The Fortifications of Ancient Israel and Judah 1200-586 BC by Samuel Rocca

Author:Samuel Rocca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Fortifications of Ancient Israel and Judah 1200–586 BC
ISBN: 9781782005216
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Palace 6000 at Megiddo, similar to the Syrian Bit Hilani style of palace, was a rectangular structure. It was entered through a monumental ‘distylos in antis’ (i.e. with two columns in front), which was immediately followed by the reception hall in the centre of the building. (Dalit Weinblatt–Krausz)

The main fortresses in the Northern Negev, Beer-sheba and Arad, are dealt with below; other fortresses were at Hurvat Uza, Tel Ira, Aroer, Tel Masos and Tel Malhata. After the 10th century BC, the Central and Southern Negev areas remained unsettled until the end of the Iron Age. Only three Iron Age II settlements are known south of Beer-sheba: Kadesh Barnea, Kuntillet Ajrud and Tell el-Kheleifeh. All these settlements indicate a major Judahite effort to control the approach to the Red Sea along the Gaza Road during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Trade relations with Arabia through the Red Sea continued as part of international trade between Edom, Judah, Israel and the Phoenicians, under Assyrian guidance. In the 7th century Edom took possession of the sites in the Northern Negev.

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