072 | Joshua's farewell addresses (Joshua 23-24)

Picture this: it's around 1200 BCE. The ancient Near East is a patchwork of city-states, tribal confederations, and emerging kingdoms. The great empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia? They're experiencing periods of weakness, creating a power vacuum that smaller groups can exploit. Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jXS7pGASdKpSGn4oECItLsj3gBw6gQgK/view?usp=sharing