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Local Trading and Local Economies
What did average people bring to the market in biblical times? Find out here.Ancient Palestine was largely an agricultural society. People traded farm products and animals from their flocks in the marketplaces. Farmers brought wheat and barley, grapes and wine, olives and olive oil, figs, dates, and nuts to markets in nearby towns and cities. Herders brought milk, cheese, and…
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Improvements in Transportation
Trading on foot is a tough business – you can only exchange what you carry. See how improved transportation changed the trade landscape.As trading between regions and countries became more important, so did travel. In fact, trade and travel link so completely that discussing one involves discussing the other.Improvements in transportation made it easier for merchants to trade in distant…
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Trade
The nation of Israel was a strategic trade location. Check out what they traded and how trading shaped the culture of the Ancient Near East.The earliest Israelites traded in animals, milk, cheese, and wool. Even after they settled in Canaan, the Israelites were farmers and herders, but few were professional merchants. However, unlike more isolated areas of the world, the…
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Early Israelites
Most of the Israelites were nomads. Find out where and how they traveled in the Ancient Near East. Before they settled in Canaan, the earliest ancestors of the Israelites were nomads, which means that they lived by moving herds of sheep and goats from place to place to find good pastures. For example, the Bible tells us how Abraham moved…
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Early Travel
In the beginning . . . human societies interacted with each other. See how they did it.No clear evidence has been found to show how the earliest human beings traveled. Archaeologists date the earliest evidence of any kind of travel from the end of the “Ice Age,” about 40,000 years ago. Evidence suggests that some kind of trading occurred in…
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Critical Perspectives: The Anti Christ
Who is the anti-Christ? Where is he mentioned in Scripture? Read more to get a sound biblical perspective of this figure.The decision of the film-making industry to produce a wave of movies with apocalyptic themes has resulted in resurgent interest in the physical nature of the antichrist, his origin, and the timing of his appearance.Although readers typically turn to many…
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