Israelites
Iron Age Hebrew tribal people in Canaan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Israelites were Semitic people of the ancient Middle East.[1][2]
Overview
The Israelites lived in part of what was Canaan during the time of the Bible.[1][2] This area came to be called the Land of Israel.[1][2] It usually refers to a member of one of the Tribes of Israel.[1][2] The term Children of Israel is also used, especially when talking about the period of the Five Books of Moses.[1][2]
History
Israelites lived in the United Kingdom of Israel, where the modern State of Israel is situated.[1][2] The kingdom later split into the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah, whose descendants have been called Jews ever since.[1][2]
Conquests by foreign empires
The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in 721 BCE.[1][2] Judah was conquered by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.[1][2] Many Jews were taken hostage from Judah. When the Achaemenid Empire defeated the Babylonians they let the Jews return to rebuild the Second Temple in Jerusalem about 70 years later.[1][2]
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