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Official Description[]The Hebrew people emigrated from northern Mesopotamia to Canaan, around Palestine, inthe 19th Century BC. From there they moved to the Egyptian delta, where they were eventually enslaved by Pharaoh (probably Ramses II). In the 13th Century BC, by modern estimates, the prophet Moses led his people out of Egypt in an event known as the Exodus. Traditional accounts describe a covenant with God in which the Hebrews received divine protection and guidance in return for adherence to God’s laws. Additionally, God had promised the land of Canaan to the Hebrews, who became known as the Israelites. By the turn of the 10th Century BC, the 12 Israelite tribes living in Canaan had established a single Kingdom of Israel under King Saul. The two succeeding Kings, David and Solomon, incorporated new lands and the Kingdom attained the height of its power. A split occurred the following century, leading 10 of the 12 tribes to establish a second, independent Kingdom of Israel to the north. In the south, the Kingdom of Judah was founded, retaining Jerusalem as its capital. The northern kingdom fell to the Assyrians in the 8th Century BC. The southern kingdom flourished until it was overrun by the Babylonians under Nebuchadrezzar II in the early 6th Century BC. Over the next several centuries, Jerusalem and the surrounding lands were controlled first by the Persian empire and then by the Greeks after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Independence, lasting for about 100 years, was again attained in the 2nd Century BC under the militarily-strong Maccabees. After that the region became part of the Roman Empire. |
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Kingdom of Israel
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