300
350
20
0
250
375
325
275
225
PERSIAN PERIOD
THE
GREEK ERA
Alexander
the Great
356
323
Alexander
Conquers
Palestine
332
+
+
331
Conquers Egypt;
Founds Alexandria
Ptolemy
I Soter
305
282
Seleucus
I Nicator
312
281
Hellenistic
Rulers / Egypt
Seleucid
Rulers / Syria
Ptolemy
II Philadelphus
246
The Translation
of the Septuagint
Began
250
+
Ptolemy
III Euergetes
221
204
Ptolemy
IV Philopetor
261
Antiochus
I Soter
246
Antiochus
II Theos
Seleucus
II Callinicus
225-23
Seleucus
III
Aniochus
III
Merging
Aramaic
Increasingly Replaces Hebrew
375
+
333
Samaritans Build Temple to God
on Mount Gerizim
Joel
Zechariah
9-14
Obediah
Ecclesiates
Psalter
as Known Today
405
Persian Rule
of Egypt
Ended
405
+