The History of the Near East in Ancient Times

The Old Testament is written as though it's of course written from an Israel standpoint. It tends to bulk large and to be the most important nation on earth, he says. The main powers are in rest of the Taimia, the Assyrians and then Babylonians and in Egypt. And Israel is just a little country between the two,. which is important only because people want to have it to provide good trade routes - but not politically important at all.