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Israel Is Ruled from Rome
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300-400 CE
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400-500 CE
Israel During Byzantine Period
500-600 CE
Israel during Byzantine Period
600-700 CE
Shifting Powers in Israel : From Sasanian to Umayyad Rule
700-800 CE
From Umayyads to Abbasids: Jewish Life in Early Islamic Israel
800-900 CE
Abbasid Rule and Jewish Life: Synagogues & Genizah
900-1000 CE
Abbasid & Fatimid Rule and the Cairo Genizah
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From Fatimid Cairo to the Crusader Conquest
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1165 CE
Maimonides Prays at the Ruins of the Second Temple
1193 CE
Synagogue at Meroth
12th Century CE
Islamic Manuscript Describing Saladin’s Weapons
July 4, 1187
Muslims Led by Saladin Capture the Holy Land
1167-1169 CE
Benjamin of Tudela
1167 CE
Benjamin of Tudela, Spain, Visits Jerusalem
1075-1141 CE
Yehuda Halevi Urges European Jews to Return to Zion
Crusader Period Sword Found in the Mediterranean Sea
1099 - 1291
Crusader Conquest of Israel
1099 CE
The Massacre of Jews by Crusaders Near the Temple Mount by Muslim Historians
1080 CE
Community in Hebron - Cave of the Patriarchs
1061 CE
Saadia Gaon Commentary on the Shemoneh Esrei (Daily Jewish Prayer) mentioning Ashkelon
1055 CE
Letter from a Jew in Jerusalem to His Son-in-Law in Fustat (Cairo)
1047 CE
Jewish Pilgrims in Jerusalem
1045 CE
Daily Events in Jerusalem during the Month of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot)
1038 CE
Jewish Community in Yaffo (Jaffa)
1034 CE
Western Wall (Temple Mount, Jerusalem) Collapse on Passover
1031 CE
Community in Akko Rav Saadia Gaon’s Commentary on Isaiah
Letter from Tiberias
1029 CE
Hoshana Raba (Sukkot) on the Mount of Olives
1023 CE
Community in Tsfat (Safed)
1020 CE
Letter mentioning Community in Rafiah (Rafah)
1012 CE
Muslim Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim Destroys Synagogues in Jerusalem
985 CE
Jews and Christians in Jerusalem
940-970 CE
Gold Fatimid Coins Minted in Ramla
943 CE
Immigration from Baghdad and Maghreb
C. 943 CE
Jewish Epitaph found in Ramla
First Half - 10th Century
Pilgrim’s Guidebook to Jerusalem
925 CE
The Aleppo Codex The Oldest Hebrew Bible Is Written in the Galilee
Jewish Dye and Textile
Jewish Glass Industry in Hebron
873 CE
Jewish Pilgrim Amitai ben Shefatya
Ancient Muslim inscription proves Jewish ties to Temple Mount
800 CE
Horvat Susiya Synagogue in the South Hebron Hills - “Peace on Israel”
750 CE
Nikud Vowel System Developed in Tiberias After the 749 CE Earthquake
749 CE
Deir Aziz Synagogue in the Galilee
749 CE
The 749 CE Galilee Earthquake
Very Few Arabs in the Land of Israel
The Cairo Geniza
692 CE
The Dome of the Rock Was Built Over the Site of the Jewish Temple, Over the Foundation Stone, by Caliph Abd al-Malik
The Foundation Stone: Caliph Umar Allowed Jews to Remove Debris from the Temple Mount
640 CE
Arab Caliph Umar Captures Jerusalem in 637 CE and Allows Jews to Settle in Jerusalem
637 CE
Distribution of the Jewish Population at the Time of the Arab Conquest
630 CE
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius Retakes the Land of Israel from the Persians and Massacres Jews
624 CE
Mohammad Expels 600 Jews from Arabia They Resettle in the Land of Israel
614 CE
After the Persians Conquered Jerusalem in 614 CE, Many Jews Returned to the City
613 CE
Byzantine Coin Hoard Found in the City of David
Circa 614 CE
The Jews aided the Persian invasion in 614 CE
Early 7th Century
Pilgrim Eulogia Bottle with Menorah
Early 7th Century
Jewish Synagogue at Jericho 30 Miles North-East of Jerusalem
500 - 600 CE
Synagogue Menorah from Ma'on in the Southern Hebron Hills
500 - 600 CE
A Jewish Pilgrim’s Prayer to Rebuild the Temple
Land of Israel Borders, Tithing, Sukkot, Hanukkah and Shmita Rehov Synagogue Mosaic Floor
500 - 600 CE
Menorah and Burned Torah Scroll from Ein Gedi Synagogue
Early 6th Century
The Beth Alpha Synagogue Located in the Beit Shean Valley
508 CE
Gaza Synagogue
Oil Lamp Decorated with Menorah Byzantine Period
c. 450 CE
Synagogue at Isfiya (Mount Carmel)
Hulda Mosaic Floor
400 - 500 CE
Chancel Screen from a Synagogue at Hammat Gader in the Golan
5th Century
Isaiah 66:14 Hebrew Inscription on the Western Wall of the Temple Mount1
438 CE
A Jew Anticipates the Redemption
438 CE
Empress Eudocia Removed The Ban on Jews Praying at the Temple Mount
5th Century Jewish Tombs at Zohar/Zohara
Jewish Persecution, Jerusalem Talmud Completed and the Dissolvement of the Sanhedrin
Roman Emperor 361-363 CE
Julian “the Apostate” - Orders Rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem
352 CE
Constantius Gallus Quashes the Revolt
351 CE
“The Gallus Revolt” The Jewish Revolt against Constantius Gallus
350 CE
Tiberias Synagogue- Earliest Mosaic Floor found in a synagogue
333 CE
The Christian Pilgrim of Bordeaux Observes Jews and Tisha B’av (Ninth of Av)
Constantine the Great Allows the Jews to Visit the Temple Mount Once A Year on Tisha B’Av (The 9th of Av)
311 CE
Eusebius of Caesarea
Jewish Artifacts 4th Century
3rd Century CE
“Beit Midrash” Inscription from Dabura in the Golan Heights
250 CE
Synagogue Menorah from Hammat Tiberias On the Shore of the Sea of Galilee
220 CE
The Burial Place of Rabbi Judah HaNasi Bet She’arim, Israel
Meron
190 CE
Rabbi YeHuda Nassi finishes Mishne in Tzipori
The Mishnah Is Compiled 189-219 CE
140 CE
Usha
The Journeys of the Sanhedrin after 70 CE
Absalom Revolts Against King David
The Aftermath of the Revolt
The Bar Kokhba Revolt Against the Romans
The Bar Kokhba Revolt Coinage
Bar Kokhba Requests the Lulav and Etrog to Celebrate Sukkot
The Bar Kokhba Revolt to Re-establish Israel
Roman Historian Dio Cassius Writes about the God of Israel
130 CE
Hadrian Built a Temple of Jupiter on the Site of the Second Temple
114 – 117 CE
Revolt Against Roman Emperor Trajan
50 BCE-100 CE
Magdala Synagogue in the Galilee
The Theodotus Inscription
Synagogues Prove Israelite Presence in the Land of Israel for 2,000 Years
Yavne
Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai and the City of Yavne.
King Saul at the Valley of Elah
67 CE
"For the Freedom of Zion" - Bronze Pruta Year 2 of the Revolt
Tefillin (Phylacteries) Found in Qumran and the Shema
85 CE
Circumcision in the Year 85 CE
80 CE
The Roman Colosseum, Built with Spoils from the Jewish War