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Home THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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The Biblical texts state that these caravans transported gum tragacanth, ointments, and ladanum.
The Assyrian tablets and archaeology show that the caravan routes,
linking Arabia to the Levant coast, went through the Kingdom of Judah.
This trade, which required many camels, reached its height in the 7th Century B.C.
The caravans described in the story of Joseph, the son of the Patriarch Jacob,
therefore refer to a reality of the 7th century,
when the Assyrian kingdom dominated the tiny kingdom of Judah.
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