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Any notable battles fought with steel vs. bronze weapons?
In answering the question Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent I found out a few facts that I hadn't expected. Namely, that the early iron weapons weren't necessarily much ...
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How often did city-destroying floods happen in Mesopotamia?
I keep seeing Mesopotamia described as a floodplain, and I'm finding inklings of evidence that some cities in ancient Mesopotamia were actually destroyed by floods. But how common of an occurrence ...
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How large were Bronze Age settlements?
How large was the typical settlement in Europe during the Bronze Age? Did most people live in isolated farmsteads or something more like small villages?
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Was there a bronze age in the Americas?
One of the answers to What are the factors that caused the new world civilizations to be less technologically advanced than the old world? made an interesting statement:
in terms of metalworking, ...
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Was the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age violent?
In Europe, when the Bronze Age ended and the Iron Age began, was it a peaceful spread of technology, or was it a violent conquest where the newcomers were able to win by their more advanced ...
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What was the estimated population living in Egypt around 1446 BC?
The biblical narrative in Exodus 11 tells that all firstborn sons of Egypt died in a single night. While maybe there's no historical evidence of that, it would be interesting to know what was the ...
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What was the world population around 970 BC? Does it fit the biblical narrative?
What was the world population around 970 BC?
What was Palestine's population around 970 BC?
Does the following bible verse fits in the current historical world population estimatives?
In Israel ...
