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 | | From the kingdom of David in 1000 BCE through the devastation of that kingdom at the hands of Babylon in 586 BCE, the Jewish people, by the time of Alexander, had already produced a rich literature of history, prophecy, and poetry. |
 | | The Second Temple period stretched from the return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel beginning in 536 B.C.E. until the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. During this period, the Jews found themselves under the rule of Persians, of Hellenized Egypt and Syria, of the Hellenized Jewish Hasmoneans, and of Rome. |
 | | In 536 BCE, led by Sheshbazzar and Zerubabel, some 50,000 exiles returned to the Land of Israel. |
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