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Biblical Paleoarcheology

The Divine Right of Kings: dynasty

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Article #41 What in the world is a dynasty and where did the idea come from? Dynasty: “a race or succession of kings of the same line or family, who govern a particular country.” -Webster’s 1828 dictionary The United States of America is the first country to make a major break from the dynastic system, […]

Biblical Paleoarcheology

The Divine Right of Kings: its origin

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Article #40 “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of […]