ISRAEL IN BRIEF
Haifa
The lively “Capital of the North”, Haifa is Israel’s third largest city and by far one of its most exciting.
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CHRONOLOGY OF ISRAEL
In order to help you follow the different periods of history that you will be recalling during your visit, the following is a chronological list of dates, events and civilizations that took place in Israel during the last 5,000 years.
3000-2000
Egyptian–Sumarians
2000-1500
Patriarchs
1500-1300
Canaanites–Phoenicians–Philistines
1300-1200
Tribes–Judges
1200-800
Kings
950
Construction of First Temple by Solomon
800-700
First Assyrian Invasion
600-580
Second Babylonian invasion
586
Destruction of first temple
536
Return from Babylon
332
Conquest of Alexander the Great
167-141
Revolt of Maccabees
141-63
Jerusalem as a Jewish center
37-4 C.E.
Herod the Great
Ministry of Jesus Christ
66
First Jewish rebellion against Rome
70
Destruction of second temple
132-136
Second Jewish rebellion against Rome – Bar Kochva
323
Visit of Queen Helena
324
Visit of King Constantine – Construction of First churches
335
Inauguration of the Holy Sepulchre churches
614
Persian conquest and destruction of churches
638-750
Omaya Dynasty
693
Construction of the Dome of the Rock
Four Crusader Missions from Europe to the Holyland Restoration of churches
Destruction of churches
1546
Building of the Old City of Jerusalem and City Walls
1860
Construction of The New City of Jerusalem
1874
First Jewish pioneers building the first modern settlement in the Galilee
1910
Creation of the first Kibbutz
Return of the Jewish nation to Israel
May 14th, 1948
Establishment of the State of Israel
On May 14, 1948, British mandate over Palestine ended and the state of Israel officially began. It passed a law to permit Jews to return. In 1949 alone 239,076 arrived; in 1950 109,405 and in 1951, 174,019. The U.N. General Assembly had voted on November 29, 1947, to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states to become effective upon the withdrawal of the British in 1949.