Interesting point, I had not considered that. I just hope this doesn't earn a bad name.

Fighting, controversy, and don't forget trolls! throngs of trolls!

@@angelcatano was that a reference? it sounds like one

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Excellent point Eran. Critical thinking should absolutely be based on credible sources which for our purposes I will interpret as extra-biblical evidence/sources which support the Israelite and/or biblical narratives. The primary source materials include archaeological and epigraphic artifacts and correspondence from the cultures of the ancient Israelites, Phillistines as well as the annals of kings/empires of the time (Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians). The following list is by no means meant to be exhaustive but should provide a pretty good start to addressing your request. You should easily find material online that will provide quite a bit more detail to my itemized list below. 1. Re: Existence of “Israel” in 13th c. BCE search Merneptah Stele (also mentioned and shown in the video) 2. Re: Existence/Arrival of Sea Peoples especially Phillistines search pottery fragments found in abundance in Gezer and Beth-Shemesh dating to late 12th and early 11th c. BCE and also El Amarna letters (Egyptian). 3. Re: Existence of the Kingdom of David search the Tel Dan Inscription/Stele and City of David Excavations. 4. Re: Existence of Biblical/Old Testament scriptures existence at this time see Dead Sea Scrolls. 5. Re: Existence of King Solomon search for information on the First Temple and its detsruction as well as archaelogical excavations that have revealed the remains of impressive buildings and fortifications at Gezer, Megiddo, and Hazor dating the time period associated with King Solomon’s reign. 6. Re: Existence and fall of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Baylonian Exile, and Judea search Assyrian Eponym Chronicle, Mesha Stone, Annals of Shalmaneser III and the Kurkh Monolith (which mention Israel’s kings Ahab and Jehu), inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III and Anals Sargon, Annals of Sennacharib (detailed description of his punitive expedition against Kingdom of Judah), Siloam Tunnel and Inscription, Babylonian Chronicles, Bulla (seal) of Baruch ben Neriah, Cyrus Cylinder and Edict of Cyrus (noted and shown in video), Coins bearing he name Yehud (Judea) from 4th c. BCE, 7. Re: Destruction of Temple at the hands of the Romans in 70 CE search Arch of Titus, The Burnt House, Judea capta coins.

Major like - Thank you very much!

They have found proof of King David in archeology.

+Beni Habibi thanks for the clarification!

If the philistines were invaders who coexisted with the canaans then why did they accept to use the word to refer to both of them?

@@johnshapland6675 That is how a critical thinker challenges self-proclaimed facts. I believe Palestine is a Greek name.

There is actually an academic theory that Zoroaster and Abraham are the same person, but that his teachings grew in two different areas since Abraham had to flee his homeland after the burning of a polytheism temple.

Abdul Alhadad the Crash course video on this conflict was so full of bullshit i have lost all respect for John Green.

Beni Habibi The video was quite accurate compared to most that flow around.

+Beni Habibi Same my friend, same. He left out so many facts in a blatant act of biased and oversimplified presentation of the topic. I guess his style of 10 mins video doesn't fit such a loaded and complicated matter as this one.

Thank you for your feedback Arpita.

a non-history book is more accurate than nothing. It may not be completely accurate, but it is the most accurate information? I dunno.

Good point, but he ends the video with something aobut the seeds of christianity being planted, and AFAIK the judeo-roman wars happened in CE, so, maybe he'll cover those details in the future? you gota chill man! it's just the second video about the subject :)

Ethnic and/or tribal conflict was common globally and still is today.

@GeterPoldstein מאיפה המידע הזה, שתף אותי בבקשה.

The Tanakh is often referred to as 'the Jewish bible' by Jews and people in general, or just 'bible' for short by Jews. Also - the old testament in the Christian bible is the Tanakh.

