POLS 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Achaemenid Empire, Twelver, Holy Land
13 Sep 2016
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Site of the most signi cant area of civilization. One of the most important trade routes. Under the in uence of egypt which was the most important empire and civilization at the time. Semitic speaking peoples moving in, wandering, settling. Abraham and his tribe migrating from mesopotamia to canaan: the 1st torah gure called a hebrew; his descendants called hebrew or mostly. Israelites - after his grandson, jacob or israel. Looking for better pasture land they move southward. 1785-1570 bc migration of the israelites to northern egypt. Continued migration by semites and non-semites to nile. These asian invaders called by egyptians shashu and later by greek hyksos: bibles joseph story, son of jacob, Pharaoh ramses 2 enslaving israelites, forced labour. Prophet moses 150 bc and exodus of jews towards canaan. After about 400 years, israelites move out of egypt with the hope of returning to the. Moses does not see the promise land but joshua succeeds him.
