Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age

Science Daily ^ | August 28, 2015 | Bar-Ilan University

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The team compiled a database of plant remains extracted from Bronze and Iron Ages sites in the southern Levant, both Philistine and non-Philistine...

The species they brought are all cultivars that had not been seen in Israel previously... edible parts of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) which originates in western Europe; the sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus), whose fruits are known to be cultivated in the eastern Mediterranean, especially Egypt, and whose presence in Israel as a locally grown tree is first attested to in the Iron Age by the presence of its fruit; and finally, cumin (Cuminum cyminum), a spice originating in the Eastern Mediterranean...

In addition to the translocation of exotic plants from other regions, the Philistines were the first community to exploit over 70 species of synanthropic plants (species which benefit from living in the vicinity of man) that were locally available in Israel, such as Purslane, Wild Radish, Saltwort, Henbane and Vigna. These plant species were not found in archaeological sites pre-dating the Iron Age, or in Iron Age archaeological sites recognized as belonging to non-Philistine cultures -- Canaanite, Israelite, Judahite, and Phoenician. The "agricultural revolution" that accompanied the Philistine culture reflects a different agrarian regime and dietary preferences to that of their contemporaries.

The fact that the three exotic plants introduced by the Philistines originate from different regions accords well with the diverse geographic origin of these people. The Philistines... integrated with Canaanite and other local populations, finally to disappear at the end of the Iron Age (ca. 600 BCE).

[Twinkie]

Yeah. America is mentioned in the Bible. OT. Book of Daniel, I think. The beasts mentioned in that book which will be around when Christ returns. The bear (Russia), the Lion (Great Britain) - the Lion with Eagle’s wings which detach from the Lion (America) & is not mentioned in relation to the “Ten Horned Beast” again. (Ervin Baxter explains this the best I’ve heard. He’s not like many of the preachers on Christian tv & has obviously studied to show himself approved, but is not arrogant about it.)

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So, no, it isn’t.

http://www.itiswritten.com/unsealing-daniels-mysteries-lesson-7-kingdoms-in-collision

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_Seventy_Weeks

[Twinkie]

Difference of OPINION. Mine’s as good as yours, or anyone else’s. - None of us KNOW 100% what’s actually going to happen in these last days. Not you. Not me. Not anyone but GOD.

[SunkenCiv]

Right, which is why those are not really discussions, and they belong in the Religion section of FR. This isn’t it.