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400 B.C. 300 B.C. 200 B.C. 100 B.C. O 100 A.D. 200 A.D.
PERSIAN
RULE
538-330
B.C.
PTOLOMEY RULE
323-198 B.C.
SELEUC
ID
RULE
198-166
M
A
C
C
A
B
E
A
N
REVOLT 166-135
B.C.
HASMONEAN
RULE
135 - 40 B.C.
HERODIAN RULE
40 B.C. - 100 A.D.ROMAN RULE
64 B.C. - 330 A.D.
ROMAN PERIOD
64 B.C. - 33O A.D.HELLENISTIC PERIOD
330 - 64 B.C.
PERSIAN
PERIOD
586-33O B.C.
400 YEARS OF
SILENCE
Alexander the Great
331 - 323 B.C.
Ptolemey Philadelphus
commissions the translation of
the Tanak into the Greek
language. The Septuagint,
LXX, is translated (280 - 250
B.C.).
Antiochus IV desecrates
the Jerusalem temple
(168 B.C.).
Judas Maccabeus
purifies the
Jerusalem temple
Pompey annexes
Judah for Rome 63 B.C.
Herod the Great
dies (4 B.C.).
Jerusalem falls
to Titus
(70 A.D.).
The Bar Cochba
revolt (135 A.D.).
The Archaeological and Political Periods
Surrounding the New Testament PeriodDr. David Battle
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