Cline describes in detail the many fierce battles--- beginning in 2350 B.C.--- that have taken place at Megiddo, which sits at a crucial crossroad in northern Israel. Cline then investigates how this battleground city came to inspire the Biblical concept of Armageddon.
Eric Cline is an archaeologist and historian specializing in international trade and relations in the ancient Mediterranean world. He has excavated in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Crete and the United States, and is a senior staff archaeologist at the ongoing excavations of Megiddo in Israel. Cline is the author of The Battles of Armageddon, a military history of Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age.
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