taken from http://www.silent-arts.com/ PALESTINES : A TIMELINE 3000 BC – Canaanites inhabit Palestine 2000 BC – Pharaonic Egypt rules Palestine 1050 BC – Philistines severely defeat Israelites 995 BC – Prophet Dawood, alayhi-salam, captures Jerusalem 961 BC - Prophet Sulayman, alayhi-salam, becomes the King of Israel 922 BC - Prophet Sulayman, alayhi-salam, dies 721 BC – Assyrians overrun Israel and completely destroy the First Temple 538 BC – Persian emperor Cyrus defeats the Babylonians and Jews are allowed to return to Jerusalem 515 BC – Jews build the Second Temple 332 BC – Alexander conquers Palestine 63 BC – Romans conquer Jerusalem 37 BC – King Herod rules Jerusalem. He enlarges the Second Temple 4 BC – Prophet Isa, alayhi-salam, (Jesus) is born 70 CE – Titus of Rome, a pagan, conquers Jerusalem. He completely destroys the Second Temple and Jerusalem and builds a new city, Aelia, on the ruins. The Romans have control over Palestine for the next 600 years. 313 CE – Constantine