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• The northern kingdom israel was conquered by israel and the tribes were exiled(Assyrian Empire (740-722 BCE)

• Jehoachim stopped paying tribute to babylon and nebuchadnezzar sieged jerusale
• jehoachin too kover & was later replaced by zedekiah The first revolt began around 601 BCE

• Zedekiah launched a second rebellion, pushed by the zealots.
• The babylons destroyed jerusalem and the second temple. They burned and looted the temple, taking anything of worth.
• Zedekiah was captured. His family was killed and his eyes were gouged out and then he was imprisoned
• Gedaliah was appointed in his place

The second revolt against the babylonians

• The jews killed gedaliah
• This started the full babylonian exile Gedaliah was appointed as governor over the province after the first temple was destroyed

• They were clay tablets inscribed with babylonian history
• Written in akkadian
• Their writing began in the eighth century BC and they covered 500 years of history
• They described events of biblical history
• The jerusalem chronicle concerned the conquests of king nebuchadnezzar II The Babylonian Chronicles

• In 720 BCE it was captured by assyra
• The tribes were expelled after a seige, they sent in colonizers to assimialte 930 BCE-Judea splits

• Trade routes(access to meditteranean, red sea ..)
• Strategic point(border betwen asia and africa)
• Religious importance

• One of historys most remarkable rulers who transformed the neo-babylonian empire into a golden age of architectural and military achievement
• Won the battle of charchemish(605 BCE) deafeating egyptian forces and capturing israel
• Besieged jerusalem twice
• Expanded empire
• Built the ishtar gate, the gardens of babylon, and completed the etemanki ziggurat
• Longest reigning king of babylon

• To strengthen or support with other evidence

• The temple was burned and looted. They took anything of religious or monetary value to babylon and melted it. The second revolt against the babylonians

• When david became king & the jews got their own autonomy
• This is considered the start of jewish history Jewish History Timeline

• He was a prophet born in a priestly family
• He preached destruction and exile. This contributed to his unpopularity
• He wrote the Book of lamentations
• Jeremiah did not support the revolt
• After the exile he wrote letters to the jews and told them to keep pushing for a community in babylon Jeremiah