Comparison: The Sumerians

The oldest evidence, discovered in 1896AD and dated to around 1200BC, which mentions the name of the Israelites is the Merneptah Stele. Archaeologists, historians and Egyptologists indicate that the reference on the stone pillar refers to a tribe or group of people that lived in the highlands. In the past 150 years, archaeologists have confirmed that the population in the highlands of Canaan dramatically increased from just a few villages to a few hundred villages with a total population of possibly 40,000 people, which later developed into a small kingdom, around 1000BC. According to what archaeologists and historians now claim, the Israelites were a result of a merger of several groups or tribes of people who were already living in Canaan.
It was during this time during their captivity, of almost 60 years, that the majority of biblical historians and scholars now claim that the history, concepts and formation of the Hebrew religion began. Also, during their stay in Babylon, the Judeans were exposed to the stories and mythologies of the various and older Mesopotamian cultures such as the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. No doubt that during their captivity of almost 60 years in Babylon the Judeans increased the size of their community with new
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