Which four historical stories are interwoven in Intolerance?

In his 1916 epic Intolerance, director D.W. Griffith interweaves four distinct historical narratives to illustrate the persistence of human prejudice across 2,500 years:

• Ancient Babylon: The fall of the city to the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE.1
• The Judean Story: The Crucifixion of Jesus.1
• Renaissance France: The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of the Huguenots in 1572.1
• Modern Era: A contemporary story concerning a man who is wrongfully condemned.1

The film was created as a response to the controversy surrounding the racism depicted in Griffith's earlier work, The Birth of a Nation.1