MAJOR EMPIRES                         ASSYRIAN                                                  BABYLONIAN                PERSIAN

                                                                                                                  1100 - 625                                                                  625 - 539                            539 - 330

ISRAEL                                                                                                 ISRAEL FALLS (721)

                              Elijah (c.874-852)

                                                                                                               Elisha (c.850-800)

                                                                                                                  Obadiah (? c.854 or later)

                                                                                                                                          Jonah (? c.800-750)

             Amos (c.767-753)

                               1000                                              900                                             800                                             700                                              600                                                  500                                             400 BC   

930                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                    Joel (? c.875-750)

                                                                                       Hosea (c.790-725) 

                                                                                                                                         Micah (c.740-690)

                                                                                                                                                   Isaiah (c.740-680)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Nahum (c.663-627)

                                                                                                                                                                                            Zephaniah (c.640-612)

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Jeremiah (c.626-585))

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Habakkuk (c.608-597

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Daniel (c.600-530)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ezekiel (c.592-570)                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Haggai (520)

JUDAH                                                                                                                                                                                              Zechariah (520-516)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Malachi (? c.515-424)

                                                                                                                                                                         JERUSALEM FALLS     TIMES OF RESETTLEMENT & REBUILDING

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  605 597   586               538                                          458  445

                         [Return under Cyrus]            [Ezra] [Nehemiah]

                                                                                                                                                                                        Sieges 1 & 2   Temple & City destroyed