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| 3761 BC |
| | | Later selected by Hebrew scholars as the date when the world began, this becomes the first year (AM 1) in Jewish chronology | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Jews adopt a long-established Egyptian ritual - the circumcision of boys | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | Moses is with the Hebrew tribes in Sinai, after the exodus from Egypt | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | The god of the Hebrews, announcing to Moses 'I Am Who I Am', acquires his name - YHWH, meaning 'He Who Is' | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | Stone tablets, engraved by Moses to signify God's covenant with his people, are placed in a sacred chest - the ark of the covenant | |
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| c. 1020 BC |
| | | Saul, anointed king of Israel by Samuel, establishes himself at Gibeah, just north of Jerusalem | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Jews write down the Torah, the earliest part of the text subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Israelites, settled in Canaan, become the first people in history to decide that their god is the only god | |
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| c. 990 BC |
| | | David, already king of Judah and now anointed king of Israel, brings into one realm the twelve tribes of the Israelites | |
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