Timeline of Antisemitism: 1300 B.C.E. - 1 C.E.

1220 B.C.E. - Earliest known reference to the Jews from non-Jewish sources, the Egyptian Mernephta stele, states "Israel is no more."

1200 B.C.E. - Lower Egypt’s remaining Jews are expelled at the end of the 19th Dynasty.

586 B.C.E.. - First Temple in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Babylonians.

168 B.C.E. - The Romans defile the Holy Temple, erecting a statue of Zeus and sacrificing swine. Observance of the Sabbath and circumcision are banned.