As a person who is neither a jew nor a Christian, I understand the word 'biblical' but although from your comment and the comment from @MadHatressAdAstra I have worked out what the Tanakh is, I didn't previously know. This is probably because I am from a society modelled on Christian values. However, considering where english language videos on the internet are likely to be watched, it makes sense to presume most people watching this video come from (heavy quotation marks, mostly referring to the US and Europe,) 'western countries' which are modelled on Christian values. I don't know, but a possible solution?

luis santa cruz I'm sure this comment section is going to be full of reasoned, enlightened individuals with open minds and a respect for other cultures, as KZfaq comments always are. And I'm sure there will be a civil, respectful discussion on this contentious issue in which all sides can learn to get along and live harmoniously. So far, so good...

Herodotus said nothing about Syria-Palaestina, read history!!

they are pronouncing some words wrong, (Canaan for example) but diaspora isnt one of them

Pronunciation is a dialectal/regional/accent thing and veries greatly around the world.

Not true at all, just hypothesis, not proven, in fact there is more proof for the Temple Mount than the City of David.

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Interesting point, but I would argue that omission of some facts does not account as propaganda. Of course, you will say your facts are the most important, but considering the sheer number of comment asking for information that has been omitted to be included, I would argue that difficult decisions on what to include and what not to include were probably made. In any case, do you not think propaganda is slightly overexaggerating? Also, from the points you make it is presumed there is a dispute over the facts. However, do you not think the team merely tried to put forward the most accurate facts they could find supported by the most evidence. If I am wrong, do you not agree that the word propaganda may be unhelpful if the team actually just failed to realise you were right and made an innocent mistake. I don't know, just offering some possible solutions?

I've read somewhere that they found a stone with David (DVD in Hebrew, because there aren't vowels) written on it, and that it is a evidence that King David might not be fictional.

I have a few friends who have work as archaeologists in Israel. From what I understand, while there is at present no concrete archaeological evidence for the existence of either David or Solomon, it is not at all clear that they were fictional. Just a few decades back most archaeologists believed that a united Israelite kingdom never existed, but as more evidence comes to light, more are conceding that there is a good chance it did. Archaeology is hardly an exact science and it will be a while before we know for sure whether David and Solomon were historical or mythical. However, it is surprising how closely this video is sticking to the biblical narrative. I don't mind per se, but it is odd.

Titus See the comment above noting the Tel Dan inscription/stele.

Nope, there is more and more archeology proving King David's rule.

@@shainazion4073 I'm not saying his reign didn't exist, but that the scope of that kingdom was exagerates

Francia is the origin of the word "France" which means land of the "Franks" who had their own territory for several hundred years in the Low Countries and have nothing to do with modern "French" people who live in "France" and speak a Romance language. Like the Palestinian connection to the Filistines, it is a question of distant ancestry and name origin. Am I biased toward modern Romance-speaking French people without being objective to the position of people from the Low Countries? Do the modern French not actually exist? No.

***** "Ugh, I don't want these videos' comment sections' to be butthurt-ridden war-zone" -- in that case, I'd advice you to be polite.

***** Maybe I misunderstood, but you seemed to call people "butthurt", which is not very polite.

Niv, thanks for your comment. Next video will provide more detail on this topic.

the Philistines were from southern Europe, the Palestinians came from southwest Arabia. anyone who denies that is just being foolish.

Erin Howarth its complected. the Israelites purchased huge plots of land from the Canaanites (who were actually made up of many different tribes) and then the Cannanites took some of the land back, then the Israelites formed an army and pretty much conquered the entire south Levant, but eventually assimilated the Canaanites over time.

Because the Israelites were a Caucasoid people as proven by history, archeology, paleontology, linguistics and science (DNA). The Israelites and Canaanites were a Levantine population mixed with both Caucasus and Zagros mountain DNA.

perhaps he will do it in another video.

There was no Islam during the period covered by this video,

Islam has it's own episode, it's number 3 and will air next week.

***** Islam is number 4. :) Next one is Christianity.

islam is a relatively new religion

mabey, but what you just told is not historical fact more like story from the bible

That’s quite incorect. There are numerous deities in Zoroastrianism, and also estimated period when he lived is between 1500 to 500 BCE, Avraham was about 1900 BCE.