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The Hebrews to 1000 BCE

History of the Hebrews. [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Solomon

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King Saul: The Bible's Tragic Hero

Summary .. Saul Chosen as King .. The Rescue of Jabesh .. Saul's First Disobedience .. Saul's Foolish Order .. Saul's Downfall Foretold .. Saul's Jealousy of David .. Saul Murders the High Priest .. David Spares Saul's Life .. David Again Spares Saul's Life .. The Witch of Endor .. Saul's Death [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Tablet of Sargon's 8th Campaign

His Eighth Campaign was meant to put an end to the dispute over Mannea and produce a lasting pro-Assyrian government. In the form of a letter to the god Assur, this tablet relates the eighth military campaign led by Sargon II against, among others, the kingdom of Urartu, which englobed Armenia and Kurdistan. The text, of 430 lines, tells how the ki...

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The Queen of Sheba

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1200 BC: The Phoenicians

Includes information about their alphabet. [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Hittites

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