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Climate & Canaanite Cities In The Bronze Age.
All Dates B.C. |
EB1 3250-2900 3150-2850 |
EB2 2900-2650 2850-2600 |
EB3 2650-2250 2600-2300 |
EB4/MB1 2250-2000 2300-2000 |
MB2A 2000-1700 2000-1750 |
MB2B 1700-1575 1750-1550 |
MB2C 1575-1475 na |
LB1 1475-1400 1550-1400 |
LB2 1400-1200 1400-1200 |
IA1 1200-950 1200-950 |
IA2 950-500 950-600 |
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CityA |
ClimateB |
High Nile floods. Egyptian Old Kingdom. Many cities in Palestine. Settlements in Negeb and Sinai. | Moist period begins to end. | Dry period. End of EB cities in the Middle East. | Low Nile. Palestine turns pastoral. Egyptian 1st Intermediate Period. Nomads invade Mesopotamia. | Dry period begins to end. Cities return in Palestine. | High Nile. Egyptian Middle Kingdom. More cities in Palestine. | Egyptian New Kingdom. Settlements in Palestine hill country begin to decline. | Very dry period. End of Palestinian LB2 sites. | Low Nile, Tigris and Euphrates. End of the Hittites. Famine in Mesopotamia. Grain shortages in Egypt. Dry period begins to end. | Moist period. New settlements in Negeb. Palestinian cities increase. | |
Kadesh-Barnea | Deut. 1:19-46 Most of the 40 years in the desert were here? | EB2 sites nearby. | No EB3 occupation. | No MB2 occupation at any possible sites for Kadesh-Barnea. | No LB remains at any Kadesh-Barnea sites. | Fortresses at Ain Qudeirat and Ain Qedeis only at the end of IA1. | ||||||
Arad | Num 21:1-3 Destroyed by Joshua. | Fell near end of EB2. | No EB3 occupation at other possible sites for Arad. | No MB2 occupation at Tel Arad. MB2 city found at Tel Malhata fell at end of MB2C. | No LB occupation at any possible Arad sites. | Small unwalled village in IA1. | ||||||
Hormah | Num 21:1-3 Destroyed by Joshua. Judg 1:17=18 Destroyed by Judah and Simeon. | Two possible sites. EB1 material at Malhata. No EB material at Tel Masos. | City at Tel Masos fell at the end of MB2B. City at Tel Malhata fell at the end of MB2C. | No LB occupation at any possible Hormah site. | Unwalled villages at Tel Masos and Malhata. Tel Masos fell at the end of IA1. |
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