The Timeline of Jerusalem
3000 Years of History
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.
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.
