There are few countries where nearly every mountain,road,city and river has historical or religioous significance as they do in Israel. In the days when the stone age was at its height in most countries,great events were taking place in Israel - the Bible was written and faiths that were to shape the history of the world were created. Israel's story has been going 4,000 years and if you have not got the time to delve into history books, the following table is for you.
The Patriarch, Abraham c.2,000 B.C.E.
The Exodus from Egypt c.1,250 B.C.E.
King David 1006-968 B.C.E.
King Solomon 968-928 B.C.E.
Building of 1st Temple 964-956 B.C.E.
Destruction of 1st Temple and the start of the Babylonian Exile 587 B.C.E.
The Return of Zion 538 B.C.E.
The Consecration of 2nd Temple 515 B.C.E.
The Hasmonean Revolt 167 B.C.E.
The Birth of Jesus 5 B.C.E.
The Destruction of 2nd Temple 70 C.E
The Bar-Kokhba Revolt 132-135
The Arab Conquest of Eretz Israel 634-638
The Crusades 1096-1291
The Turkish Conquest of Eretz Israel 1516-1517
Nopoleon's Campaign in Eretz Israel 1799
First Jewish Quarter outside the walls of Jerusalem 1860
The Establishment of the first jewish Agricultural Settelement in
Modern Times - Petah Tikvah 1878
The Beginning of Organized Jewish Immigration 1882
The First Zionist Congress 1897
The Foundation - Laying of Tel-Aviv 1909
The Establishment of the 1st Kibbutz - Deganiah 1910
The Balfour Declaration Calling for a Jewish National Home in Eretz Israel 1917
The End of Turkish Period and the Conquest of Eretz Israel by the British 1917-1918
The British Mandate 1918-1948
Organized Arab Pogroms against Jews of Eretz Israel 1920,1921,1929,1936-1939
The Struggle for the Jewish State 1945-1948
The U.N. Resolution to Create a Jewish State 1947
Israel's War of Independence 1947-1949
The Sinai Campaign 1948-1951
The Six-day war 1956
The Liberation of the Old city of Jerusalem 1967
The Yom-Kippur war 1973
The Signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty 1979
Peace for Galilee war 1982
The Patriarch, Abraham c.2,000 B.C.E.
The Exodus from Egypt c.1,250 B.C.E.
King David 1006-968 B.C.E.
King Solomon 968-928 B.C.E.
Building of 1st Temple 964-956 B.C.E.
Destruction of 1st Temple and the start of the Babylonian Exile 587 B.C.E.
The Return of Zion 538 B.C.E.
The Consecration of 2nd Temple 515 B.C.E.
The Hasmonean Revolt 167 B.C.E.
The Birth of Jesus 5 B.C.E.
The Destruction of 2nd Temple 70 C.E
The Bar-Kokhba Revolt 132-135
The Arab Conquest of Eretz Israel 634-638
The Crusades 1096-1291
The Turkish Conquest of Eretz Israel 1516-1517
Nopoleon's Campaign in Eretz Israel 1799
First Jewish Quarter outside the walls of Jerusalem 1860
The Establishment of the first jewish Agricultural Settelement in
Modern Times - Petah Tikvah 1878
The Beginning of Organized Jewish Immigration 1882
The First Zionist Congress 1897
The Foundation - Laying of Tel-Aviv 1909
The Establishment of the 1st Kibbutz - Deganiah 1910
The Balfour Declaration Calling for a Jewish National Home in Eretz Israel 1917
The End of Turkish Period and the Conquest of Eretz Israel by the British 1917-1918
The British Mandate 1918-1948
Organized Arab Pogroms against Jews of Eretz Israel 1920,1921,1929,1936-1939
The Struggle for the Jewish State 1945-1948
The U.N. Resolution to Create a Jewish State 1947
Israel's War of Independence 1947-1949
The Sinai Campaign 1948-1951
The Six-day war 1956
The Liberation of the Old city of Jerusalem 1967
The Yom-Kippur war 1973
The Signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty 1979
Peace for Galilee war 1982
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