ANE final dates

Question 1

1st temple period; david ruled

Answer 1

1000 BCE

Question 2

solomon’s temple built

Answer 2

960 BCE

Question 3

destruction of the temple by the Assyrians

Answer 3

722 bce

Question 4

start of the 2nd temple period (end of the 1st); 1st temple is destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonian exile; babylonian rule

Answer 4

586 BCE

Question 5

Babylonia conquered by Persians and Edict of Cyrus allowing Jews to return home

Answer 5

539 BCE

Question 6

Maccabean revolt in response to Antiochus IV’s persecution of Jews

Answer 6

167-64 BCE

Question 7

2nd temple is destroyed

Answer 7

70 CE

Question 8

constantine’s ruler; edict of milan legalizes christianity

Answer 8

313 CE

Question 9

mohammed emigrates to medina and forms a community

Answer 9

622 CE

Question 10

Umar takes over jerusalem and begins the start of Islamic jerusalem; marks the end of christian rule and the byzantine empire

Answer 10

638 CE

Question 11

dome of the rock is completed by abd- al malik

Answer 11

691 CE

Question 12

end of islamic jerusalem and the start of the crusader period (1st crusades led by pope urban)

Answer 12

1099 CE

Question 13

end of crusader period, start of islamic jerusalem again led by saladin

Answer 13

1187 CE

Question 14

united jerusalem; the 6 day war

Answer 14

1967 CE