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Appendix 5: A History of The Jewish People
In 332 BCE, Alexander and his army passed through
Palestine, an event that goes unmentioned by the Jews. In
323 BCE, Alexander died in Babylonia. His empire
stretching from Greece to Afghanistan was divided up by
his generals. Ptolemy I took control of Egypt and brought
Palestine under his control in 301 BCE. Under Ptolemy
and his Greek successors, the Hellenisation of Jews began.
Greeks settled all over the Mediterranean including
Palestine. At the same time Jews began moving out of
Palestine and settled among Greek cities around the
Mediterranean. As an expatriate community developed
outside, priests at the Temple of Solomon grew rich by
charging fees from the pilgrims. In 198 BCE, the Greek
Selucids took over Palestine from Egypt. The Selucids
attempts at rapid Hellenisation caused the Maccabean
revolt and in 142 BCE Jews gained independence from the
Selucids.
In 63 BCE, Roman general Pompey, who was preparing to
attack the Persians, sacked Jerusalem and claimed
Palestine for Rome. In this attack, Pompey overcame the
defences of the city and barged into the Temple of
Solomon. In the sanctum santorum, accessible only once a
year to the high priest, Pompey found only empty walls.
There was nothing there. His curiousity satisfied, Pompey
left. He also packed off thousands of Jews to Rome,
where they joined an expatriate colony of Jews. Palestine
would remain a Roman colony for the next
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