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The Achaemenid Siege of Samaria: When Persia Resettled the Lost Tribes
The Achaemenid Empire wasn't just about Persepolis and the Royal Road. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known but politically charged event: the Persian resettlement of Samaria after the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Learn how the Achaemenids inherited a broken region, deported Cuthaeans, and created the Samaritan people—a community that would later clash with Jews rebuilding Jerusalem. We unpack the political logic behind population transfers, the role of the Samaria Papyri from Wadi Daliyeh, and the long shadow cast by this policy. Names like Sanballat the Horonite…
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