-Nasir M. (Egypt & Syria Sultans)
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Qaitbay (Egypt & Syria​​ Sultan)
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Tuman Bay II (Egypt & Syria​​ Sultan)
Selim I | Suleiman (Ottomans Sultans)
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Fakhr-al-Din II (Arabistan Emir)
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Abdul Hamid I (Ottoman Sultan)
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1000 AD
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1100 AD
Urban II (Pope)
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Maimonides (Sephardic Rabbi)
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Innocent III (Pope)
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Nahmanides (Rabbi of Aragon)
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Julius II (Pope)
Moses Isserles (Rabbi of Poland​​)
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Baal Shem Tov (Founder of Hasidic Judaism)
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1200 AD
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1300 AD
Christian crusaders conquer Jerusalem, slaughter Muslims & Jews, establish Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Saladin retakes Jerusalem but permits worship of all religions
Richard the Lionheart tries to retake Jerusalem​
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Treaty of Jaffa restores Christian control of Jerusalem
Jews expelled from England & 16 years later from France
Fall of Acre - Crusaders lose control of the Levant
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Jews blamed for the Black Plague
​​​John Wycliffe translates Bible into English
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Gutenberg press publishes Bible, available to the public
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Jews expelled from Spain & Sicily & eventually Portugal
Jerusalem taken by Ottomans, religious freedom allowed
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses, starts Protestant reformation
Ottomans permanently seal Golden Gate of Jerusalem
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Pilgrims sail on Mayflower in search of religious freedom
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First great religious awakening
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1400 AD
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1500 AD
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1600 AD
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1700 AD
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1800 AD
Joseph Smith (Prophet)
Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, & others (Apostles)
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Brigham Young (Prophet)
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John Taylor
Wilford Woodruff
Lorenzo Snow
Joseph F. Smith
Heber J. Grant
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George Albert Smith
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David O. McKay
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Joseph Fielding Smith
Harold B. Lee | Spencer W. Kimball
Ezra Taft Benson
Howard W. Hunter
Gordon B. Hinckley
Thomas S. Monson
Russell M. Nelson (Prophet​​)
James Monroe (US President)
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John Quincy Adams (US President)
Andrew Jackson (US President)
​​​​​Abraham Lincoln (Illinois House of Rep)
Lilburn Boggs (Missouri Governor)
Martin Van Buren (US President)​​​​​
John Tyler (US President)
James K. Polk (US President)
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Abraham Lincoln (US President)
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Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Sultan)
The First Vision
Angel Moroni visits Joseph Smith
Priesthood restored | Book of Mormon
Christ's Church restored on Earth
Kirtland Temple dedicated​​​​​​
Orson Hyde dedicates Holy Land for return of Jews
Joseph Smith martyred
Saints reach Utah
US Civil War
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First European Jews return to Holy Land
Official Declaration 1
Utah gains statehood
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British forces drive Ottomans out of Holy Land, create Mandatory Palestine
6 million Jews killed in Holocaust
Dead Sea Scrolls discovered | State of Israel created
Arab-Israeli wars begin | Jerusalem divided
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Six-Day War, Israel captures East Jerusalem
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1825 AD
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1830 AD
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1850 AD
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1900 AD
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1950 AD
David Ben-Gurion (Israel's First Prime Minister)
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Yasser Arafat (Palestine's First President)
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2000 AD
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575 BC