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| | | | Palestine and Israel |
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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. 1000 BC |
| | | The Israelites are defeated by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, with Saul and three of his sons dying during or after the battle | |
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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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| c. 990 BC |
| | | David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant | |
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| c. 970 BC |
| | | Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon | |
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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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