History of Israel

Read this website and then fill in the blanks: http://www.science.co.il/Israel-history.asp

The people of Israel (also called the "Jewish People") trace their origin to _________, who established the belief that there is only one God, the creator of the universe


The descendants of Abraham crystallized into a nation at about 1300 BCE after their ________ from Egypt under the leadership of Moses (Moshe in Hebrew). Soon after the Exodus, Moses transmitted to the people of this new emerging nation, the ________, and the ____________. After 40 years in the Sinai desert, Moses led them to the Land of Israel, that is cited in The Bible as the land promised by God to the descendants of the ______________, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.


Return of the exiled Jews from Babylon and construction of the second __________ (520-515 BCE).

.... the Romans decimated the Jewish community, renamed Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina and Judea as _________ to obliterate Jewish identification with the Land of Israel (the word Palestine, and the Arabic word Filastin originate from this Latin name).

Arab ________________ was built by Caliph Abd el-Malik on the grounds of the destroyed Jewish Temple.

The ___________ came from Europe to capture the Holy Land following an appeal by Pope Urban II, and __________ the non-Christian population. Later Jewish community in Jerusalem expanded by ____________ of Jews from Europe.

Great Britain recognized the rights of the Jewish people to establish a "__________ in Palestine". Yet they greatly _______ entry of Jewish refugees into Israel even after World War II.

Thus, Jews have had continuous presence in the land of Israel for the past _________ years.