In order from oldest to newest, which empires/countries have owned Israel

For an AP Human Project

"Owned" is such a loaded word. But I'll give it a try.
c. 1200 to 722 BC: Israel / Judah tribes and kingdoms
722 to 586 BC: vassal of Assyrians
586–539 BC: Neo-Babylonian Empire
539–332 BC: Persian Empire
332–305 BC: Empire of Alexander the Great
305–198 BC: Ptolemaics
198–141 BC: Seleucids
141–37 BC: The Hasmonean kingdom (Maccabees) (later years as Roman client state)
63 - 27 BC: Roman supremacy
37 BC–70 AD: Herodian Dynasty under Roman supremacy
6 AD Census of Quirinius and establishment of Roman Iudaea Province
70–395: province of Roman Empire.
395–638: Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire
638–1099: Arab Caliphates and subject rulers
1099–1187: Crusader states, most notably the Kingdom of Jerusalem
1187–1260: dominated by the Ayyubids of Egypt and Damascus
1260–1516: dominated by the Mamluks of Egypt
1516–1917: Ottoman Turks
1918–1948: British mandate of Palestine,
May 1948 to present: State of Israel

I rarely recommend Wikipedia, but this article seems very accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_…

From the Israeli point of view, the geographic boundaries of Israel have long been ruled by either Jews or invaders. Before that, there were no empires or countries, only tribes.