Timeline of Events in Asia Minor
2000-1000 BC - Hittite Empire
920-586 BC - Divided kingdom of Israel
586 BC - Babylonian captivity
500 BC - Jews' return from captivity
325 BC - Alexander the Great's conquest
261 BC - Laodicea founded
220 BC - Antiochus settles Jews from Babylon in Asia
133 BC - Roman Empire begins; lasts until AD 300
27 BC-AD 14 - Augustus
AD 37-41 - Caligula (enforced emperor worship)
AD 48-49 - Paul's third missionary journey (Ephesus)
AD 60 - Earthquake damages Laodicea, Hierapolis, Colosse
AD 68-78 - John is in Asia
AD 81-96 - Domitian/ emperor worship in Ephesus
AD 990-100 - The book of Revelation written between these dates
AD 98-117 - John's death
AD 325 - Christianity becomes state religion
AD 363 - A significant church council held in Laodicea
