Ages & empires
From the Bronze Age to Roman rule
The Bible spans roughly two thousand years. Each era had its own rulers, its own economy, its own weapons, and its own reason people lived and moved the way they did. Select an age to see how it shaped the world of the text, and tap any event to open the scripture for it.
c. 2000-1550 BCE
Middle Bronze Age
The Patriarchs
c. 1550-1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age
Egypt & the Exodus
c. 1200-1000 BCE
Bronze Age Collapse · Early Iron Age
Conquest & Judges
c. 1000-930 BCE
Iron Age II
The United Kingdom
c. 930-539 BCE
Iron Age II
Divided Kingdom & Exile
c. 539-332 BCE
Iron Age III · Persian
The Persian Return
c. 332-63 BCE
Hellenistic Age
The Greek World
c. 63 BCE-100 CE
Roman Period
The Roman World
Events in this era
▸David slays Goliath and rises to the throne
▸Solomon builds the temple
▸The visit of the Queen of Sheba
▸The kingdom splits after Solomon's death
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Iron Age II · c. 1000-930 BCE
The United Kingdom
Saul, David, and Solomon build a united Israelite kingdom, the first real Israelite state, with a capital at Jerusalem and a temple. The high point of Israel's power, wedged between the fading old powers and the rising new ones.
Rulers, society, economy, weapons and more are on the full era page.
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