Jewish History 2 Semester 1 Timeline-Natanel Esraeilian

Under the rule of the general Titus, Roman soldiers destroyed a lot of Yerushalayim and the second temple. http://www.templeinstitute.org/gallery_images/destruction_temp_2_gallery.jpg

This was the rebellion against the Roman Empire that led to the changing of Judea's name to Palestine.At this time many jews leave Judea/Palestine and move elsewhere. It was led by Bar Kochva
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After the Bar Kochva Revolt, there are now many jews in the diaspora. In the year 150 CE the felt that they could no longer look to Palestine for leadership. For this reason they decided to reconstitute a Beit Din, and were given permission to do so by Antonius Pius.
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About 150 years prior, Rav Yochanan Ben Zakkai put a big emphasis on torah learning. Once it started to get going, Rabbi Yehuda felt that it started to get so big to the point that it has to be written down or else it will be forgotten.
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The talmud that was written in palestine. It was written earlier than the talmud bavli so it included less. It is the compilation of the writings of the Amoraim, who were mainly if not all of from Palestine.
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They were mainly political figureheads/leaders for the jews, rather than spiritual.They reported to the caliph and maintained fairly good relationships with him. All of them were descendants of King David and most of them were really smart torah scholars.
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The talmud that was written in Babylon around the year 500.It was written in a growing population so it became more prominent than the Talmud Yerushalmi. Ravina and Rav Ashi compiled it.
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The Geonim were roshei yeshivot of torah academies in either Pumbedita or Sura. They wrote the response which was a very powerful tool used to connect him to the jewish people and to connect the jewish people amongst themselves.
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In this year there was a Yemenite king who converted to Judaism, or a jewish person was chosen as king. This shows how influential and how big of a part jews were in their society.
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During his rule he killed thousands in what he thought to be a Christian revolt. The Christian king of Ethiopia was asked by a survivor of Dhu Nhowas’ slaughter to come and help him out with the Jewish anti christain Yemenite king. The Ethiopian king agreed and invaded Yemen and Dhu Nowas ran away on his horse into the ocean.
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