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The Kingdom of Israel and Judah? While Wikipedia is not a credible source, it's a good summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy)

by chx 8y ago

The Kingdom of Israel and Judah? While Wikipedia is not a credible source, it's a good summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_mona... > In contemporary scholarship the united monarchy is generally held to be a literary construction and not a historical reality, pointing to the lack of archaeological evidence. See The Bible Unearthed for a more authentic source. I am slightly biased because I have been to Tel Hazor after and because of reading that book. (No matter who ruled at the time but a 25 x 21 m citadel with two-meter thick walls built three thousand years ago is just jaw dropping.) Also, Vedic Civilisation [1000]? What evidence do we have that calls for this period to be called a single civilisation...?

a2dictator 8y ago
We have a LOT of evidence. The vedas have been universally agreed to be written before 3500 BC, at least. They are much older according to Indian / Eastern researchers. The Vedas talk about a river Saraswati. This river has been proven with archeological & satellite evidence to have dried up in 1900 BC. That means the Vedas & the Vedic civilization are much older & from an era when the Saraswati river was flowing. There are even more evidences. Many celestial events described in the Vedas completely match celestial events mathematically & corroborate with each other, and they have been dated to be about 7000+ years ago.