HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indo-European Languages, Old Testament
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The hebrews started in early mesopotamia, but would later leave the area and migrate west under the guidance of their leader abraham. The bible tries to argue that abraham was the. Some of the hebrews would continue to move west and would become enslaved in egypt. After dealing with the hardships of slavery in egypt, the hebrew leader, moses, leads them out to the land of canaan (palestine) where they would build their own kingdom. King david is important to these people"s history because he solidi ed and uni ed the hebrew kingdom. King david would be succeeded by his son solomon who built the temple in jerusalem. After solomon, there was division in the hebrew kingdom. The kingdom would divide into israel to the north and judah to the south. The division of the kingdom leaves them more vulnerable. The kingdom of israel was conquered and shortly after the kingdom of.
