The original Jewish presence in the region dates to around 2000 BCE with the 12 tribes. About 700 years later, Egypt saw them as a threat, then came in and enslaved them. Moses led a slave revolt (based) with the help of divine intervention, escaped, and after 40 years of exile they eventually conquered what we call Israel today. Pretty traumatic, right? Lol, we are just getting started.

So, after the Exodus, the Assyrians came in and conquered Israel. This is around the 8th century, who wanted the land for economic control and part of a wider effort of expansion and control. In 722, they seized a city called Samaria and exiled massive amounts of the Jewish population. (Important to note this is Biblical history, and modern historians do not have clear documentation)

By 538, the Babylonians let the Jews return to their homeland and try to rebuild their society. And after about 500 years of difficult work, the Romans set their sights on Jerusalem. Over a million Jews are slaughtered, a staggering number for this time period when the world population was so much lower. Jews are enslaved. Jews are raped. Their homes are pillaged, and 1,878 years of horror start. This is called the fall of the second temple.