[LostTribe]

>There's no reason to assume the tribes moved as tribes and retained identity as tribes. Mixing it up with the Assyrians in alliance with other peoples and then getting out of the area probably did some real damage to their tribal structure.

That could well be true. Some scholars place a great deal of emphasis on intra-tribal cohesion during the migrations westward and northward, to the point of citing Biblical and other evidence they feel links certain tribes to certain current countries.

Unlike the basic Lost Tribes of Israel history outlined at my Profile, I have never felt entirely comfortable making those associations.

[William Terrell]

If God wants the tribes to lose all identity, I doubt that He would halfstep. God spanks with a hard hand.

[LostTribe]

>Unlike the basic Lost Tribes of Israel history outlined at my Profile, I have never felt entirely comfortable making those
associations.

Meant to say, Unlike the conclusions drawn by some at links from the basic Lost Tribes of Israel 3-MINUTE HISTORY  at my FR LostTribe Profile,  I have never felt entirely comfortable making those associations.