History: Exodus

Posted on Sun 22 November 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

1300- 1200 BCE -- A mass migration of the Hebrew people, out of slavery. After hundreds of years of slavery in Egypt, Moses lead the Hebrew people out of Egypt and across the Sinai desert. The Hebrew people "wandered" around the Sinai desert for forty years, about one generation, and finally …


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History: Moses

Posted on Sun 15 November 2020 in history • Tagged with history, person

900- 1000 BCE - See Covenant.


History: Covenant

Posted on Sun 08 November 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

1000 BCE -- Moses, a renowned leader of the Hebrew people, received the "Covenant" from God on Mt. Sinai. The covenant includes the Ten Commandments, which were embossed on stone tablets. Saul, the first king of the Hebrew people established a kingdom near Palestine. Later, David and Solomon expanded the kingdom …


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History: Hebrews

Posted on Sun 01 November 2020 in history • Tagged with history, people

Israel, Palestine, Assyria, and the Levant- The Hebrews are a semitic speaking people with origins on the Arabian Peninsula. The Hebrews have origins as far back as 1600 BCE, and are still prominent in the modern day world. The Hebrew's biblical texts including the Torah and the Talmud served as …


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History: Phoenicians

Posted on Sun 25 October 2020 in history • Tagged with history, people

Palestine, Levant- A Semitic speaking people originating on the Arabian Peninsula. The Phoenician people had settled in the region of Palestine, on the Mediterranean coast, since early times. The Phoenician city of Byblos was a major trading center for the middle east in the early first millennia BCE, in particular …


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History: Hittites

Posted on Sun 18 October 2020 in history • Tagged with history, people

Mesopotamia- Combined Indo-European and native people in Asia Minor formed the Hittite kingdom, 1750 BCE. The capital of the Hittite kingdom was Hattusha, now called Bogazk"oy in modern Turkey. The Hittites began to spread outward by 1600 BCE, and began to establish an empire. After years of conflict, the …


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