Other ANE empires Persia and Palestine Ancient Near
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Other ANE empires Persia and Palestine
Ancient Near East: the empires
Ancient Near East: the empires • Evolution of the empires: – Sumer c. 3000 -2500 – Akkad c. 2350 -2250 – Assyria c. 2100 -1800 – Babylonia c. 1800 -1400 – Rivalries throughout the period (a large geography) – (1100 -900: a relative “dark” age) – Persia grows out of Assyria, Phoenicia, Babylon, etc. – 500 bc: “How the west was won? ” – How the EAST was LOST
Uniquely influential: Palestine
Palestine • • • 4004 bc: ~1900 bc: Abram ~1500 bc: Moses ~1000 bc: Saul / David 10 th c. bc (~970 s-920 s bc): Solomon Divided kingdom: – 922 -722 bc: Israel (north) – 922 -586 bc: Judah (south)
Palestine • 722 bc: Assyrian conquest of Israel (Tiglath-Pilezer iii) • 586 bc: Babylonian conquest of Judah (Nebuchadnezzar ii) – Temple destruction • 536 bc: Persian conquest of Babylon (Cyrus) • 516/515 bc: Temple rebuilt (Darius) – Renovation 20 bc (Herod the great); destruction in 70 ad (Vespasian / Titus) – Now Dome of the Rock (late 7 th c. ad)
Palestine (Judaism) • The big ideas: – Monotheism (cf. Decalogue) – Covenant faith (cf. Abraham) – Translation to law (cf. policy) • Torah • The law and the prophets • Prophet, priest, and king – Messianism
Other ANE empires: Persia and Palestine • Main points to remember: – Iron age – United monarchy – Divided monarchy – Babylonian exile – Syncretism – Covenant – Pentateuch – Torah
