Fall Of Judah Essays - Kings Of Ancient Judah, Zedekiah, Jehoiakim

Fall Of Judah Caught Between the Great Powers This paper will show how Judah aligned itself with Egypt, who was in a bipolar struggle for power with Babylon and how it eventually led to their destruction. Small nations caught between two larger powers struggling for supremacy find it impossible to remain in a state of neutrality. They must choose a side to align with and hope they make the right choice in order to survive the struggle. Judah's downfall began in 609 B.C. when Pharaoh Necho II led his army through Judah on his way to assist the Assyrians in battle against the Babylonians. Necho sent word all he intended to do was pass through Judah. King Josiah (640-609 B.C.) ruler of Judah decided to attack Necho's army on the plain of Megiddo. The Egyptians defeated Josiah's troops and King Josiah was killed as a result of the battle. Josiah's son Jehoahaz became King upon his father's death, he did not remain in power long and was replaced by Jehoiakim a pro-Egyptian leader. Jehoiakim was a loyal ally to the Egyptians and formed an alliance between Judah and Egypt in 609 B.C. Judah failed to realize the shift in power four years later when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated the Egyptian army in the Battle of Carchemish. Judah surrender to the Babylonians in 603 B.C., after seeing the total destruction of Ashkelon a year earlier. In 601 B.C. Judah revolted against Babylonian rule after seeing the Egyptian army defeat the Babylonian army. King Nebuchadnezzar retaliated against Judah in the winter of 586 B.C. Judah surrenders in order to save Jerusalem from destruction and to avoid the status of a conquered army. Nebuchadnezzar deported 10,000 inhabitants to Babylon, and levied heavy tribute on the people. In 594 B.C. King Zedekiah of Judah attempted to form a league against Babylon, made up of the small states that form modern Jordan, Israel and coastal Lebanon. The states were so small and weak they posed no threat to Nebuchadnezzar. In 589/8 B.C. Judah was once again left to fight the mighty Babylonians alone. Judah held out against the Babylonians for a year and a half. The fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. signaled the end of Judah. Judah took a gamble and sided with Egypt in a time of trouble. Judah failed to recognize that Egypt was no longer the dominant power, and did not try to align itself with Babylon. Judah's destruction; shows how small nations caught between two supreme powers fighting for control can be destroyed because they fail to recognize the shifts in power, and cling to a false hope they made the right choice. Malamat, Abraham ?Caught Between The Great Powers: Judah Picks a Side and Loses.? Biblical Archeology Review July/August 1999: 34-41. Religion

Lindane essays

Lindane essays The chemical substance that I choose to research today is Lindane. The common name is Lindane, but the actual chemical name is much more complicated it is as follows: not less that 99.5% of gamma isomer of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane. I am going to sketch the structural make up of Lindane: The kind of atoms that make up Lindane are not that uncommon. In fact the empirical formula is C 6 H 6 CL 6. All of the bonds in this structure are composed of single bonds. The molecular geometry of Lindane is a six sided circular figure or a hexagon. The physical state of Lindane is a odorless colorless crystalline solid. The boiling point of Lindane is 323C. The melting point is 113C. Lindanes relative relative density is (water = 1): 1.87. This chemical is not soluble in water. The toxicity level for Lindane is class 2. Lindane is considered a non combustible. The liquid formulations containing organic solvents may be flammable. And it gives off irritating or toxic fumes (or gases) in a fire. Lindane has so many uses in todays society. Lindane is used in food production including animal products, and as a pesticide for almost all crops including; alfalfa, apples, avacodo, barley, beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, canola, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cherrys, clover, chocolate, coffee, cocoa butter, corn, cotton, cucumber, eggplant, hay, latex, lettuce, lumber, melons, mustard, oats, onions, orka, peaches, peas, peanuts, pineapples, potatoes, radish, rubber, rutabaga, rye, safflower, sorghum, soybeans, spinach, squash, Sudan grass, sugar, beets, sunflower, trees, tobacco, tomatoes, watermelons, wheat, wood. Lindane is also used for personal hygiene including; lice and scabies treatments, flue products and vaporizers. There are many risk factors to be considered when using Lindane. You have to be very careful when you are dealing with the dust from lindane. You have to a...