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Religion Christian Scriptures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Canaan? | Land promised to the Israelites by God / located near the fertile crescent / acted as a funnel between Egypt and Mesopotamia / Land bridge |
| What is diaspora? | Term used to describe the scattering of Israelites |
| What is remnant? | Term used to describe the small group of Israelites that returned to Israel after the Edict of Cyrus / part of the whole |
| 1850 BC | Abraham father of Israel is born |
| 1250 BC | Exodus / Moses frees Israelite slaves from Egypt after God unleashes the plagues |
| 1200 BC | Israelites occupy Canaan ( Holy Land ) |
| 1020 BC | United Monarchy of Israel under King Sal the first king of Israel |
| 961 BC | Soloman becomes king of Israel |
| 950 BC | The temple at Jerusalem is completed by king Soloman |
| 922 BC | Soloman dies and Israel splits into two kingdoms / 10 tribes form the Northern Kingdom and Judah which has royal lineage becomes the Southern Kingdom |
| 721 BC | Assyria destroys the Northern Kingdom |
| 587 BC | Babylon becomes dominant empire and defeats Assyria / wipes out Southern Kingdom of Judah / Israel is no longer a nation and temple gets burned to the ground |
| Period of Exile | Significant part of Judah population is taken to Babylon as slaves |
| 538 BC | |
| 515 BC |