MIDEAST 207 Lecture 8: Mideast 207 Lecture 8
22 Oct 2018
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10/4 in the shadows of the eastern super powers (1: chronological & political framework, chronology of david. Temple was built around 980 and destroyed at 586 bce: that is when the david kingdom was destroyed, end of iron age. 925 bce gives confirmation of two kingdoms: southern kingdom, david"s, northern kingdom, kingdom of israel, existed until 720 bce with the destruction of shomron, assyria destroyed it, the period of simultaneous kingdoms. In the jordan valley: near the mines they found a temple to hathor, egyptian goddess, popular edomites god, hurvat qitmit, northern jezreel, outdoor temple. Popularized horses: moab (kemosh, ammon (milkum, aram. All of these monarchies are semitic (except edom) They"re all nationalistic/ethnic: their gods are all very similar in their nationalism, the gods were responsible for the nation. Phoenicia: confederation of city-state, canaanite sea people, tyre and sidon were very important cities, on the shores of lebanon, existed in the bronze age.
