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| 925-720 BC; Divided Monarchy to fall of Samaria |
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| 720-586 BC; Samaria to Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem |
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| son of Solomon; King of Judea |
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| son of Nebat; 1st king of Israel |
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| Judah (=Judea) & Israel are separated |
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| capital of the kingdom of Israel; founded by Omri, enlarged by his son Ahab (husband of Biblical Jezebel) |
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| no cement product used; "header and stretcher" construction (Phoenician) |
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| Phoenician connection with Israel |
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| Ahab marries Jezebel, princess of Tyre; infiltration of Phoenecian religious & artistic concepts |
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| most important from the Iron Age! 9th-8th century BC - very valuable; possibly brought by Jezebel; woman in the window; palmettes |
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| 8th century BC; ancient receipts that have yr, place of origin, & receiving official's name |
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| fascinating pictures & inscriptions; "Yaweh of Samaria & goddess of fertility"; example of syncretism of Judaism & local cult religion |
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| based in modern-day Iraq; large empire that swept over ethnic nations; Israel destroyed, but Judah held Assyrians off for awhile |
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| black alabaster; Assyrian king Shalmaneser III's reign described; receives tribute from Jehu, king of Israel |
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| 745-727 BC; Assyrian king inaugurates deportation of populations - lose their spirit & unity so they are easier to control |
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| Assyrian king that conquered Israel & Samaria (Israel falls 724 BC, Samaria falls 722 BC) |
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| transportation of the populations by Tiglath-Pileser III |
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| Sennacherib's attack on Judah & Jerusalem |
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| attacked Jaffa, Lachish, & Jerusalem; 701 BC |
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| Prism of Sennacherib (Nineveh) |
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| representation of the conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib; POW's seen being tortured & inhabitants go into exile |
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| strengthened Jerusalem's wall & constructed the Tunnel of Siloam (aka Hezekiah's Tunnel) |
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| Hezekia's Tunnel (Siloam's Tunnel) |
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| brought water into city; constructed under Sennacherib |
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| developed methods for digging water; 1. dig to water table (vertical shaft w/ stairs descending to water); 2. springs (Gihon Spring); Hezekiah had tunnel cut through rock |
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| description of how people met on both ends when cutting the Siloam Tunnel |
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| fall of the Assyrian empire |
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| 610 BC; falls to Babylonian Empire; Jerusalem falls in 586 BC |
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