Return from exile
Cyrus permits the exiles to go home.
The facts
| Dates | 536 BC |
|---|---|
| Scripture | Ezra 1 |
| Era | The Exile |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
Return from exile falls 3468 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the The Exile arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The ministry of the prophet Ezekiel in Babylon593 BC – 571 BCFall of Jerusalem588 BCThe Babylonian captivity of Judah587 BCTaught 571-544551 BC – 479 BCThe reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem (Second Temple)536 BC – 516 BCPythagoras established fthe oundation530 BCHaggai520 BC – 518 BCZechariah the prophet520 BC – 510 BC
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.