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	History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1600 BCE, Egypt was conquered by tribes, apparently Semitic, known as the Hyksos by the Egyptians.
		926 BCE the kingdom began to fragment, bisecting into the kingdom of Israel in the north (including the cities of Shechem and Samaria), and the kingdom of Judah in the south (containing Jerusalem).
		In 922 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel was divided.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah (2362 words)

	Definition of History of ancient Israel and Judah
		In 1600 BCE, Egypt was conquered by Canaanite tribes known as the Hyksos by the Egyptions.
		However, on Solomon's death in 926 BCE the kingdom began to fragment, bisecting into the kingdom of Israel in the north (including the cities of Shechem and Samaria) and the kingdom of Judah in the south (containing Jerusalem).
		The Maccabee Rebellion, Chanukah and the Hasmonean Kingdom 180-142 BCE.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah (2027 words)

	History of Iran: Median Empire
		An alliance between Babylon and the Medes was sealed by the betrothal of Cyaxares' granddaughter to Nabopolassar's son, Nebuchadrezzar II (605-562 BCE).
		In 612 BCE the attack on Nineveh was renewed, and the city fell in late August (the Babylonians arrived rather too late to participate fully in the battle).
		In 585 BCE, probably through the mediation of the Babylonians, peace was established between Media and Lydia, and the Halys (Kizil) River was fixed as the boundary between the two kingdoms.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/median/median.php (1007 words)

	Encyclopedia: 610s BCE
		612 BC - Zhou kuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
		612 BC - An alliance of Medes, Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh.
		612 BC - Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/610s-BCE (229 words)

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		By the end of the sixth century, philosophers begin to question the metaphysical nature of the cosmos with inquiries into the nature of being, the meaning of truth, and the relationship between the divine and the physical world.
		Born in 480 BCE, he is the last of the tragic dramatists.
		342-270 BCE) and Zeno, the Stoic (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea), believe in an individualistic and materialistic philosophy.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/grpage.htm (1827 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of ancient Israel and Judah
		Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE) was an Alexandrian Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt.
		Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE) was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt.
		The New Kingdom is the period in Egyptian history between the 16th century BCE and the 11th century BCE, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-ancient-Israel-and-Judah (9342 words)

	Rel 101: Understanding the Bible: Significant Dates
		612 BCE Babylonians and Medes destroy Nineveh, capitol of Assyria.
		445 BCE Nehemiah, cupbearer to Artaxerxes the Persian emperor, is appointed governor of Judah.
		428 BCE (possibly 458 or even 398) The Persians appoint Ezra "scribe of the law of the god of heaven" (Ezra 7:12) to assist in the Jewish restoration.
	www.westminster.edu /staff/brennie/dates.htm (657 words)

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		1900 BCE: The Near East - The Epic of Gilgamesh is redacted from Sumerian sources and written in the semetic language.
		Around the same time, he writes his Code of Laws containing 282 rules including the principles of "an eye for an eye" and "let the buyer beware." It is one of the first codes of law in world history, predated only by the Laws of Lipit-Ishtar.
		486-465 BCE: The Near East - Xerxes I is emperor of the Persian Empire.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/nepage.htm (1567 words)

	Ancient History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From 2300-1950 BCE, many of the large, fortified hilltop towns constructed during the Early Bronze Age were abandoned in favor of either small, unfortified villages or a pastoral lifestyle.
		From the ninth century BCE on, the Assyrians campaigned against the Aramaeans, and in the late eighth century BCE they captured Damascus as well as Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
		In 539 BCE, the Persians under Cyrus II ended the disruptive rule of the Babylonian Empire and paved the way for a period of more organized life and prosperity.
	www.balgawi.com /Jordan/History/ancient_Jordan.htm (2439 words)

	Mesopotamian Bronze Age (Old Akkadian, Neo Sumerian, Old Babylonian, Old Assyrian, Late Bronze Age)
		Nowadays the Jews reckon from the Creation (3760 BCE), the Christians from the birth of Christ (1 CE) and the Moslem from Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina (622 CE).
		In contrasts to the texts in 'the curse of Akkad' and the Sumerian King Lists, it is improbable that the Gutians were the only ones responsible for the final fall of the dynasty of Akkad.
		BCE is presented on the Web by the Oriental Institute Museum.) The negative of the texts is still seen on the envelope, which sometimes carry the impress of cylinder seals (reference to pictures).
	www.sron.nl /~jheise/akkadian/bronze_age.html (5487 words)

	Assyria
		Adad-Nirari III was succeeded by Shalmaneser IV (BCE 782-772), and the latter by Asshur-Dan III (BCE 773-754).
		In BCE 729 the height of his ambition was attained, and he was invested With the sovereignty of Asia in the holy city of Babylon.
		In BCE 626 the Chaldean, Nabopolassar (Nabu-apal-usur), revolted from Uruk and occupied Babylon.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/324904 (3041 words)

