1492 - Spanish Inquisition Jews driven out of Spain by Catholic persecution, emigrate to Portugal, Turkey, Italy and North Africa, with some prominent figures eventually reaching Palestine. A century later, communities such as Safed and Tiberias and Jerusalem have become the centers of thriving Jewish communities, where prominent Jewish scholars engage in mystical interpretations of the Torah. 8000-4000 BCE 3000-1200 BCE 1700 1200-600 BCE 587-332 BCE 520 BCE 332-63 BCE 166 BCE 63-324 CE 6-3 BCE 66 CE 68 CE 132-135 CE 135-324 CE 324-638 CE 614 CE 638-1099 CE 1099-1291 CE 1291-1917 CE 1492 1517 1886 1918-1948 1948 1950-67 1968-1988 1974 1977 1982 1993 2000