Between The Testaments

336-323BC,Alexander the Great ,Greece

*334BC--Alexander crosse the Hellespont

*331BC—Fall of Persia

*323BC—Alexander dies at the age of 32 in Babylon. Greek divided into Ptolemaic(Egypt) and Seleucid(Syria and Mesopotamia)

323-116BC,Israel a Ptolemaic state

*250BC—The translation of the Septuagint

*214BC—The Great Wall of China Began

175-163BC,Antiochus IV Epiphanes(Illustrious), Seleucid King

*175BC—Apocryphal literature completed

*169BC---Desecration of Jerusalem Temple(In the 2nd century bc, the Temple was desecrated by the Syrians under Antiochus IV, who decreed that altars to Greek gods be set up in it.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008)

*116BC—Maccbean Revolt

*165BC--Jerusalem Temple rededicated on Dec25

146BCBC—Destruction of Carthage by Rome and the end of Punic Wars

142BC--Jewish Independent

63BC—Pompey of Rome annex Jerusalem

44BC—Julius Caesar is assassinated in March

40BC—4AD,Herod The Great

*37Bc—Herod is appointed to govern Jerusalem

*20BC—The rebuilding and enlargement of the Temple

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