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The blaring of guns. A field piled high with skulls. Our species has engaged in violent warfare for thousands of years, and some of these battles have changed the course of history.\n\n![Graph](image://e0eaee37-8d4d-4f63-be50-3c72e95d5eba \"Image: Public domain\")\n\nIt's hard to know when human beings first engaged in warfare. In 1964, archaeologists discovered 61 skeletons at the Jebel Sahaba site in Sudan, which had arrowheads lodged in their bones. These skeletons were more than 13,000 years old, and some historians think they were the victims of one of the earliest battles in history.\n\nBut we'll never know for sure what happened there. This conflict took place before the invention of writing. The first *written* account of a historical battle came thousands of years later.\n\n![Graph](image://4c068fee-23b8-42ad-aa65-bc27eb8fd57a \"Skeletons at Jebel Sahaba. Image: Isabelle Crevecoeur, Marie-Hélène Dias-Meirinho, Antoine Zazzo, Daniel Antoine, François Bon, CC BY 4.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")","dd50ed2c-4229-4be2-b6bb-1cc0735286ce",[50],{"id":51,"data":52,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"ae63e3bb-2b71-4883-90a3-844ffb487d75",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"multiChoiceQuestion":54,"multiChoiceCorrect":56,"multiChoiceIncorrect":58,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},11,[55],"What evidence suggests that the 13,000-year-old skeletons in Sudan were the victims of an ancient battle?",[57],"There are arrowheads lodged in the bones",[59,60,61],"There are slash marks on the bones","A broken ax was discovered nearby","A broken bow was discovered nearby",{"id":63,"data":64,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":67},"b58aa56c-67af-4fe8-89f2-d3900514e3b1",{"type":35,"markdownContent":65,"audioMediaId":66},"In the 1880s, archaeologists in Southern Iraq were brushing away a layer of sand, when they discovered a pile of ancient limestone shards.\n\nThese shards were jagged and faded – but they were covered by pictorial carvings. These carvings showed a troop of powerful soldiers marching into battle, with ugly vultures soaring above them, blotting out the sun.\n\n![Graph](image://5fb222af-745f-4bed-8604-82a36a4bd658 \"One piece of the Stele of the Vultures. Image: Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\n![Graph](image://f0c01e9c-b931-4f0e-8987-506ac63bc3a7 \"Another piece of the Stele of the Vultures. Image: Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nThe Stele of the Vultures, as it came to be known, was carved more than 4000 years ago. Beneath the pictures was a written inscription, describing a victory for King Eannatum of Lagash, an ancient Sumerian city-state.\n\nBut fragments of the Stele are missing. The inscription is incomplete.","e435148b-6d68-45c4-85fe-0fd33063481f",[68],{"id":69,"data":70,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"1b32a4e1-a3db-49db-a3ce-dc50edb4c356",{"type":53,"reviewType":25,"spacingBehaviour":35,"binaryQuestion":71,"binaryCorrect":73,"binaryIncorrect":75},[72],"What prevents historians from fully understanding the battle depicted on the Stele of the Vultures?",[74],"The written inscription is incomplete",[76],"The written inscription is untranslatable",{"id":78,"data":79,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":82},"3c7118ef-50d3-43b6-ba2c-cd5fc6a182c8",{"type":35,"markdownContent":80,"audioMediaId":81},"The oldest *complete* inscription of a battle describes a fight that broke out in 1457 BCE. That's approximately a thousand years after the Stele of the Vultures was carved.\n\nThe inscription stretches across one of the walls at Karnak Temple, a sprawling complex of passages and chambers on the fertile bank of the Nile. While the sands shifted, and the river flowed, these temple walls survived the course of time.\n\nThe inscription speaks of Megiddo – a conflict between Egypt and a coalition of rival states. Megiddo wasn't just a battle. It was a battle that changed the world.\n\n![Graph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Luxor%2C_Egypt%2C_Karnak.jpg/800px-Luxor%2C_Egypt%2C_Karnak.jpg?20210723110049 \"Karnak Temple. Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")","4815234e-18a9-44f0-bcd6-72ec0585691c",[83,90,108],{"id":84,"data":85,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"5dcf238c-b03c-499c-98ff-53655a998413",{"type":53,"reviewType":27,"spacingBehaviour":35,"clozeQuestion":86,"clozeWords":88},[87],"The Battle of Megiddo took place between Ancient Egypt and a coalition of rival states.",[89],"Egypt",{"id":91,"data":92,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"93a725b9-8019-45f7-b877-b17c5b6ebd96",{"type":53,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":35,"matchPairsQuestion":93,"matchPairsPairs":95,"matchPairsShowExamples":6},[94],"Match these events to the time they took place.",[96,99,102,105],{"left":97,"right":98,"direction":19},"~13,000 years ago","61 humans killed by arrows in Sudan",{"left":100,"right":101,"direction":19},"~5500 years ago","Writing first invented",{"left":103,"right":104,"direction":19},"~4500 years ago","Stele of the Vultures first inscribed",{"left":106,"right":107,"direction":19},"~3500 years ago","Battle of Megiddo takes place",{"id":109,"data":110,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"1a141f4a-6150-486d-964e-12d067f337eb",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"collapsingSiblings":111,"multiChoiceQuestion":116,"multiChoiceCorrect":118,"multiChoiceIncorrect":120,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"orderAxisType":35,"orderQuestion":124,"orderItems":126},[112,113,114,115],"c18f9959-7d1f-4148-ad38-273a11f93194","efa64840-057b-43d5-adb5-d3754ee51361","f8c01954-20e6-46ef-b659-ba570411aa43","317fc083-8d07-4dec-b3a9-d7b3057261dd",[117],"When was the Battle of Megiddo?",[119],"1457 BCE",[121,122,123],"490 BCE","732 CE","1066 CE",[125],"Put these events in order:",[127],{"label":128,"reveal":119,"sortOrder":4},"Battle of Megiddo",{"id":130,"data":131,"type":25,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":19,"summaryPage":133,"introPage":141,"pages":147},"82369d8b-9be6-471a-b3ab-de3445616374",{"type":25,"title":132},"The New Kingdom",{"id":134,"data":135,"type":19,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":35},"1a790c21-55f5-45f8-9fef-bf274d7588c2",{"type":19,"summary":136},[137,138,139,140],"The New Kingdom period was Egypt united into a single entity around 1550 BCE","Iconic pharaohs like Tutankhamun and Ramesses II ruled during the New Kingdom","Thutmose III shared the throne with his stepmother Hatshepsut for 22 years","Thutmose III became a pharaoh in his own right after Hatshepsut's death",{"id":142,"data":143,"type":39,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":35},"37d624ef-b7c1-425e-af44-11b97ac95de0",{"type":39,"intro":144},[145,146],"What was the New Kingdom era of Ancient Egypt, and why was it so significant?","Who was Thutmose III, and why did it take him a while to rise to prominence?",[148,163,180],{"id":149,"data":150,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":153},"b7db9238-7098-4c72-822a-7a0400f8dd7c",{"type":35,"markdownContent":151,"audioMediaId":152},"Egypt was once divided: a chaotic mess of feeble kingdoms, where vagrants wandered the dusty streets, muttering the names of gods. But from 1550 BCE onwards, these divided kingdoms were united under an impressive dynasty of pharaohs.\n\nThe New Kingdom era, as this period became known, saw Egypt emerge as a superpower: stable and prosperous, with glittering temples and impressive levels of literacy. Egyptian writing, or hieroglyphs, had been in use for almost 2000 years, but it wasn’t until the New Kingdom era that literacy really took off.\n\n![Graph](image://798c4769-c46b-43ea-bf74-baef8f5b4119 \"Hieroglyphs. Image via Pexels\")\n\nWith such a massive rise in written sources, the New Kingdom has been widely studied by historians. Modern perceptions of Ancient Egypt are usually based on this period. Iconic pharaohs, like Tutankhamun, Ramesses II and Nefertiti, all ruled during the New Kingdom era.","9240be9f-f9b5-4f86-9b1b-39443c374d08",[154],{"id":155,"data":156,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"86a00844-6ac2-4289-83b7-2b505625e78b",{"type":53,"reviewType":25,"spacingBehaviour":35,"binaryQuestion":157,"binaryCorrect":159,"binaryIncorrect":161},[158],"Which of these best describes the period preceding Egypt's New Kingdom era?",[160],"Weak, divided and chaotic",[162],"Stable, prosperous and literate",{"id":164,"data":165,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":168},"ea9cd05f-135b-497c-a9c3-7956d0fbcff1",{"type":35,"markdownContent":166,"audioMediaId":167},"One of the New Kingdom's lesser known pharaohs was Thutmose III. He was clever and charismatic, but probably not blessed with good looks. When his mummy was discovered in 1881, an Egyptologist wrote an unflattering account: “the forehead is abnormally low, the eyes deeply sunk, the jaw heavy.”\n\n![Graph](image://45ad22a2-399a-4c73-a436-19c8bb82d327 \"Thutmose III. Image: via Pixabay\")\n\nTo begin with, the heavy-jawed Thutmose III had a difficult time in power. He had to share the throne with his step mother, Hatshepsut – a fiery woman who styled herself as a strong, masculine leader. She even wore a false beard – a symbol of pharaonic power.