The Kingdom of Judah: 700 - 522

700	Judah	Egypt	Mesopotamia
	Manassah, 687-642	XXV Dynasty, 716-663	Sennacherib, 704-681 (Assyria)
			Esarhaddon, 680-669
		Invasion by Assyria	Invasion of Egypt 671
	Josiah, 640-609	Sack of Thebes 663	Ashurbanapal, 668-627
	Deuteronomic Reform 621		RISE OF BABYLONIA
		XXVI Dynasty 664-525
600	Death of Josiah at Megiddo, 609		Defeats of Assyria, 614-605
	Jehoiakim, 609-598	Necho II, 610-593	Nebuchadrezzar, 605-562
	First deportation, 597
587	Fall of Jerusalem, 587		RISE OF PERSIA
	BABYLONIAN EXILE		Cyrus II, 550-539
550			Fall of Babylon 539
539	Edict of Cyrus
	RESTORATION
520	Rebuilding of Temple		Darius I, 522-486