	Period 3500BCE to 587 BCE
		Ramses II is traditionally regarded as the pharaoh of the biblical account of Moses and the Hebrews in Egypt, although this is disputed.
		During the eleventh century B.C.E., the camel was introduced into Palestine and Syria by the invading Midianites, as mentioned in Judges 6:5.
		Assyria was defeated in 612 by the Babylonians at the Battle of Nineveh.
	www.nmhschool.org /tthornton/mehistorydatabase/period_3500bce_to_587_bce.htm (2417 words)

	Nineveh
		City of the ancient Assyrian Empire, and its capital from 705 to 612 BCE.
		Nineveh was situated on the east bank of the Tigris near modern Mosul.
		612: The city is captured and destroyed by the Babylonians, Schytians and Medes.
	www.i-cias.com /e.o/nineveh.htm (276 words)

	History of Iraq
		In 2340 BCE, the great Akkadian leader Sargon, conquered Sumer and built the Akkadian Empire stretching over most of the Sumerian city-states and extending as far away as Lebanon.
		After the later collapse of the Sumerian civilization, the people were reunited in 1700 BCE by King Hammurabi of Babylon (1792-1750 BCE), and the country flourished under the name of Babylonia.
		In the 6th century BCE (586 BCE), Nebuchadnezzar II conquered Judea (Judah), destroyed Jerusalem; Solomon's Temple was also destroyed; Nebuchadnezzar carried away an estimated 15,000 captives, and sent most of its population into exile in Babylonia.
	www.fact-index.com /h/hi/history_of_iraq.html (3491 words)

	Primary sources for the study of the period
		Written in the second half of the second century BCE, the first book of Maccabees is a detailed account of the history of Judah from the accession of Antiochus IV in 175 B.C.E. to the death of Simon in 134 B.C.E. Thus the book describes the history of the Maccabean revolt.
		Nebuchadnezzar (604-652 BCE) was a Babylonian monarch whose residence was not Nineveh, the Assyrian capitol, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians in 612 BCE.
		Nebuchadnezzar had campaigned in Syro-Palestine late in the seventh century B.C.E. It is possible that the figures of Holofernes and his colleague Bagoas are memories of Orophernes and Bagoas who were generals in the campaign of the Persian king Artaxerxes III Orchus (359-338) against Phoenicia and Egypt.
	www.sonoma.edu /people/poe/Excursus/Sources482.htm (3846 words)

	NAHUM, NRSV HEBREW BIBLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The focus of the book, the fall of Nineveh (612 BCE), is either an imminent or recent event.
		Under the combined assaults of the Medes from north of Persia and the Chaldeans from southern Babylonia, the ancient Assyrian capital city, Asshur, fell in 614.
		When the renowned Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BCE, Assyrian domination of the Near East was ended, though its imperial structures served as a template for subsequent empires.
	www.anova.org /sev/htm/hb/34_nahum.htm (747 words)

	BOOKS OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES (OLD TESTAMENT): MINOR PROPHETS
		LT The book was written in the 8th century BCE, probably circa 735 BCE by Hosea or one of his disciples.
		It was almost entirely written by Amos or by one of his disciples during the 8th century BCE.
		LT The book was written by Nahum and one or two of his disciples about the time of the destruction of Nineveh by the Babylonians in 612 BCE.
	www.religioustolerance.org /chr_otb5.htm (1958 words)

	Map of Ancient Israel - Nabatea
		Nabataea was made the province of Arabia in 105, governed by a praetorian legate with one legion.
		This policy of direct rule continued until the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BCE.
		During 64-63 BCE the kingdom of Nabataea was conquered by the Romans under Pompey, who restored the Hellenistic cities destroyed by the Jews and set up the Decapolis.
	www.bible-history.com /geography/ancient-israel/nabatea.html (380 words)

	Agatha Christie and Archaeology
		Until the destruction of their empire by the Medes and Babylonians in 612 BCE, the Assyrians were powerful enemies of the kingdom of Judah, and their capital was one of the greatest cities of the time.
		Sennacherib (704-681 BCE) moved his capital to Nineveh from Khorsabad and built a palace, an armoury and a city wall more than 12 kilometres in length.
		It lies on the west bank of the Wadi Dara, which feeds the Wadi Khanzir, a tributary to the Khabur River; it is on the modern road between Hasseke and Amuda and was surely on a number of ancient routes that crossed this region.
	www.fathom.com /course/21701725/session3.html (3071 words)

