Between that time and the 10th c. BC the system spread among Semitic speakers and evolved. Originally it could be written vertically or horizontally, like Egyptian, but early on it tended to horizontal; the symbols became less pictorial and more linear;
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There were several proposals for a Jewish state in the course of Jewish history between the destruction of ancient Israel and the founding of the modern State of Israel. While some of those have come into existence, others were never implemented. The Jewish national homeland usually refers to the State of Israel[1] or the Land of Israel,[2] depending on political and religious beliefs. Jews and their supporters, as well as their detractors and anti-Semites have put forth plans for Jewish states.
