| to 7000 BC | Mesolithic culture, the Natufian, followed by Upper Paleolithic era A-17 | |
| 7000 | Jericho had relationships with Syria and Anatolia A-17 | |
| 5500 | Widespread Neolithic pottery A-17 | |
| 3200 | Cannanites settle in Canaan, Semites occupy Palestine | |
| 3000 | Early Bronze Age, Egyptian influences A-17 | |
| 3000 | Canaan has six states: East of River Jordan: Gilread, Ammon, Edom., Moab West of River Jordan: Judah, Israel |
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| 2400-2300 | Egyptians led excursions into Canaan A-41 | |
| 2300 | Canaanites developed a writing systems based on Egyptian hieroglyphics A-41 | |
| 2100 | People in Palestine communicated with Egypt | |
| 2000-1800 | Amorites from Lebanon moved into Palestine, settling in 1850 on plains | |
| 2000 | Abraham was born | |
| 1900 | Hebrews and Israelites left Mesopotamia for Palestine, including
Abraham Other Israelites went to Egypt and were made slaves by Ramses II |
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| 1650-1500 | Hurrians moved into Canaan | |
| 1479 | Battle at Megiddo, King Thutmosis III conquered Palestine, Phoenicia and Syria | |
| 1420 | Hebrew's exodus from Egypt (one proposed date) | |
| 1400 | Late Bronze Age | |
| 1375 | Egyptian control relaxed with Hebrew attacks from the east, Hittities from the north | |
| 1275-1299 | Israelites (Israel league) stormed Palestine from Egypt delta and southern deserts A-42 | |
| 1283 | Ramses II treaty with Hattushilish of the Hittities, southern Palestine became part of the Egyptian Empire | |
| 1225 | Joseph tribes settle at Goshen east of the Nile | |
| 1225 | Moses led his people from slavery in Egypt to Canaan, stopping at the Oasis of Kedesh in Syria, crossing Sanai desert (1250?) | |
| 1200 | Israelite Judges rule, mostly militaristic to 1020 | |
| 1200's | Canaan is divided into three areas: Palestine, occupied by the tribes of Israelites Aram, occupied by the Arameans Phoenicia, occupied by the old Canaanites Israelite Tribe of Reuben settle east of Jordan where the tribe of Gad lived Israelite Tribe of Judah moved north to the south of the Dead Sea Israelite Tribe of Joseph under Josua crossed the Jordan to Mtns of Ephraim Tribes of Simeon and Levi lived in southern Palestine Other Israelite tribes in Canaan were attacked by Merneptah of Egypt |
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| 1180 | Philistines from the sea settle from Gaza to Mount Carmel and build Gaza, Gath, Ashkelton, Ashdod, Ekron | |
| 1125 | Israelites victorious over Canaanites at Esdraelon Valley, Song of Deborah (Judges 5) | |
| 1100's | Moabites and Midianites move into Canaan | |
| 1050 | Philistines invade from the north, King Gath conquers Israel, Shiloh shrine destroyed, Ark taken as booty | |
| 1020 | Samuel, the last of the judges is asked to assign a king by the Israelites, elects Saul as king, actually the military leader | |
| Saul is victorious over Philistines at Michmash but loses at Gilboa and kills himself | ||
| Saul's son Ishbaal rules Mahanaim east of Jordon David, the Philistine is King of Judah at Hebron |
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| 1000 | David, the Philistine vassal becomes king Conquered Jerusalem in 1004 and made it the capital and restored the Ark Fought the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites. Did not conquer Phoenicia but treatied with Hiram of Tyre, king of the Sidonians |
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| 961 | David died, his son Solomon took over | |
| Buildings, military, trade improved, built city walls and Solomon's Temple to God was rebuilt. | ||
| Allied to Egypt and Hiram of Phoenicia | ||
| 922 | Solomon died, his son Rehoboam takes over followed by immediate
rebellion Jeroboam I was King of Isreal in the north at Shechem Rehoboam I was King of Judah in the south at Jerusalem Civil war continues ref A-45 |
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| See Israel and Judah | ||