1399-1201 B.C. - Joshua and the Land of Canaan

Introduction / Note on featured photo: This is a picture of the ruins of Jericho in the Russian Museum and Park Complex in the West Bank, Israel

Listen to the sounds of the era here.

 

1390 B.C.

Book of Joshua written

Joshua dies

 

1340 B.C.

Clay tablet from Tell el-Amarna in middle Egypt is inscribed with records of foreign relations between Egypt and the great powers of the day, it is in Akkadian cuneiform (The Middle East pg. 73)

 

1375 B.C.

RULERS & ROYALTY: Judges start to rule the Israelites

Conquest of Canaan comes to an end

 

1209

RULERS & ROYALTY: Deborah’s rule as judge of the Israelites begins