The period known as the Axial Age began right after the establishment of the Persian empire. Gil and Dr. Rutger Vos, an evolutionary biologist and history buff, see it as a direct result of Persia's rise.

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• Home Page
• Who wrote the Bible: Timeline and authors
• Ancient maps: easy to follow maps to see which empire ruled what and when

Click here to see Exodus divided into "sources" according  to the Documentary Hypothesis

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