Table 03 – The historical world empires and their effects on Israel.(LANDSCAPE) |
WORLD EMPIRE |
PERIOD B.C. |
SOVEREIGN |
~YEAR B.C. |
ASCENSION AND FALL |
I S R A E L |
EGYPT (New Empire) |
1552-1070 1490-1436 1290-1224 |
Thutmosis III. Pharaoh Ramses II. |
1490 1270 |
Egypt becomes world empire |
Israel’s exodus from Egypt |
ASSYRIA (New Assyrian Empire) |
883-612 883-859 726-722 |
Assurnasirpal II. Shalmaneser V. |
883 723 |
Assyria becomes world empire |
Israel conquered and deported |
BABYLON (New Babylonian Empire) |
612-539 605-562 605-562 |
Nebuchadnezzar II. Nebuchadnezzar II. |
612 597 586 |
Conquest of Nineveh / Babylon world empire |
Jerusalem conquered, deported Second deportation to Babylon and destroying of the temple |
MEDIA-PERSIA |
539-331 558-530 558-530 |
Cyrus II. Cyrus II. |
539 536 |
Conquest of Babylon / Persia world empire |
Israelites return into their country |
GREECE |
331-323 333-323 175-164 |
Alexander Antiochus IV. Epiph. |
331 168 |
Defeat of Persia / Greece world empire |
Temple in Jerusalem violated |
ROME |
201BC-247AD 201 B.C. 14-37 A.D. 69-79 |
Tiberius Vespasian |
201 A.D. 30 70 |
Karthago cedes Spain / Rome world empire |
Jesus Christ crucified Titus destroys Jerusalem |
(See also Discourse 98: "The fifth kingdom in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar: America?")