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Conflict Middle East

Wars of David & Solomon

1010 BCE – 930 BCE · 80 years

King David unified Israel, defeated the Philistines and surrounding peoples, and captured Jerusalem. His son Solomon expanded the kingdom to its greatest extent before it split into Israel and Judah.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United Kingdom of Israel
  • Philistines, Moabites, Ammonites & Edomites

Key moments

Defining events in the Wars of David & Solomon.

  1. David's defeat of Goliath
  2. c. 1000 BC Capture of Jerusalem
  3. Wars against the Philistines

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Temple of Solomon

957 BCE – 586 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Andronovo

2299 BCE – 999 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Incense Route

1000 BCE – 200 CE

Conflict · Middle East

Aramean Migrations & Wars

1100 BCE – 900 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1010 BCE and 930 BCE.

957 BCE Temple of Solomon 1000 BCE Ephesus 1000 BCE Leptis Magna 1000 BCE Teouma Lapita Cemetery 1000 BCE Nok

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Ephesus Landmark · Europe 1000 BCE – still standing Chavin Polity · Americas 1000 BCE – 100 BCE Amber Road Trade route · Europe 1000 BCE – 400 CE King David Figure · Israel / Judah 1040 BCE – 970 BCE Leptis Magna Landmark · Africa 1000 BCE – still standing Chernoles culture Polity · Europe 950 BCE – 690 BCE
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