If we use control of Jerusalem as a benchmark for "controlling Palestine", we have the following list of occupants:
First the Assyrians, then the Babylonians, followed by the Persian Empire, the Greeks and finally by the Romans.
The Greek Period from 323 to 167 B.C., followed by The Jewish Indepence 167 to 63 B.C., then Then Roman Period 63 B.C. to A.D. 70.
By the end of the old testement, Persia had already defeated Babylon and through it's king Cyrus, the exiles returned to their land. What the Old Testement doesn't cover is the Hellenist period in which the Jews were subject to the Greeks for quite a while until the rebellion of Judas Macabee. After a 100 year monarchy of the Jews, the Romans finally took over and would be in charge for hundreds of years.
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First the Assyrians, then the Babylonians, followed by the Persian Empire, the Greeks and finally by the Romans.
It was the mighty Roman Empire that ruled in the end of the Oldtestament and the new testament as well.
The Greek Period from 323 to 167 B.C., followed by The Jewish Indepence 167 to 63 B.C., then Then Roman Period 63 B.C. to A.D. 70.
Not quite a religious sect `, the Zealots were a political grouping.
This is a matter of opinion, mine being that the central event was the occupation of Israel/Palestine by foreign powers such as Assyria and Babylon.
There were no Foreign Powers
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"The Diaspora" isn't a time period. The Diaspora is a place; specifically, anywhere in the world that isn't Israel. Numerous powers in the Diaspora have dominated Jews; one might even go so far as to say almost all of the Western ones. However, none of them were 'foreign', as the countries were discriminating against their own citizens.
Palestine is one country with (currently) two governments and a foreign military occupation. Historic Palestine is made of two countries: Israel and Palestine.
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