597. Jehoiachin (3 months).

First Captivity to Babylon.

597-586. Zedekiah.

sons.

681-668. Esarhaddon.

668-626. Assurbanipal (Sardanapalus).

625. Nabopolassar ruler of Babylon (Chaldean Dynasty).

606. Fall of Nineveh. End of Assyrian Empire.

605. Nebuchadnezzar (son of Nabopolassar) defeats Necho at Carchemish.

604-562. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Rise of the Chaldean

Empire.

Nebuchadnezzar captures Jerusalem.

586. Fall of Jerusalem. End of Temple and city burnt.

kingdom of Judah.

JUDAH.

445. Nehemiah governor of Jerusalem. Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt. 444. Reading and adoption of the Law.

PERSIA.

423-404. Darius II. (Nothus). 404-359. Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon).

432. Nehemiah again in Jerusalem. 432. Nehemiah banishes Sanballat's son-in-law (the priest Manasseh), who probably organised the Samaritans into a distinct religious mannus). community. Somewhat later Temple Alexander.

on Gerizim erected.

332. Alexander the Great in Palestine.

359-338.

336-331.

Empire.