Background Information for the Gospels

Timeline of Old Testament events
http://www.biblestudy.org/beginner/timelineot.html

Map of Palestine under the Herod’s in the 1st Century
http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/palestine-under-the-herods.html

Timeline of Old Testament Kings
http://www.biblestudy.org/prophecy/israel-kings.html

Timeline of the world before Jesus
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/historical-jesus/jesus-before.php

Summary of historical/cultural context of the Gospels
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/historical-jesus/jesus-firstcenturycontext.php