2. The Assyrians and
Egyptians
 In (1) 722 BC, the (2)
ASSYRIANS conquered the
northern Kingdom of Israel.
 Some Israelites were (3)
EXILED, or forced to leave,
others were allowed to stay.
 The southern land of (4)
JUDAH was conquered by
the (5) EGYPTIANS in 620
BC.

3. The Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
 The (6) CHALDEANS
defeated the Egyptians and
Israelites and took over Judah
in (7) 612 BC.
 The Jews and Egyptians (8)
UNITED to try to defeat the
Chaldeans but failed.
 In (9) 597 BC, King
Nebuchadnezzar punished
the Jews by exiling 10,000 of
them to (10) BABYLON.

4. The Diaspora
 The Jews of Judah revolted against
Nebuchadnezzar again in (11) 586 BC.
 This time the Chaldeans destroyed the
(12) TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM and
forced thousands more to go to Babylon.
 This is the beginning of the (13)
DIASPORA, the scattering of Jews
throughout the world

5. The Diaspora

6. The Jews
 The Jews lived in Babylon for over (14) 50
YEARS.
 The Chaldeans called them (15) JUDEANS
because they were from Judah. This was later
shortened to Jews.
 During their time in Babylon, Jewish (16)
SCRIBES began writing down all the religious
stories and history for fear of being annihilated.
 This became the (16) TORAH.

7. The Persians and Greeks
 In (17) 539 BC, Babylon and the Chaldeans
were conquered by the (18) PERSIANS led
by Cyrus.
 Cyrus let the Jews go home to (19) JUDAH,
but Judah was still under Persian control.
 In (20) 311 BC, the Persians were conquered
by (21) ALEXANDER THE GREAT of Greece.
 Judah became part of Alexander’s Greek
Empire.

8. Persian and Greek Empires

9. The Greeks
 In (21) 168 BC, the Jews rebelled against
the ruling Greeks.
 A Jewish army known as the (22)
MACCABEES drove the Greeks from
Jerusalem and reclaimed what was left of
the Temple.
 (23) HANUKKAH celebrates the cleansing
of their Temple.
 The Jews lived in freedom for (24) 88
YEARS until…

10. The Romans
 In (25) 63 BC, Judah was conquered by
the Romans.
 The Romans killed more than 50,000
Jews.
 The Romans did let the Jews practice
Judaism and in (26) 22 BC, Jewish King
(27) HEROD began rebuilding the
Temple of Jerusalem.
 In (28) 66 AD, the Jews tried to overthrow
the Romans and managed to kick them
out of Jerusalem for almost four years.

11. The End
 But the Romans kept fighting back and in (29) 70 AD the
Romans retook Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple of
Jerusalem.
 It took (30) 60,000 ROMANS to beat the Jews.
 In (31) 132 AD, the Jews tried revolting again but lost. This
time the Romans exiled all Jews out of Jerusalem.
 For the next (32) 1,800 years the Jews did not have control
of their holy city as they were scattered throughout Israel,
Mesopotamia and Europe.
 The Romans renamed the Israelite land and called it (33)
“PALESTINE.”