Ancient History 12500 - 9500 BCE Natufian Culture 8500 – 6000 BCE Jericho and Large Settlements 3000 – 1200 BCE The Bronze Age 2000 BCE The Story of Abraham 1208 BCE Merneptah Stele & Extra Biblical Records 1020 BCE The United Kingdom of Israel – Hebrew Bible 930 BCE A Split Region 925 BCE Pharaoh Shoshenq Invades Canaan 738 BCE Neo-Assyrian Empire & Invasion of Israel 626 – 539 BCE Neo-Babylonian Empire 550 – 330 BCE The Achaemenid Empire & Cyprus the Great 330 BCE Alexander the Great Conquers Persian Empire 312 – 63 BCE The Seleucid Empire 116 BCE The Seleucid Empire Civil War The Rise of Christianity 63 BCE The Roman Republic Conquers Judea 66 – 136 Jewish & Roman Wars Diaspora 132 Hadrian Joins Syria and Judea 270 – 273 The Palmyrene Empire 306 – 324 Roman Civil Wars & Emperor Constantine The Rise of Islam 570 Approx. Birth of Muhammad 614 Sasanian Empire Captures Palestine 628 The Byzantines Recapture Palestine 632 – 661 The Rashidun Caliphate 662 – 750 The Ummayad Caliphate 750 – 1258 The Abbasid Caliphate The Crusades 1095 – 1099 Pope Urban Calls for 1st Crusade 1187 Saladin’s Campaign The Rise of Islam (cont.) 1206 Genghis Khan Declared Ruler of Mongolia 1251 Mongke Khan Extends the Empire 1250 – 1517 The Mamluk Sultanate 1516 The Ottoman Empire Conquers Palestine 1834 The Peasant’s Revolt 1840 The Convention of London The Rise of Zionism 1860 The 1st Jewish Neighbourhood 1882 – 1903 Jewish Migration 1897 1st Zionist Congress 1915 Britain’s Promise of Independence 1917 The Balfour Declaration 1917 – 1918 Britain Secures Jerusalem & Defeats Ottomans 1923 Realisation of The Sykes-Picot Agreement 1920 The League of Nations Palestine Population report 1922 Britain Awarded Governing Mandate 1929 The Palestine Riots 1936 – 1939 The Arab Revolt 1937 British Palestine Royal Commission: Two State Solution 1939 – 1945 The Second World War and The Holocaust The Creation of Israel 1948 British Mandate Expires 1948 – 1949 Arab & Israeli War 1950 The Law of Return 1956 The Sinai Campaign 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organisation is Created 1967 The Six – Day War 1978 – 1979 Peace Treaties between Israel & Egypt 1982 Invasion of Lebanon 1987 – 1991 The 1st Intifada 1987 The Creation of Hamas 1988 The Declaration of an Independent State of Palestine 1991 The Madrid Conference 1993 – 1995 The Oslo Accords 1994 An Illegal Separation Wall 2000 – 2005 The 2nd Intifada 2006 Democratic Election of Hamas 2006 The 2nd Lebanese War 2008 Operation Cast Lead 2012 Operation Pillar of Cloud 2012 Palestine & The United Nations.