2000-1000 BC?Hittite Empire

920-586 BC?Divided kingdom of Israel

586 BC?Babylonian captivity

500 BC?Jews? return from captivity

325 BC?Alexander the Great?s conquest

261 BC?Laodicea founded

220 BC?Antiochus settles Jews from Babylon in Asia

133 BC?Roman Empire begins; lasts until AD 300

27 BC-AD 14?Augustus

AD 37-41?Caligula (enforced emperor worship)

AD 48-49?Paul?s third missionary journey (Ephesus)

AD 60?Earthquake damages Laodicea, Hierapolis, Colosse

AD 68-78?John is in Asia

AD 81-96?Domitian/ emperor worship in Ephesus

AD 990-100?The book of Revelation written between these dates

AD 98-117?John?s death

AD 325?Christianity becomes state religion

AD 363?A significant church council held in Laodicea