Religious Reason
According to the Hebrew Bible, the conquering took place because too many of the Israelites permitted themselves to become lax about the Torah, and to stray after idolatry (2 Kings ch.21-22).
Historical Reason
The Babylonians were a far more powerful empire. They had larger military units, several client states, massive siege engines, and inspired fear in every regime they conquered. The Judeans did not have the ability to resist them and their Egyptian "allies" refused to proffer a defense against the Babylonians.
Yes. In fact, the Babylonians conquered the Hebrews in 586 BCE.
No, but the Assyrians, Persians, and Babylonians all oppressed and/or conquered the Hebrews.(Note: there is a theory that the Phoenicians WEREthe ancient Hebrews).
Neo Babylonians
586 BCE
Maybe how am i supposed to know?
First it was the Egyptians. Later it was the Babylonians. Finally it was the Nazis.
No. In fact, the Hebrews never interacted with any group called "Mesopotamians" unless you are referring to Babylonians (whom the hebrews also did NOT defeat).
The Hebrews
None of the above, although the Hebrews were closest: they were initially monolatrous, which is a forerunner of monotheism.
Many groups ruled over the Hebrews: Egyptians Persians Babylonians Romans Assyrian Greeks Muslims Catholics Russians Nazis
In all of Jewish history, the Hebrews were not much of a conquering people. According to the Torah, the only people they conquered were the Canaanites. Modern Archeology suggests that they didn't conquer the Canaanites, but rather, that they descended from the Canaanites.
i wish i flucken knew