Chanukah Timeline

336 BCE - Alexander the Great rules Greece
323 BCE - Ptolemies control Egypt and Israel
199 BCE - Selucid Syrian/Greeks conquer Israel
168 BCE - Desecration of Temple
167 BCE - Matitiyahu begins revolt in Modi’in
167 BCE - Matitiyahu dies; Judah Maccabee leads
166 BCE - War against Greeks
166 BCE - Temple recaptured;
165 BCE - Miracle of oil occurs
165-140 BCE - Jewish war against the Greeks continues