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It started with Cannan…
This was the area that is now Isreal Look at the progression…
Phonecians
• North of Canan in Lebanon and Syria was a region called Phoenicia
• The Phoenicians invented the alphabet• Through trade, the Phoenicians spread their
alphabet• This is the alphabet we use today!
Issue Arising
• The Canaanites and Phonecians were Pagan (worshipping more than 1 God)
• After 2,000B.C, a people known as the Israelites moved into the region and worshipped only one God
• The religion came to be known as Judaism• Israelites rejected the gods of the Canaanites
Now the story really starts…
• Abrahams Covenant• Famine (went to Egypt)• Slavery =-(• Freed by Moses =-)• Took control of Canaan (promised land) and
established the first kingdom of Israel
Uh-Oh…
• Babylonians destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and took people of Judah captive
• This was the beginning of the Jewish diaspora (scattering)
• Persians then conquered the babylonians/allowing them to rebuild their temple
Not again…
• This time the Romans took control of Judea , heavily taxed, and outlawed parts of the jewish religion.
• The Romans killed thousands of jews and destroyed their temple in 70 A.D