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... formed an exceedingly loose union of twelve small states under tribal chiefs , which was at times hard pressed by neighboring tribes . Judges ( Shofetim ) : men raised up by Jehovah in times of need , especially military leaders in the ...
... formed an exceedingly loose union of twelve small states under tribal chiefs , which was at times hard pressed by neighboring tribes . Judges ( Shofetim ) : men raised up by Jehovah in times of need , especially military leaders in the ...
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... formed the Kingdom of Judah ( capital , Jerusalem ) ; the other tribes , under Jeroboam , formed the Kingdom of Israel farther north ( capital at first Sichem , still later Samaria and Jezreel ) . These two kingdoms were frequently at ...
... formed the Kingdom of Judah ( capital , Jerusalem ) ; the other tribes , under Jeroboam , formed the Kingdom of Israel farther north ( capital at first Sichem , still later Samaria and Jezreel ) . These two kingdoms were frequently at ...
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... formed by the gradual abbreviation of hiero- glyphics . Magnificent structures of brick . System of canals for the irrigation of the country , and for the regulation of the yearly overflow of the Tigris and Euphrates . Important ...
... formed by the gradual abbreviation of hiero- glyphics . Magnificent structures of brick . System of canals for the irrigation of the country , and for the regulation of the yearly overflow of the Tigris and Euphrates . Important ...
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... formed the names Ninus and Ninyas from the name of the city Ninua ( Nineveh ) .3 745-727 . Tiglath - Pileser II . ( identical with the king Pul men- tioned in the Bible ? ) ( see p . 13 ) made Babylonia , which was at that time divided ...
... formed the names Ninus and Ninyas from the name of the city Ninua ( Nineveh ) .3 745-727 . Tiglath - Pileser II . ( identical with the king Pul men- tioned in the Bible ? ) ( see p . 13 ) made Babylonia , which was at that time divided ...
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... formed a league . Active intercourse with European Greece . Solon , of Athens , visited Sardes . After the deposition of his brother - in - law Astyages , of Media , by Cyrus the Persian , Cræsus attacked the Persian empire . Following ...
... formed a league . Active intercourse with European Greece . Solon , of Athens , visited Sardes . After the deposition of his brother - in - law Astyages , of Media , by Cyrus the Persian , Cræsus attacked the Persian empire . Following ...
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