	PrimaryHistory562BCE
		Jeremiah's prophecy was a failed one though, as in 550 BCE the Medes as a great empire ceased to exist, having been defeated and absorbed by the Persians under Cyrus.
		She understands that it was only in the 7th century BCE that a village again appeared, but it was un-walled and came to an end when destroyed by the Babylonians.
		If she is correct, then Jericho's re-founding in the 7th century BCE, not 9th century, is another archaeological marker that the Primary History cannot be a composition of an earlier period.
	www.bibleorigins.net /PrimaryHistory562BCE.html (5324 words)

	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
		Each of its four sides is divided into five compartments of sculpture representing the tribute brought to the Assyrian King by vassal princes, Jehu of Israel being among the number.
		Shalmaneser, whose annals and conquests are recorded upon it, was the son of Assur-natsir-pal, and died in 823 BCE.
		Aristotle (384-323 BCE): The Constitution of Carthage, c.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook03.html (1172 words)

	AP Art History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Between 3500 and 2800 BCE city-states began to emerge along the rivers of Southern Mesopotamia.
		Approximately 2300 BCE, the city-states of Sumer came under the domination of a powerful ruler, Sargon I of Akkad.
		The Akkadians ruled until 2180 BCE, when they were attacked and conquered by the Guti (only Lagash remained independent).
	mywebpages.comcast.net /llefler/ch2ah.htm (389 words)

	Japhethmadai
		640-587 BCE the Greeks in Athens, via their kindred in Ionia, that is the coast of Asia Minor, are aware of the existence of the Medes.
		Stern has noted that in the course of the 8th and 7th centuries BCE Greek pottery penetrated Judah, Edom, Moab and Ammon. Greek mercenaries served the Saite Pharaohs and were employed by them in reclaiming Palestine-Syria as an Egyptian sphere of influence as Assyrian power and influence waned during this period (cf.
		Although Jeremiah in 587-582 BCE prophecized that God would use the Medes to destroy Babylon and set his people free, the author of the Primary History (562-560 BCE) probably was unaware of this prophecy.
	www.bibleorigins.net /Japhethmadai.html (4490 words)

	Daniel and Judith
		Nineveh was indeed the capital of Assyria, but was destroyed (along with the Assyrian Empire) by the Chaldeans in 612 BCE -- seven years before Nebuchadnezzar rose to power.
		After Antiochus Epiphanes' death in 164 BCE, Nicanor took over the battles with the Judeans, but was defeated in 161 BCE by Judah Maccabee, in his last great victory before his death later in the same year.
		The deliberate confusion of names and events from the Persian, Babylonian, and Assyrian eras is probably a device on the part of the author to indicate that the work is intended as fiction.
	www.annettereed.com /roshchodesh/jud-chron.htm (1503 words)

	History of Constellation and Star Names
		This principal copy of tablet 1 probably dates to circa 500 BCE and is a late Babylonian copy of tablet 1 of the astronomical compendium Mul.Apin.
		The earliest copies were recovered from the royal archives of the Assyrian King Assurbanipal (667-626 BCE) in Nineveh (and also from Assur).
		The text of tablet 1 was able to be completely restored with the aid of five copies - one dated to the Neo-Babylonian Period, two from Assurbanipal's library (hence written before 612 BCE), and two from Assur.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~gtosiris/page11-5a.html (631 words)

	The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
		Assyria attained a brief period of dominance under Shamshi-Adad (1813-1781 BCE) but was soon superseded by Babylon under Hammurapi (Hammurabi) (1792-50 BCE) who established what once were thought to be the first written law codes (more recent discoveries include law codes from a couple centuries prior to Hammurapi).
		The empire collapsed from invaders with Nineveh falling to Nabopalasar of Babylon in 612 BCE and the empire dying in 605 BCE.
		Babylon fell in the mid-540's to Cyrus the Persian whose empire lasted until the late 300's BCE when Alexander of Macedon established his empire and renamed the area "Mesopotamia".
	www.myths.com /pub/myths/assyrbabyl-faq.html (7371 words)

	History of ancient Israel and Judah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From then on, the chronology can only roughly be given in approximate dates for most events, until about the 7th century BC.
		1440 BCE The Egyptian reign of Amenhotep II, during which the first mention of the Hapiru (possibly the Hebrews) is found in Egyptian texts http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/hebrews.html.
		David succeeded him in c.1006 BCE, and moved the capital from Hebron to Jerusalem.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/History-of-ancient-Israel-and-Judah.htm (2417 words)

	http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tart/arth280/fertilecrescent.html
		7 Fragment of stele of Ennatum, Girsu, 26-2500 BCE, 6’ Telloh
		The vaulting in Neo-Bablyonian structures such as the Ishtar Gate, are closer in date to their first appearance in Europe in the Etruscan walls of Perugia’s Ponte Augustus.
		This is the next gigantic empire of conquest, that by 440 BCE extended from Iran to Afghanistan in the south and west to Egypt and into Europe as far as the Balkans.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~tart/fall2003arth280website/fertilecrescent.html (6427 words)

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