What is/was the reason given for the Jewish Diaspora and the reason they had to leave the Middle East?

Question

Also, when did this take place?
What was their land called before?

Answer 1

The Diaspora techically goes back to the 8th Century BC when invading kingdoms such as the Assyrians and Babylonians conquerored the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel and Judea. Jewish communities were wide flung thru-out much of the Middle Eastern world and later parts of Italy and the eastern meditterean.

But the main Diaspora occurred as a result of the failed rebellions against the Romans. The Jewish Rebellions against the Romans in the 1st and 2nd Century AD led to the Jews losing Jerusalem and losing a significant amount of their population in the process. Jerusalem was completely leveled and Jews were forbidden to enter it. The Jewish communities in Israel/Palestine became smaller in comparison to other groups. Many Jews were exiled or sold into slavery in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion in the mid 2nd Century

After the destruction of Judea by the Romans, all Jews were considered living in Diaspora.

Answer 2

Between ad 79 and about 82 the Roman occupiers of Palestine gradually sought and wiped all the centers of Jewish nationalism, Zionism and the like. The famous seige of Masada, and similar, but perhaps less well known ones lead the remaining Hebrew populations to gradually leave and seek less problematic political environs. Very similar to the more recent Pilgrim Fathers leaving 'Bloody' Mary's Catholic backlash, and seeking religious freedom in the 'New World'.

The majority of the Jewish Diaspora ended up spread acroos what we know as Eastern Europe, although Jewish communities literally all over the planet sprang up during the Dark and Middle Ages.

Answer 3

It began way back.
Jews were deported by Tiglath-pileser III and subsequent Assyrian kings, and then a whole lot more by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 597 and 586 BC. Although Cyrus of Persia allowed them to return, a lot stayed behind in Babylon and other places, taking advantage of the possibilities of big-city life.
The same thing must have lured many Jews away, as we find communities of Jews throughout the Roman world, already in the time of St Paul.
A lot more left Judaea - that was what it was called at the time - during and after the Jewish wars of 66-70 and 131-133.
After that, various western kings and states expelled them, like England in 1290.

Answer 4

The area of modern-day Israel has gone by many names. To the Hebrews, it was called Judea (the source of the word "Jew"); to the Romans it was Palestine.

The primary reason for the Jewish Diaspora was the encroachment of other religions. The combination of Muslim influence and the Christian Crusades sent the Jewish people out of the Middle East and into Northern Africa and Europe, where they were able to survive as a minority group.

Answer 5

the majority of jews in the UK came from Eastern Europe partly due to escaping the pogroms early 1900s (racism against Jews from the Russian Government encouraged from the Catholic Church) later they left other parts of eastern Europe due to the rise of Nazism Pre World War 2. They have been gradually leaving eastern europe for over 100 years due to economic migration and racism hitler etc. Jews have been living in the middle east since roman times the romans kicked many out early AD then moved to eastern Europe Israel was created in 1948 see the "Balfour Declaration" in wikipedia

Answer 6

The Roman's figured them out.