From The Kingdom of Judah To The Present
After the fall of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, political rule was held by the following powers:
- 586–539 BC: Neo-Babylonian Empire
- 539–332 BC: Achaemenid Empire (Yehud Medinata)
- 332–305 BC: Alexandrian Empire
- 305–198 BC: Ptolemaic Kingdom
- 198–141 BC: Seleucid Empire
- 141–37 BC: Initially independent Hasmonean Kingdom established by the Maccabees
- 63 BC: Siege of Jerusalem by Pompey, beginning of Roman dominance
- 37 BC– 4 BC: Herodian Kingdom of the Roman Empire
- 4 BC - 6 AD: Tetrarchy (Judea) of the Roman Empire
- 6-132: Judea (Roman province)
- 132-135 Independent Bar Kokhba state
- 135-390: Roman province reconquered and renamed Syria Palaestina
- 260-273 controlled by splinter Palmyrene Empire
- 390-638 Byzantine Palaestina Prima
- 602-625 Sassanid Jewish Commonwealth
- 638–1099: Arab Caliphates and subject rulers
- 1099–1187: Crusader states, most notably the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- 1187–1260: dominated by the Ayyubids of Egypt and Damascus
- 1260–1516: dominated by the Mamluks of Egypt
- 1516–1917: Ottoman Turks, having previously conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453
- 1918–1948: British mandate of Palestine under, first, League of Nations, then, successor United Nations; the Emirate of Trans-Jordan was separated from the rest of Palestine in 1922, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan became independent upon the expiration of the League of Nations Mandate in 1946.
- May 1948 – June 1967: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for the Old City of Jerusalem and the larger part of the area; State of Israel for a smaller strip of land in the west
- June 1967 to present: State of Israel
- 1993 to present: State of Israel and Palestinian territories
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Famous quotes containing the words from the, kingdom and/or present:
“How did they meet? By chance, like everybody.... Where did they come from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Do we know where we are going?”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“A lifetime [or, eternity] is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–475 B.C.)
“To anticipate, not the sunrise and the dawn merely, but, if possible, Nature herself! How many mornings, summer and winter, before yet any neighbor was stirring about his business, have I been about mine! No doubt, many of my townsmen have met me returning from this enterprise, farmers starting for Boston in the twilight, or woodchoppers going to their work. It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)