Yehud Medinata
Sources and chronology

Yehud Medinata

Section Title: Sources and chronology
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Year	Event

587 BCE	Conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonians; second deportation (first deportation in 597); Gedaliah installed as governor in Mizpah

582? BCE	Assassination of Gedaliah; refugees flee to Egypt; third deportation to Babylon

562 BCE	Jeconiah, king of Judah deported and imprisoned in Babylon in 597, released; remains in Babylon

539 BCE	Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II, ruled c.550-530 BCE) conquers Babylon

538 BCE	"Declaration of Cyrus" allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem

530 BCE	Cambyses II (ruled 530-522 BCE) succeeds Cyrus

525 BCE	Cambyses conquers Egypt

522 BCE	Darius I (ruled 522-486 BCE) succeeds Cambyses

521 BCE	Negotiations in Babylon between Darius and the exiled Jews

520 BCE	Return to Jerusalem of Zerubbabel as governor of Yehud and Joshua as High Priest

520-515 BCE	Rebuilding of the Temple (Second Temple)

458? BCE	Arrival in Jerusalem of Ezra (7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes I, king 465-424 BCE)

445/444 BCE	Arrival in Jerusalem of Nehemiah (20th year of the reign of Artaxerxes I)

397? BCE (possible)	Arrival in Jerusalem of Ezra (7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes II, king 404-358 BCE)

333/332 BCE	Alexander the Great conquers the Mediterranean provinces of Persian Empire - beginning of Hellenistic age

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In 539 BCE, Babylon fell to the Persians.

final_sentence: In 539 BCE, Babylon fell to the Persians.