A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5
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History of the Kings of Israel and the Kings of Judah
At the climax of his glories, Solomon was only a little subordinate king in a little city. His power was so transitory that within a few years of his death, Shishak had taken Jerusalem and looted most of its splendours. It is also plainly manifest from the Bible narrative that Solomon spent himself in display and overtaxed and overworked his people. At his death, the northern part of his kingdom broke off from Jerusalem and became the independent kingdom of Israel. In 721 B.C., the kingdom of Israel was swept away into captivity by the Assyrians,. Its people utterly lost to history. Judah struggled on and tell in 1604 B.C.; as we have
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