It started with Cannan…

This was the area that is now Isreal Look at the progression…

Phonecians

• North of Canan in Lebanon and Syria was a region called Phoenicia

• The Phoenicians invented the alphabet• Through trade, the Phoenicians spread their

alphabet• This is the alphabet we use today!

Issue Arising

• The Canaanites and Phonecians were Pagan (worshipping more than 1 God)

• After 2,000B.C, a people known as the Israelites moved into the region and worshipped only one God

• The religion came to be known as Judaism• Israelites rejected the gods of the Canaanites

Now the story really starts…

• Abrahams Covenant• Famine (went to Egypt)• Slavery =-(• Freed by Moses =-)• Took control of Canaan (promised land) and

established the first kingdom of Israel

Uh-Oh…

• Babylonians destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and took people of Judah captive

• This was the beginning of the Jewish diaspora (scattering)

• Persians then conquered the babylonians/allowing them to rebuild their temple

Not again…

• This time the Romans took control of Judea , heavily taxed, and outlawed parts of the jewish religion.

• The Romans killed thousands of jews and destroyed their temple in 70 A.D