12 tribes of israel split into 2 kingdoms.
12 tribes of israel split into 2 kingdoms.
12 tribes of israel split into 2 kingdoms?
kingdom
this is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the land of israel: the israelites were never in egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of israel. perhaps even harder to swallow is that the united monarchy of david and solomon, which is described by the bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom. and it will come as an unpleasant shock to many that the god of israel, yhwh, had a female consort and that the early israelite religion adopted monotheism only in the waning period of the monarchy and not at mount sinai.
biblical archaeology
according to the mahmud kashgari (11th century) testimony, oguz confederation consisted of 24 tribes, of which 12 tribes were "buzuks" or "bazouk" (turkish and turkmen: "bozoklar" - grey arrows), and 12 tribes were "uchuks" (turkish and turkmen: "üçoklar" - three arrows). the buzuk wing had a privileged status. later authors, notably marvazi, describe only about 12 tribes. the discrepancy between the sources probably resulted from the oguz division into two exogamous parts, buzuks and uchuks belonging respectively to the right and the left wing of their army. oguz states share in the uruk and aimags. the term "uruk" designated tribal divisions. clans and tribes, united into larger tribal alliances known as "il" (the country).
oghuz yabgu state