A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5
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The Children of Abraham and the Land of Canaan
The children of Abraham, grown now to a host of twelve tribes, invaded the land of Canaan from the Arabian Desert to the east. They may have done this some when between 1600 and 1300 B.C. But at any rate they did not succeed in conquering any more than the hilly backgrounds of the promised land. The reader will find in the book of Judges a record of their struggles and disasters during this period. For very largely it is a record of disasters and failures, frankly told.
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