\n\nShe wielded more political influence than Thutmose. At least, she did until she died, after 22 years of co-rule. That was the moment when Thutmose III could finally emerge from her shadow.","099fc0b4-c9f7-4309-b89c-84cb2a736749",[169],{"id":170,"data":171,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"dfd85bfc-26a3-4048-8674-6b1db2ef46ba",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"multiChoiceQuestion":172,"multiChoiceCorrect":174,"multiChoiceIncorrect":176,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[173],"Why were the first 22 years of Thutmose's reign notable?",[175],"He shared the throne with his step-mother",[177,178,179],"He achieved seventeen military victories","He struggled with mental health issues","He pursued a romance with a low-born woman",{"id":181,"data":182,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":185},"c0dc1126-8b6d-46b4-8652-c3a43929c099",{"type":35,"markdownContent":183,"audioMediaId":184},"Free at last from his powerful step mother, Thutmose III began to forge a reputation of his own.\n\nHe became known for his fierce ability on the battlefield – in the years following Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose took part in seventeen campaigns, and devastated every military force he came up against.\n\nOn every occasion, he brought an official scribe to keep careful note of his victories. The name of this scribe was Tjaneni, and he wielded a brush and a roll of papyrus with just as much skill as Thutmose wielded a spear.\n\nThe first report that Tjaneni wrote described the world-changing Battle of Megiddo.","03c52618-a498-4bfc-9f8c-73ee1b080477",[186,204,215],{"id":187,"data":188,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"8436e9bf-a983-4656-b7d1-c81ecbe036dd",{"type":53,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":35,"matchPairsQuestion":189,"matchPairsPairs":191,"matchPairsShowExamples":6},[190],"Match these names to their descriptions.",[192,195,198,201],{"left":193,"right":194,"direction":19},"Hatshepsut","Thutmose's step-mother and co-ruler",{"left":196,"right":197,"direction":19},"Tjaneni","Thutmose's military scribe",{"left":199,"right":200,"direction":19},"Thutmose III","A pharaoh who won 17 military campaigns",{"left":202,"right":203,"direction":19},"Tutankhamun","The most famous New Kingdom pharaoh",{"id":205,"data":206,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"77f4c13b-81bf-434b-9de6-7987e97b576a",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"multiChoiceQuestion":207,"multiChoiceCorrect":209,"multiChoiceIncorrect":211,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[208],"Has the New Kingdom era of Ancient Egypt been widely studied by historians?",[210],"Yes - because there are so many written sources",[212,213,214],"Yes - because there are so many archaeological sources","No - because there are so few written sources","No - because there are so few archaeological sources",{"id":216,"data":217,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"4ba5b5bb-73f0-4621-b218-29c21dcfaeea",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"collapsingSiblings":218,"multiChoiceQuestion":222,"multiChoiceCorrect":224,"multiChoiceIncorrect":225,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6,"matchPairsQuestion":229,"matchPairsPairs":231},[219,220,221],"0ffd91a8-ebfc-4abf-b8cb-3c1ad124f1aa","f3505d39-0418-4218-8da7-9924f59d8c29","872423f8-5c46-457d-9495-9dde485c0a25",[223],"Which of these figures was employed to take note of Thutmose's military victories?",[196],[226,227,228],"Herodotus","William of Poitiers","Nicolò Barbaro",[230],"Match the pairs below:",[232],{"left":196,"right":233,"direction":19},"Wrote about the Battle of Megiddo",{"id":235,"data":236,"type":25,"version":25,"maxContentLevel":19,"summaryPage":238,"introPage":246,"pages":252},"cbb98be2-058d-4fcc-9225-b6bd69f11692",{"type":25,"title":237},"The Battle of Megiddo",{"id":239,"data":240,"type":19,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":35},"0529e7a2-924d-4c30-9aa3-6ff91398c624",{"type":19,"summary":241},[242,243,244,245],"The Canaanites revolted against Ancient Egypt during the reign of Thutmose III","Thutmose led 20,000 warriors to Megiddo, where the Canaanite forces were waiting","Thutmose took a narrow path through the ountains, catching the Canaanites by surprise","After a prolonged siege, the Canaanites surrendered, and Thutmose won the battle",{"id":247,"data":248,"type":39,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":35},"f3010f52-6d01-4266-8e03-85446f0fc492",{"type":39,"intro":249},[250,251],"Which group of rebels challenged the Egyptians during the reign of Thutmose III?","What strategic move did Thutmose use to surprise the rebels at Megiddo?",[253,266,283],{"id":254,"data":255,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":258},"32b608b3-9dfa-43db-9ac4-461e7e3cb757",{"type":35,"markdownContent":256,"audioMediaId":257},"At the start of the New Kingdom era, Egypt had taken control of a group of rival states called the Canaanites. They were based on the coast of the Mediterranean. A fertile area with rolling hills – perfect for farming sheep.