612 Babylonians and Medes conquer AssyriaĦ05 Babylonians battle Egyptians at CarchemishĦ05 Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of BabylonĦ05 First wave of deportation of Jews to BabylonĦ05 Daniel is taken captive and begins to prophesyĦ01 Babylonians battle Egypt, both sides suffer lossesĦ01 Judah decides to realign itself with Egypt, Jeremiah warnsĥ97 Second wave of deportation to Babylon from Judah.ĥ86 The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple (9th of Av)ĥ86 Jerusalem’s walls and gates are burned with fireĥ86 Third wave of Jews deported to Babylonĥ86 Babylonian Exile (Galut Bavel) beginsĥ86 End of Biblical (First Temple) Periodĥ39 Beginning of the Persian Period to 332ĥ39 The Decree of Cyrus II allowing Jews to returnĥ16 The Jews rebuild their Temple (70 years)Ģ Kings 24:20 'For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence'