Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide

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Time Line his time line shows some of the important events in the lives of the ancient Israelites Phoenicians and Philistines Like this book it begins about 1200 B C E when the Israelites were settling in the hills of Canaan and ends about 600 years later when many Israelites returned home from captivity in Babylonia From the Bible you may know of the stories of Abraham Isaac and Jacob their wives Sarah Rebec ca Rachel and Leah and Moses who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt These stories took place before this time line begins All dates in this timeline are B C E before the year 1 Some people use the letters B C for such dates Why do we say B C E You can read about it on page XV1 The symbol in front of a date means about 1100 B C E means about 1 100 years before the year 1 In ancient times people didn't use the same kinds of systems for dates that we do today Modern schol ars have to estimate when some things occurred and often they disagree Don't be surprised if you find different dates elsewhere for some of these