We are continued to study the history of Israel.
Moses gave a farewell speech at the foothill of Mt. Nebo before he died.
His farewell speech contains blessings and curses from God.
His speech is recorded in Deuteronomy 28 & 29 chapters.
But God warned that the worst part of the Curses would come from others.
Much of the Old Testament is the record of the history of the Israelites.
We have records outside of the Old Testament, from Jewish historians Josephus, Greco-Roman historians Tacitus and from many archaeological monuments.
All the sources agree and paint a consistent picture of the Israelite or Jewish history.
Moses made his final pronouncement in Deut 30:1-5
After Moses, successive writers in the Old Testament built on this theme that there would be a restoration after the Curses.
586 - Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and destroyed 1st temple
536-142 PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS
332 - Land conquered by Alexander the Great begins the Hellenistic rule.
63 – Jerusalem was captured by Roman general, Pompey.
63 BC – 313 AD ROMAN RULE
20-23 Ministry of Lord Jesus
66 - Jewish revolt against the Romans
70 - Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple
313- 636 - BYZANTINE RULE
The Byzantine Empire was predominantly Greek-speaking.
Under the Byzantine Empire, Israel had become a predominantly Christian country.
636-1099 - ARAB RULE
691 On site of the temple mount Dome of the Rock built by Caliph Abd el-Malik 1099-1291 CRUSADER DOMINATION
For the next 200 years, the country was dominated by the Crusaders under Pope Urban II who came from Europe to recover the Holy Land from the infidels (Arabs).
1517-1917: OTTOMAN RULE
The Ottoman Empire was founded by Osman I.
1917 - 400 years of Ottoman rule ended by British conquest
1918-1948 - BRITISH RULE
1939-1945 - World War II & Holocaust in Europe
1947 UN proposes the establishment of Arab and Jewish states in the Land.
1948 STATE OF ISRAEL
State of Israel proclaimed (1948 14 May).
Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May)
War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949)
1948-1952 - Mass immigration from Europe and Arab countries
1956 Sinai Campaign
1967 Six-Day War, Jerusalem reunited.
1975 Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.
1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
1981 Israel Air Force destroyed Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to become operative.
1992 Diplomatic relations established with China and India.
Prime Minister Rabin assassinated at peace rally.
Shimon Peres becomes prime minister.
(Most of the material was summarized from various websites and it is not my own)
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