A Tale of Two Regions

Here's a brief chronology of the history of Judea & Samaria (or more correctly the whole of Palestine, at first at least) and Tuscany, my land. Whose history, according to some people, is nothing short of Hell on Earth. Go figure...

TUSCANY	JUDEA-SAMARIA
1350-1150 BC Apennine Culture 1100-700 BC Villanovian Culture	1440 BC First mention of the Habiru 1300 BCE Possibly the birth of Moses 1187 BC Sea People invasion, possibly the Philistines among them 1000 BC Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, according to the Bible
700-280 BC Etruscan civilization organised as a loose federation of city states: large transport infrastructure,agriculture,mining art. Fiesole, Arezzo, Volterra, Chiusi are founded. At first Rome is dominated by the Etruscans. The first kings of Rome are probably Etruscan. With the rise of the Republic Tuscany is conquered progressively by the Romans	722 BC Assyrian invasion 586 BC Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah. The Jews are exiled, according to the Bible. 539-333BC Cyrus II conquers the Babylonian empire incorporating Judah and Israel. 333 BCE Conquest by Alexander the Great. Seleucid and Ptolemaic dinasties dispute over the land.
280BC-476CE Roman domination: Florence, Pisa, Lucca, and Siena are founded. Social wars. In 90BC all Tuscans become roman citizens.	165-64 BCE Maccabees, Hasmonean dinasty. 63 BCE Roman conquest, destruction of the Second Temple 70CE Destruction of the second temple. 135 CE Bar Kokhba revolt. Several hundred thousands of victims. 351 CE War against Gallus Byzantine domination Progressive christianization.
476-569CE Ostrogoth and Byzantine domination 569CE Lombard conquest. Edict of Rothari. 772CE Desiderius, duke of Tuscany surrenders to Charlemagne. Tuscany becomes a margravate, formally a part the Holy Roman Empire. 970CE Hugh of Tuscany moves his residence from Lucca to Florence. In his honour every year a mass is celebrated in Florence. X century. Construction of several castles.	613 CE Persian conquest under Khosrau II 638 CE Islamic conquest Umayyad,Abbasids, Tulunids, Ikshidids, Fatimids, Seljuks dinasties. The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosques are built.
XI century. Pisa becomes one of the most importan maritime republics, scoring victories against the saracens. The Aldobrandeschi rule in southern Tuscany. XII century Medieval communes. First medieval examples of self government and democracy. Foundation of the first Guilds. XIII century. Dante and Giotto. Battle of Campaldino. The Guelphs defeat the Ghibellines.	1096-1244 Crusades. Jerusalem and part of Palestine is conquered by the Crusaders but part of the territory is lost and reconquered several times until the Ottoman conquest. Muslim and Jewish massacres.
XIV Century. Rise of the Republic of Florence. Florence becomes a major trading and banking centre. XV Century Rise of the Medici signoria. Lorenzo de' Medici. The Renaissance. Almost all Tuscany is conquered by the Medici. Girolamo Savonarola. Pier Soderini. Reconquest by the Medici with spanish forces. 1737 The last Medici Grandduke- Gian Gastone dies. Tuscany is took over by the austrian Lorraine house. Under the Lorraine Grand Dukes the death penalty is abolished for the first time in a European state. Railways are built for the first time. Agriculture is reformed, the last vestiges of serfdom abolished. Drainages in the Maremma. The Lorraine house rule until 1859, excluding the napoleonic interlude. 1859 Tuscany becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. 1865 For a brief period Florence becomes the capital of the new Kingdom, hosting its first Parliament until Rome is conquered and annexed.	1096-1244 Crusades. Jerusalem and part of Palestine is conquered by the Crusaders but part of the territory is lost and reconquered several times until the Ottoman conquest. Muslim and Jewish massacres.
1880s Rise of socialism. First syndicates. 1930s Rise of Fascism. New motorways, new railway between Florence and Bologna 1940 WWII. Allied bombings. Massacres of civilians by the retiring Wehrmacht. Florence is liberated by Italian partisans and allied troops August 11th 1944.	1881 First Aliyah, after the russian pogroms. 1890 Second Aliyah 1920 Balfour declaration 1921-1947 British mandate 1924 Third Aliyah 1928 Wailing Wall incidents 1929 Pogroms in Hebron and Safed: 113 Jewish victims 1934 Illegal Jewish immigration 1935 Arab revolt 1936 Homa Oumigdal 1937 British repression against the Arabs 1938 The Irgun executes several terrorist attacks. 1944 Other terrorist attacks by the Irgun and Lehi.
1950-60 Italian economic boom 1966 Flood of the Arno River	1948 Proclamation of the State of Israel 1949 The West bank - assigned to the Arab state - is controlled by Iraqi and Jordanian forces. 1967 Six day war. The West bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights fall under Israeli occupation. UN Resolution 242
2009 The new Florence tramway line is finished ...almost.	1993 Oslo Accords 2000 Camp David 2000 2002 Road map for peace 2009 Obama and Nethanyau debate on settlement freeze. Bibi talks about building Tuscan village-like Towers in the Israeli settlements, like in San Gimignano.