Simeon and Levi are brothers, and their swords are cruel instruments. My soul, don't collude with them; My heart, don't touch them; Because they kill people in a rage and cut the tendon of the cow leg at will. I will scatter them in Jacob's house and in Israel. 」
Judah, your brothers will praise you, your hand will be around the neck of your enemies, and your father's sons will bow down to you. Judas is a little lion. My son, you take the food up. You lie down like a lion and crouch like a lioness. Who dares to provoke you? Gui will not leave Judah, and his staff will not leave between his feet until Shiloh (the peace giver) comes, and all the people will submit. Judah bound Xiao Lv to the vine and washed his clothes in wine. His eyes are red with wine and his teeth are white with milk. "
"Zebulun will live in Haikou, and it will become a harbor for stopping ships. His territory will extend to Sidon. "
"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying in the sheepfold. For fertile land, he had better be quiet and beautiful, so he will become a servant with low shoulders and heavy shoulders. "
Dan will judge his people and be one of the tribes of Israel. But he will be a snake and a slug on the road. Bite the horseshoe and let the rider fall behind. Lord, I have been waiting for your salvation. "Gad will be pursued by his enemies, but he will pursue their heels."
"Asher will produce rich food and delicious food for the king."
"Naphtali is a released doe. He speaks beautiful words."
Yue Se is a fruitful branch, a fruitful branch by the spring, whose branches stick out of the wall. Archers tortured him, shot at him and persecuted him. But his bow is still hard and his hands are strong and agile. This is because the shepherd of Israel belongs to Israel, and the rock is the mighty one of Jacob. Your father's God will help you, and the Almighty will give you all the blessings in heaven, the blessings hidden underground, and the blessings of childbirth and breastfeeding. Your father's blessings are better than those of my ancestors, such as the eternal famous mountains and the extreme. These blessings will fall on Yue Se's head and on the heads of those who are separated from their brothers. "
"Benjamin is a carnivorous wolf. He eats what he catches in the morning and shares it with him at night. "
And he charged them, saying, "I will be gathered to my fathers, and you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, which is in the cave in the field of Machpelah before Mamre in Canaan. There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah. Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried there. I buried Leah there … "Jacob told his sons that they had finished, so he put his feet on the bed and died.
After Jacob died, he smoked with incense for 40 days. Presumably, this is the date of mummification stipulated by Egyptian pharaohs. Because the mourning ceremony was very grand, people in Canaan saw it and said, "This is a great funeral for the Egyptians", so that their mourning place on the east bank of the Jordan River was renamed "Abel Masi". It can be seen from the ostentation and extravagance that this is not an ordinary family. In fact, this biblical genealogy has been handed down all the time because it was the imperial genealogy table from the beginning. Fortunately, it was systematically sorted out in Moses' time.
Strangely, Yue Se only returned to his ancestral grave with his brothers, while his wife and children stayed in Egypt. This is obviously a serious political consideration, and it is obviously impossible to hollow out the Egyptian royal family.
Yue Se died 1 10 Four generations lived under one roof.
When all the above years are added up, starting from Adam, the total is *** 12 183.
12 183 are calculated by dynasty, so they are ignored.
According to archaeological records, the exchanged glass necklaces and other foreign gadgets first appeared in the Great Zimbabwe period 1 100 years ago. They indicate that the tentacles of gold and ivory trade in the Indian Ocean have finally reached central and southern Africa.
This trade is based on the insatiable demand of Arabia and India for African gold and ivory, and the fact that ships can sail from India to Africa during the monsoon season and return within one year. Ships bound for Africa are loaded with cheap cotton cloth, a glass necklace, China and Indian ceramic glass products, and other cheap gadgets. These goods were exchanged for gold, copper ingots, ivory, iron, slaves and other goods.
The chiefs of Greater Zimbabwe have almost achieved an absolute monopoly on the gold trade in their territory. Archaeologists believe that this kind of gold was mined by Mashona people of other nationalities from Shan Ye in the southwest of this colony. Miners dig small mines along the vein with picks and hoes, and then mine gold. Blacksmiths make gold into necklaces or transport gold powder in feather tubes. Obviously, Chief Babwe of Dafeng acted as a middleman in this system.
By the end of15th century, among a dozen regional chieftain tribes, Greater Zimbabwe may be the most powerful one. According to the interval between colonial sites, archaeologists have concluded that each chieftain tribe controls about 160 km of land in Fiona Fang. With enough land, cattle can roam seasonally on a large scale.
/kloc-At the end of 0/5, Greater Zimbabwe reached the peak of its prosperity. Over the years, perennial fog and rain have blown from the Indian Ocean to this valley, making this land evergreen all the year round. Weathered boulders on the great zimbabwe ruins are shrouded in whirlpools of gray clouds all the year round.
On this land, the most striking feature of the mound site is the solid granite retaining wall, which protects the western end of the hill. We know that some people live in the big paddock, and now behind this retaining wall is the so-called west paddock. One reason for affirming the religious status of the mound site is that eight mysterious soapstone birds were found in the Xiwei site. Each bird is carved on a stone pillar, about 1.5 meters high. This bird may represent the crested hornbill, with a long neck, a flat beak and feathered legs. These pillars are engraved with different symbols, such as V-shaped patterns. The most complicated pillar is carved with birds and a crocodile is climbing up. Until today, archaeologists don't understand the meaning of these birds.
Another hint of the importance of mound sites is that it is difficult for you to get there. Zimbabweans can climb the peak along the narrow trapezoidal population on the north slope, or they can meander up a narrow passage to the western paddock surrounded by boulders. But the entrance is obviously limited.
The last tip is the attitude of Ma Xiao people towards mound sites in history. Carl. Mocky found that Mashona was in awe of this website because it was related to the death of his ancestors, and he avoided it.
The exquisite craftsmanship of construction workers on the external wall is particularly prominent. The outer wall is 240 meters long, and they wrap the unpolished stones with smooth and exquisite stones. Granite blocks of the external wall are put together and arranged in two parallel lines without mortar bonding. The gap between the two rows is filled with gravel and unpolished granite blocks. Summers said that the stone wall was built from the east of Beikou, which is one of the three openings of the stone wall. Obviously, they started there and built clockwise. Summers' archaeological team concluded that the height of the stone wall gradually declined from the north entrance. Its average height is 7m, reaching10m in some places. The obviously different architectural styles on the stone wall also led archaeologists to infer that the construction of the wall was carried out step by step, which may have lasted for about 50 years.
One of the most interesting features of the stone wall is the double V-shaped pattern on the oblique stone, which is decorated in the southern section of the stone wall and is 52 meters long. This V-shaped pattern is similar to the pattern on the stone pillar of the soapstone bird, and it is probably the symbol of the chieftain.
Starting from Beikou, about half of the inner wall is parallel to the outer wall. Near the southern end of Datong field, the inner wall widens outward, leading to the conical stone tower-probably the most mysterious stone building in the big paddock. This symmetrical building, with a foundation width of 10 meter, gradually becomes a conical to flat tower top, which is higher than the external wall. It is solid, so it is not a storage warehouse. Where there are no handles and pedals on the side, it is probably not used for astronomical observation or? Watchtower, signal tower. Some archaeologists speculate that this is a symbolic barn, or a symbol of the chief's authority.
Although no one now doubts that Great Zimbabwe was built by Africans, many fascinating unsolved mysteries remain to be uncovered by future diggers.