Israelites
Hebrew ethno-religious group in Canaan during the Iron Age
Israelites
The Israelites, also known as the Children of Israel, were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who lived in Canaan during the Iron Age. They are associated with the Hebrews and spoke Biblical Hebrew, an archaic form of the Hebrew language. According to the Bible, the Israelites were composed of twelve related tribes who united by forming the eponymous United Kingdom of Israel. Historically, Israelites founded the two Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Modern scholarship describes Israelite highland settlement as emerging from indigenous Canaanite populations and other peoples of the ancient Near East. The Israelite religion revolved around Yahweh, who was an ancient Semitic god with initially limited significance in the broader Canaanite religion. Around 720 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, triggering the Assyrian captivity; and around 586 BCE, the Kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, triggering the Babylonian captivity. While...
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