\n\n![Graph](image://3f47c194-1dd4-4a77-a1ae-a9cbe76029e7 \"Egyptian control over Canaan. Image: ArdadN, Jeff Dahl, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nBut the Canaanites were more than just shepherds. And they didn't take kindly to losing their independence.\n\nDuring the reign of Thutmose, two of these states – Kadesh and Megiddo – revolted. They assembled a force of 15,000 warriors and a thousand horse-drawn chariots.\n\nMegiddo owned an imposing fortress at the top of a steep-sided hill. The rebel army gathered at the fortress, cracking their whips and beating their shields as they waited for Egypt to respond.\n\n![Graph](image://5940c68e-a0f3-4ec9-ac98-4ebe310b7b0d \"Modern remains of the Megiddo fortress. Image: AVRAM GRAICER, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\")","b1d4c60c-c718-4c30-923c-51eae512f221",[259],{"id":260,"data":261,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"6e3715ad-f1ae-4e2b-8f35-90243c8dcdeb",{"type":53,"reviewType":35,"spacingBehaviour":35,"activeRecallQuestion":262,"activeRecallAnswers":264},[263],"During the reign of Thutmose III, which group of states decided to revolt?",[265],"The Canaanites",{"id":267,"data":268,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":271},"1ad96e96-0019-4c9d-b6fd-442a3c19ad37",{"type":35,"markdownContent":269,"audioMediaId":270},"When Thutmose heard what was happening, he mustered a force of 20,000 warriors, and marched towards Megiddo. Tjaneni, the scribe, was there to record it: “his majesty set forth in a chariot of fine gold, adorned with his accouterments of combat.”\n\nTo reach Megiddo, the Egyptians had to cross the Carmel mountains: a jagged ridge of limestone, dotted with cracks and caves.\n\n![Graph](image://d337e201-020e-430d-b8e9-a7fa259a2ff1 \"Carmel mountains. Image: user:netanel_h, CC BY-SA 3.0 \u003Chttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons\")\n\nThere were three possible routes. Two were wide and safe, while the third was narrow and treacherous – a shadowy crack in the limestone ridge which was barely wide enough to squeeze the shoulders of a horse.\n\nThe Egyptians gathered at the foot of the mountains, trying to decide what to do. Thutmose's generals urged him to follow one of the wider, easier routes.\n\nBut Thutmose shook his heavy-jawed head, and led his army to the narrow route instead. He told his generals that the Canaanites would expect them to take a wider path. By taking the narrow route instead, Thutmose hoped to catch the enemy by surprise.","ce452051-34cf-439d-ad31-8d27d3952143",[272],{"id":273,"data":274,"type":53,"version":35,"maxContentLevel":19},"e380444b-2972-4468-a494-6d585d6a2f20",{"type":53,"reviewType":19,"spacingBehaviour":35,"multiChoiceQuestion":275,"multiChoiceCorrect":277,"multiChoiceIncorrect":279,"multiChoiceMultiSelect":6,"multiChoiceRevealAnswerOption":6},[276],"Why did Thutmose take the narrow path through the Carmel mountains?",[278],"Because he wanted to catch the Canaanites by surprise",[280,281,282],"Because the wider path was blocked by rocks","Because his generals thought it would be safer","Because he'd seen the narrow path in a dream",{"id":284,"data":285,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":25,"reviews":288},"7a2c939a-95bf-4d45-8443-6b7b69fd60ea",{"type":35,"markdownContent":286,"audioMediaId":287},"The Egyptians squeezed along the narrow path, walking single file, with Thutmose leading the way. Their shoulders rubbed the limestone walls, and the sky was nothing but a blue-white sliver far above their heads.\n\nWhen the path finally ended, they stepped out into the open, blinking against the sun. When their eyes adjusted, they saw the Canaanites guarding the other two paths, just as Thutmose had predicted. The rebel forces didn't even notice that the Egyptian army had arrived.\n\nWith a flick of his wrist, Thutmose moved his troops into an aggressive, three-pronged formation. Then he led them on a galloping surprise attack, smashing the Canaanites from behind.\n\nThe Canaanites scattered. Some of them managed to make it back to the fortress at the top of the hill, but they were only delaying the inevitable. After a prolonged siege, the Canaanites surrendered, and Thutmose was declared victorious.