Animated · Cross-Referenced · Tiered
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586–332 BCE
Babylonian exile. Cyrus's decree. Rebuilding the Temple. Ezra and Nehemiah.
539 BCE
Cyrus conquers Babylon
Tier 2 · Historical538 BCE
Edict of Cyrus permits Jewish return
Tier 2 · Historical516 BCE
Second Temple completed
Tier 2 · Historical445 BCE
Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem's walls
Tier 1 · ScripturalGenesis 10 · cross-reference
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Gomer
Cimmerian steppe
Magog
Eurasian steppe
Madai
Persian plateau (Media)
Javan
Aegean / Greece
Togarmah
Armenian highlands
Tarshish
Tartessos, S. Iberia
Cush
Nubia / Sudan
Mizraim
Egypt
Phut
Libya / N. Africa
Dedan (Cushite)
N.W. Arabia (al-Ula)
Pathrusim
Upper Egypt (Pathros)
Sidon
Phoenicia (Sidon)
Arvadite
Arwad island, Syria
Hamathite
Hamath, central Syria
Elam
Persian plateau
Asshur
Assyria (N. Iraq)
Lud
Western Anatolia (Lydia)
Aram
Syria, Damascus