RS - Brief Timeline of Jewish History Flashcards
When was Abraham alive
2000BCE
When was the Exodus
1250BCE
When was King David alive
975BCE
When was King Solomon alive
967BCE
When was the exile by the Babylonians
565BCE
When was the Roman Empire period
70CE
When was the Capture and Expulsion
1090 - 1654 CE
Who founded the Jewish religion
Abraham
What did God tell Abraham
that he would make a great nation
What was the Exodus
When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt
By what festival is the Exodus remembered
Passover
How long did David reign over Israel
40 years
How long was Solomon king for
40 years
Who was David’s successor
King Solomon
What was Solomon’s crowning achievement
Building the temple that his father had dreamt about
Where did people flee to after the Babylonians captured Judah
Egypt
Who conquered the kingdom of Judah
the Babylonians
When was the destruction of the temple
70 CE
When did the first Crusade begin
1096
When was the Expulsion of the Jews from England
1290 / 1291
When did the Black Death reach Europe
1348
When were the Christian Crusaders expelled from Syria
1291
When was the Pogroms and the Golden age of Yiddish literature
Late 1700s - 1881
When did Greece grant citizenship to the Jews
1830
When and where did the Muslims attack the Jews
Late 1700s to 1881, Safed Hebron and Jerusalem
When was Zionism founded
1884
Who founded Zionism
Theodor Herzi
Where does the name ‘Zionism’ come from
from the hill of Zion
When was the holocaust
1939-1945
When did war erupt between arabs and jews
May 13 1948
Who read the Declaration of Independence
David DenGurlon
When did the Government of Israel Withdraw from Gaza Strip
2005
Who became prime minister of Israel in 2009
Benjamin Netanyahu
When did al-Aqsa Intifada begin
2000
