Articles CP+ Subscribe Donate Books Login ☰ NOVEMBER 26, 2012 The Politics of the Exodus Myth BY WILLIAM COOK “I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.” — Exodus 23:27 During this interlude in […]
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The Myth of Abraham and America’s Allegiance to Israel 5*info
BY GARY LEUPP Karl Marx once observed that ancient Greek art, rooted in Greek mythology, still constituted for modern people “a source of aesthetic enjoyment and in certain respects prevails as the standard and model beyond attainment.” He asked: “Why should the social childhood of mankind, where it has obtained its most beautiful development, not exert an […]
Ch. 2 Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations timeline
Skip to main content World Civilization Ch. 2 Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations Search for: The Sumerians LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand the history and accomplishments of the Sumerian people KEY POINTS The Sumerians were a people living in Mesopotamia from the 27th-20th century BCE. The major periods in Sumerian history were the Ubaid period (6500-4100 BCE), the […]
DID MOSES EXIST? 5*INFO
Did Moses exist? Egyptians kept meticulous records and histories and there is no mention at all of Moses or the Hebrew departure through the parted river. There are many gaps in the long history of Egypt; some of them intentional, since they didn’t use to register their defeats. But in any case, it is true […]