A wider sweep than the exile timeline on the homepage: from Saul, the first king of Israel, through the united and divided monarchies, the Babylonian exile and return, the Second Temple, and Rome, down to Rabbi Judah HaNasi's redaction of the Mishnah — about twelve centuries in all. Dates before Rome follow the astronomical chronology explained on the Sources page, not the rabbinic Seder Olam Rabbah count.