[NV Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Philistines_Philistia.html

[Paul Etxeberri]

>
>Philistines (Philistia) in the Gaza Strip
>
>  Overview: The Philistines were people who lived in Canaan along the
>Mediterranean coast at the time the Israelites sought to occupy the land.
>They were centered in five cities called the Philistine Pentapolis:
>Ashkelon Ashdod Ekron Gath and Gaza ...
>
>Excerpt: Amos 1:6–8 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza
>and for four I will not revoke the punishment ... I will cut off the
>inhabitants from Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
>I will turn my hand against Ekron and the remnant of the Philistines
>shall perish says the Lord God ... (See *2 Below)
>
>Prologue: The Philistines are among the most maligned peoples of ancient
>history. The Bible characterized them as cunning pagan warmongers; the
>ancient Egyptians as pirates and marauders ..... One of the Aegean Sea
>Peoples who settled on the southern coast of Canaan at the end of the
>twelfth century BC -- they entered history as the main adversaries of the
>Israelites (See *1 Below) .....
>
>The two erstwhile major powers at the time (Egypt and the Hittites) were
>politically weak and militarily impotent and the Sea Peoples -- among
>them the Philistines -- exploited this power vacuum by invading areas
>previously subject to Egyptian and Hittite rule. This confederation of
>tribes included also the Tjekker –- Sheklesh –- Denyen -– and Weshesh. In
>wave after wave of land and sea assaults they attacked Syria –- Palestine
>-– and even Egypt. Ramesses III defeated the invaders at his doorstep but
>was unable to stop them from subsequently settling on the southern coast
>of Palestine. There they developed into an independent political entity
>of major importance and constituted a threat to the disunited Canaannite
>city-states (See ibid) .....
>
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand