All of the dates and information provided below are based on the Jewish Torah, Talmud and oral tradition. Note that many hundreds of names and dates have been omitted for the sake of brevity. Early Era:
Here are some of the prominent kings, prophets and events:
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1 Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
2 Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
3 Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
4 Sukkot - Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)
5 Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
6 Hanukkah - Festival of Lights
7 Tenth of Tevet
8 Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees
9 Purim - Festival of Lots
10 Pesach - Passover
11 Sefirah - Counting of the Omer
12 Lag Ba'omer
13 Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Yom HaBikurim
14 Seventeenth of Tammuz
15 The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
16 Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
17 Rosh Chodesh - the New Month
18 Shabbat - The Sabbath - שבת
19 Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance day
20 Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
21 Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel Independence Day
22 Yom Yerushalaim - Jerusalem Day
All of the dates and information provided below are based on the Jewish Torah, Talmud and oral tradition. Note that many hundreds of names and dates have been omitted for the sake of brevity.Early Era:
Era of the Patriarchs:
Era of the sojourn in Egypt:
Era of the Judges: The era of the Judges was 1244-879 BCE.
Link: Who were the Judges? Here are some of the prominent Judges:
Era of the Kings: The era of the Kings lasted until the destruction of the First Temple in 422 BCE.
Link: Who were the Kings? Here are some of the prominent kings, prophets and events:
Era of the Babylonian Exile (422-352 BCE):
Second Temple Era (352 BCE-68 CE):
Link: Destruction and Diaspora
Era of the Mishna and Talmud-sages:
Era of the Geonim (Torah-leaders in Babylonia):
European Jewry:
Later Rabbis and events:
cause, effect, names of important people, documents, places, and dates
As history is all about knowing the past, it is important to know what has happened as well as when it has happen. It is the dates which give us the idea of time at which various events unfolded in the past. Also by knowing about the dates of important events in history of different civilizations and cultures a comparative study of important historical events can be done.
The Mayan calendars were highly accurate in predicting astronomical events and important dates. They were able to accurately track celestial movements and align them with significant events in their culture.
The Maya calendars were highly accurate in predicting astronomical events and important dates. They were able to track celestial movements with precision and align their calendars with astronomical cycles. This allowed them to predict events such as solstices, equinoxes, and eclipses with great accuracy.
the dates we select are not important on their own. They become vital because we focus on a particular set of events as important. If our focus of studies changes,if we begin to look at new issues, a new set of dates will appear significant