-457 ⟶ Artaxerxes I's Decree Re-establishing Jerusalem's Government

Decree of Artaxerxes I to re-establish the city government o...
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✡️ Jews Return to Jerusalem, Ending Babylonian Captivity

Jews transported to Babylon are allowed to return to Jerusalem, bringing to a close the Babylonian captivity.⟶
Jews Return to Jerusalem, Ending Babylonian Captivity (-537)
Babylonian ExileJewish HistorySecond Temple PeriodReligious FreedomPersian EmpireExileCyrus the Great
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🕍 Jerusalem Temple Construction Completed

12 March 515 BC: Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.⟶
Jerusalem Temple Construction Completed (-515)
JudaismTemplePersian EmpireReligious ArchitectureSecond TempleBiblical HistoryAchaemenid Empire
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🕍 Ezra Leads Second Return of Jews from Babylon

Ezra leads the second body of Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem.⟶
Ezra Leads Second Return of Jews from Babylon (-459)
ExileBabylonian ExileJudaismSecond Temple PeriodReligious LeadershipJewish Diaspora
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📜 Artaxerxes I's Decree Re-establishing Jerusalem's Government

Decree of Artaxerxes I to re-establish the city government of Jerusalem. See Ezra 7, Daniel 9 and Nehemiah 1 in Old Testament.⟶
Artaxerxes I's Decree Re-establishing Jerusalem's Government (-457)
Persian EmpireJudaismReligious LawSecond Temple Period
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🕍 Artaxerxes I Grants Nehemiah Permission to Rebuild Jerusalem

Artaxerxes I gives Nehemiah permission to rebuild Jerusalem.⟶
Artaxerxes I Grants Nehemiah Permission to Rebuild Jerusalem (-445)
Persian EmpireJudaismTempleArtaxerxes IReligious FreedomBiblical HistorySecond Temple Period
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🕍 Temple in Jerusalem: Quaking and Prophetic Utterance at Pentecost

Pentecost (Shavuot, 6th of Sivan, about June 4) – Priests in the Temple in Jerusalem feel a quaking and hear "a sound as of a great multitude saying, Let us remove hence".⟶
Temple in Jerusalem: Quaking and Prophetic Utterance at Pentecost (70)
JudaismSecond Temple PeriodTemple of JerusalemProphecyApocalypticismChristianity
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