NCOS Y1C3 Timeline Project - Aaron Norling
A scrolling timeline assembled from timeline.csv.
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Abraham
Very approximate; often placed in Middle Bronze Age. Some traditions place Abraham around 2000–1900 BCE.
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The Exodus
Two major scholarly traditions: early date (~1446 BCE) and late date (~13th century BCE).
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Covenant at Mt. Sinai
Usually understood as occurring within months of the Exodus.
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Israel enters Canaan
Depends on early vs. late Exodus chronology.
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King David
United monarchy period.
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Solomon’s Temple Built
Construction traditionally dated to Solomon’s reign.
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Divided Kingdoms
Division into Israel (north) and Judah (south) after Solomon.
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Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah
Classical prophets active during Assyrian expansion.
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Fall of Samaria
Assyria conquers northern kingdom of Israel.
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Jeremiah, Nahum
Jeremiah overlaps final decades of Judah; Nahum likely before Nineveh’s fall in 612 BCE.
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Fall of Jerusalem / Temple Destroyed
Babylon destroys Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple.
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Exile
Babylonian captivity; some deportations began earlier (~605 BCE).
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Ezekiel
Prophetic ministry during the exile.
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Temple Rebuilt / Haggai & Zechariah
Second Temple reconstruction under Persian rule.
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Wall Rebuilt / Ezra & Nehemiah
Ezra and Nehemiah reforms; Jerusalem walls rebuilt around 445 BCE.
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Alexander the Great & Hellenism
Greek conquest initiates Hellenistic period.
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Roman Occupation
Pompey takes Jerusalem; Roman dominance begins.
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Birth of Jesus
Based largely on death of Herod the Great.