Table 03 – The historical world empires and their effects on Israel.(LANDSCAPE)



Table 03 – The historical world empires and their effects on Israel.(HOCHFORMAT)


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?")