How was the battle of Jericho won?

Answer 1

The biblical Battle of Jericho is narrated in Joshua chapter 6. According to this account, all the men of war marched around the city walls each day for six days, with the priests blowing trumpets and making a great din. On the seventh day, Joshua told the people to shout when the priests blew the trumpets. At that, the walls fell down and the Israelites were able to capture the city and kill all its inhabitants.

Against this, archaeologists say that there was no city of Jericho at this time. Historians say that the story was probably an elaboration of a real siege that occurred much earlier against the city of Megiddo. In that siege, the king's army marched around the walls of Megiddo making as much noise as possible, day after day. When the defendants tired of following their attackers around the walls, the army suddenly attacked, breached the walls and entered the city unopposed.