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| c. 965 BC |
| | | Solomon becomes king of Israel and presides over a period of peace and prosperity | |
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| c. 960 BC |
| | | Solomon, the king of Israel, builds the first Temple in Jerusalem | |
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| c. 950 BC |
| | | The Queen of Sheba, who visits Solomon in Jerusalem, is legendary - but her kingdom of Saba is a historical reality | |
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| c. 910 BC |
| | | Solomon's son Rehoboam is unable to prevent the ten northern tribes going their own way, under the leadership of Jeroboam | |
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| 722 BC |
| | | The Assyrians overwhelm the north of Israel and the ten northern tribes vanish from history - the majority of them probably dispersed or sold into slavery | |
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| c. 700 BC |
| | | Judah and Benjamin, together forming the kingdom of Judah, are the only two surviving tribes of Israel | |
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| 586 BC |
| | | After a long siege Jerusalem is taken by Nebuchadnezzar and the city, including Solomon's Temple, is destroyed | |
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| 539 BC |
| | | Returning to Jerusalem, the Jews begin to rebuild the Temple | |
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| 332 BC |
| | | Tyre, the only coastal city to offer serious resistance to Alexander, is taken and destroyed after a siege of seven months | |
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| 301 BC |
| | | Some 20 years after the death of Alexander the Great one of his generals, Ptolemy, extends his rule from Egypt to include Jerusalem | |
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