Yep. I'm taking a course in early Greek Civilization this term, and the course readings include Daniel, Isaiah, Kings, and Maccabees. This is not a religious course, it's straight postgraduate history; that's simply the best source material they have for that period and that region.
I have the old Indiana Jones line ready, "Didn't you guys go to Sunday School?" Sometime this term someone will fall into my trap...
A lot of history of this is in the book of Kings and Chronicles and the book of Isaiah around the time of Kings Uzziah to Jehoash.
This is about the time Isaiah was written around 740 BC.