Israel was unified under King David who was the second king in Israel and was responsible for establishing Jerusalem as Israel's national capital. This was extended until King Solomon, David's successor. After 200 years during Solomon's death, they were divided. After which, they have been rules by outsiders for 300 more years.
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David and Solomon unified ancient Israel. According to Kings 11:10-13, 43, it was God who said that the kingdom of Solomon would be divided after the death of Salomon. When he died he was buried next to David, his father. After the death of Solomon, the 12 tribes of Israel were divided. The Kingdom of Judah established in the south of the territory. Rehoboam -son of Solomon- was the king of the Jews. In the north, it was the Kingdom of Israel that established there, ruled by Jeroboam. Approximately in 722 BC, the Assyrians invaded Israel and in 586 BC, the Babylonians invaded Judah.
Its purpose is to get the temple closer to the heavens, and provide access from the ground to it via steps. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and earth.
Paul Revere. ... He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
The Mayflower Compact was the agreement in which the Pilgrims agreed to make decisions collectively. This included all males of eighteen year of age and older in the new colonies of what is now the United States. The men signing this contract had fled religious persecution from King James of England and had moved to Leiden (in the Netherlands) temporarily. They stated their allegiance to the Lord in the Mayflower Compact.