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Traditionally, the Exodus from Egypt is believed to have occurred around 1440 BCE, based on genealogies in The Bible.

However, archaeological and historical evidence indicates that the Exodus could not have occurred this early, if it occurred at all. During the period around 1440 BCE, Egyptian power in Palestine was at its peak: effectively the Israelites would have been fleeing from Egypt into Egyptian occupied territory, yet the Bible never even mentions the existence of Egyptian troops throughout the Promised Land. And the Amarna documents show that even a century later, Egypt was in firm control throughout Palestine and Syria, with Canaanite and Indo-Aryan princes vying for the Pharoahs support in their petty internal wars. It is reported that over ninety percent of scholars do not believe that there was an Exodus from Egypt as described in the Bible.

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