Re: Population Ancient Israel

martin.winer@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In another religious group, we have a collection of people suggesting
> that there were 21 million people living in Israel in the year 1000BCE.
>  Yes yes, of course it's ridiculous, however I'd like as much quotable
> (hopefully online) evidence that this is completely ridiculous.

21 million people need to be fed, watered, and have a suitable means of
managing their waste. Can the area sustain that amount of people, and
the previous generations which amounted to that number at 1000 BCE?

There ought to be archaeological evidence if that many people lived
there, and the artifacts from that era would be jammed packed with such
household items such as pots and jars etc, road and other
infrastructure and also evidence of civilisation to that extent, ruins
of houses, hearths, areas where burning have taken place, middens of
shell food, if they were allowed to eat it, or bones and stuff. Not to
mention seed and crop seeds and the like..

>
> I currently only have an estimate of 300,000 people during the davidic
> rule.  That's based on the size of Jerusalem and other cities.
> 
> Any other quoteable proof?  Thanks...MCW

Dyl.

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