\n\n![Graph](image://bcc58e94-a2be-4c73-81d8-01ac063c2273 \"Depiction of Thutmose III at the Battle of Megiddo. 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His golden chariot gleamed in the sun, while his army carried the spoils of war: hundreds of chariots, thousands of sheep, and the royal armor of the King of Megiddo himself.\n\nBut this battle proved to be a lot more significant than a pile of Canaanite loot.\n\nRiding a wave of self-belief, Thutmose engaged in sixteen more battles over the course of his rule, and he won every single one of them. Subsequent pharaohs built on these victories, expanding north into the regions now known as Syria, Libya and Palestine.\n\n![Graph](image://8f0417e1-68fa-4a63-b3d5-42b7bd4a493b \"Egyptian Empire. Image: Public domain\")\n\nSome historians talk about ‘The Club of Great Powers’, referring to a group of empires that took shape during this period: Assyria, Babylon, the Hittites, Mitanni, and Egypt. 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His golden chariot gleamed in the sun, while his army carried the spoils of war: hundreds of chariots, thousands of sheep, and the royal armor of the King of Megiddo himself.",{"type":459,"children":803},[804,808,813,818,826],{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":805,"children":806},{},[807],{"type":467,"value":801},{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":809,"children":810},{},[811],{"type":467,"value":812},"But this battle proved to be a lot more significant than a pile of Canaanite loot.",{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":814,"children":815},{},[816],{"type":467,"value":817},"Riding a wave of self-belief, Thutmose engaged in sixteen more battles over the course of his rule, and he won every single one of them. Subsequent pharaohs built on these victories, expanding north into the regions now known as Syria, Libya and Palestine.",{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":819,"children":820},{},[821],{"type":462,"tag":472,"props":822,"children":825},{"alt":474,"src":823,"title":824},"image://8f0417e1-68fa-4a63-b3d5-42b7bd4a493b","Egyptian Empire. Image: Public domain",[],{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":827,"children":828},{},[829],{"type":467,"value":830},"Some historians talk about ‘The Club of Great Powers’, referring to a group of empires that took shape during this period: Assyria, Babylon, the Hittites, Mitanni, and Egypt. 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When he stepped from the path, he was hit by a hundred spears at once, and died before he hit the ground.",{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":849,"children":850},{},[851],{"type":467,"value":852},"With their pharaoh gone, Egypt could have lapsed into a period of chaos, just like the one which preceded the New Kingdom era. They would have never built an empire, and iconic pharaohs like Tutankhamen and Ramesses II would have never come to power.",{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":854,"children":855},{},[856],{"type":467,"value":857},"This style of thinking is called counterfactual history. It helps historians to put events into perspective.",{"title":456,"searchDepth":25,"depth":25,"links":859},[],{"id":386,"data":387,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":19,"reviews":390,"parsed":861},{"data":862,"body":864,"toc":888},{"title":456,"description":863},"It's worth pointing out that everything we know about the Battle of Megiddo comes from Tjaneni's report. 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Image: Karnak_Tempel_15.jpg: Olaf Tauschderivative work: JMCC1, CC BY 3.0 \u003Chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons",[],{"title":456,"searchDepth":25,"depth":25,"links":889},[],{"id":399,"data":400,"type":35,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":19,"reviews":403,"parsed":891},{"data":892,"body":894,"toc":935},{"title":456,"description":893},"Whether Tjaneni's report is reliable or not, one thing is certain – the Battle of Megiddo had another interesting impact.",{"type":459,"children":895},[896,900,912,917,925,930],{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":897,"children":898},{},[899],{"type":467,"value":893},{"type":462,"tag":463,"props":901,"children":902},{},[903,905,910],{"type":467,"value":904},"The ",{"type":462,"tag":489,"props":906,"children":907},{},[908],{"type":467,"value":909},"Book of Revelation",{"type":467,"value":911},", at the end of the New Testament, describes a battle to end all battles. 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