REL 1004 Lecture : Geographical And Historical Setting Lecture
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Greek culture spreads rapidly: the existence of the israelites fits entirely into the iron age, israel"s history as a political state unfolded during the last third of ancient times, many cultural and political achievements in the ane before. Israel: the sumerians (3000, old egyptian kingdom (2800-2200, sargon the great (2400, hammurabi of babylon (1700, first egyptian empire (1500-1200, in many ways, the bronze age was the golden age of the ancient. Near east politically and culturally: already over when israel first arises, to reiterate, israel are late to the party . Israel"s location in palestine, the narrow land bridge between the superpower egypt and the mesopotamian superpowers assyria and. Babylonia: political consequence, israel was forever caught up in the power struggles between egypt and the mesopotamian superpowers. 2: even adapted some of this culture, minimalists in recent study of israelite history.
