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You see, the Egyptian and Babylonian records confirm some things in the Bible because the Bible was written in a historical space, but at the same time, most of what is in the old testament presented as fact is negated by the discovery of archaeological or ... other Egyptian and Babylonian records, but also the Syrians, and others. It's like the Indian Bhagavad Gita-the content is placed in certain specific areas that can be identified archaeologically, but it does not mean that there was blue-skinned Krishna. Bible says that kingdom of Solomon was very rich- but there is no archeological trace of this story- on the contrary-the kingdom of Judah is well recognized as a marginal and poor. National Geographic is not a good place to learn history. Archaeological material from Palestine is very rich so there can be no such mistake of historians, we can not simply reject their work..

Hi there, i'm little confused when reading your ideas about ancient israelites in this Mod, let me try to explain why. Todays knowledge about this nation in the late bronze/ early iron age- 1) The temple It is almost certain that there was NO temple of this size built by Solomon, I am talking about the so-called First Temple, as to the time of Josiah, Jerusalem was a city of very small and rather poor and there was no room for such a structure. Besides, there is no archaeological trace of the temple. 2) Using the Old Testament as a source Try to understand- if you want to create a game historically reliable you can not only use the Bible out of the present state of knowledge of ancient Israel - for example do you see the difference between Age Of Empires and Age of Mythology? I can recommend to you, for example, the book-It combines what archeology can tell you about Israel, and what is in the Bible may be historically reliable- http://pl.scribd.com/doc/27394235/Israel-s-History-and-the-History-of-Israel-Mario-Liverani this is [illegal i think] ebook- if you are interested please buy it of course PS Sorry for my english