Midterm Flashcards

1
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1200-1000 BCE

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Israelite tribal confederacy said to form

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2
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1000 BCE

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Israelite Kingdom said to be established

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3
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721 BCE

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Northern Kingdom Israel fails

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4
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587 BCE

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Southern kingdom Judah fails

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5
Q

538 BCE

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Exiles return from Babylonia

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6
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515 BCE

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Second Temple dedicated

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7
Q

332 BCE

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Alexander the Great conquers Palestine

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8
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160s BCE

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Maccabean uprising

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9
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63 BCE

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Roman general Pompey conquers Judaea

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10
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37-4 BCE

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Herod the Great’s reign

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11
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70 CE

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Titus conquers Jerusalem and destroys the Second Temple

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12
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135 CE

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Bar Kokhba Revolt

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13
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2nd to 6th Centuries

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Period of Classical Rabbis

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14
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7th to 11th Centuries

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Period of Geonim

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15
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Mid 7th Century

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Pact of Umar

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16
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Late 800s - mid 900s

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Saadya Gaon

17
Q

Late 700s

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Founding of Karaism

18
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800s-1100s

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Documents preserved in Cairo Geniza

19
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1138-1204

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Maimonides

20
Q

1492

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The Inquisition/ Expulsion of Jews from Spain

21
Q

1500s

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Rise of Ottoman Jewish centers: Constantinople, Salonica, Smyrna, Palestine; Rise of Eastern European Jewish centers: Lublin, Cracow

22
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1581

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“Council of the Four Lands” first convened for autonomous Jewish communities of Poland-Lithuania

23
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1729-1786

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Moses Mendelssohn/ Beginning of Haskalah

24
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1840-1910

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Main German Jewish immigration to US (about 250,000 people)

25
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1890-1910

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Main Eastern European Jewish immigration to US (about 1.5 million)