Religion There have been many famous Jews Moses, Jesus, Freud, and Einstein - they have all influenced the history and culture of mankind. The root of the Jews goes back some 4,000 years in history. The Jewish people are descendents of an ancient, Hebrew - speaking branch of the Semitic race. About 4,000 years ago, there forefather Abram emigrated from the thriving metropolis of Ur to Sumeria in Canaan. God said "I will assign this land to …showed first 75 words of 1985 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1985 total…where he continued to rule for 33 more years. He extended Israel's borders by conquering other nations. 1037 BCE Solomon's rule was blessed by for 40 years of peace until he started to serve other gods. He began to build the house of God on Mt Moriah. 997 BCE Kingdom Divided into the 1o tribe kingdom of the north and the 2 tribe kingdom of the south, the 10 tribe kingdom was called Israel and the 2 tribe kingdom was called Judah.