EYE ON ISRAEL The Timeline of Jerusalem 1000 B.C. – 0 A.D. 1000 B.C. Approximately 1000 B.C. King David captures the city Jebus, and makes it the capital of his United Kingdom. 950 B.C. King Solomon builds the first Temple. 701 B.C. Sennacherib king of Assyria attacks Jerusalem but failed to capture it. 586 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon conquers Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple. Previous Next 538 B.C. Cyrus king of Persia allows the Jewish exiles to return from Babylon. 515 B.C. Completion of the building of the Second Temple by the Returnees. Ezra and Nehemiah rebuild the city walls. 332 B.C. Alexander the Great conquers Jerusalem. 63 B.C. Pompey conquers Jerusalem. Beginning of the Roman period. 37 B.C. Herod the Great anointed King of Judah enlarges the Temple mount and rebuilds the Temple. 0 A.D. – 1516 27 - 33 Jesus was crucified 70 The destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by Titus, the Roman. 132 - 135 The Bar Kokhba revolt. Second Jewish revolt against Rome. 135 Jerusalem rebuilt by the Emperor Hadrian as a Roman city and named Aelia Capitolina. 335 Constantine the Great begins construction of the The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 614 Jerusalem conquered by the Persians. 638 Jerusalem was conquered by the Muslim Calif Umar ibn al-Khattab. 691 The Dome of the Rock built by Abd el-Malik. 1099 Jerusalem conquered by the Crusadersders. 1187 Jerusalem conquered by Saladin. 1516 – Today 1516 Jerusalem captured by the Ottoman Empire. 1538 - 1540 Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent builds the city walls of Jerusalem. 1917 British Mandate period following the British victory over the Turks in World War I. 1948 - 1967 Jerusalem is divided between Israel and Jordan. 1967- Today After the Six Day War in 1967 Jerusalem reunified under Israeli control.