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We're about twenty years into Solomon's reign over Israel. According to traditional biblical chronology, this would be around the 10th century BCE. Israel sits right in the middle of major trade routes connecting Egypt to Mesopotamia—the Via Maris along the coast and the King's Highway through the desert.Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1frzcvIuT7V_EVLtfnHFgy2Q6rAdMfFeH/view?usp=sharing