Early Israel and Surrounding Nations

ISBN: 9781330150597 出版年：2016 页码：352 A H Sayce Forgotten Books

Palestine is thus a centre of ancient Oriental history. Its occupation by Babylonians or Egyptians marks the shifting of the balance of power between Asia and Africa. The fortunes of the great empires of the eastern world are to a large extent reflected in its his tory. The rise of the one meant the loss of Palestine to the other.