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The Medieval Empire of the Israelites

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First, a warning: this book demonstrates the worst typesetting I have ever seen, and the translation from Russian is very poor, especially for illustration captions, which are almost incomprehensible. It's filled with awkward language and idioms that probably only make sense in the original Russian, poor grammar, and many spelling mistakes and typos. There's no index, and no comprehensive listing of the book's many references to the works of other historians. The Table of Contents perversely appears at the end of the book. The book is disorganized, staggering from one topic to another. I found these defects distracting in the extreme, and the first reading, with red pen in hand, almost too frustrating to be endured.

And that is a shame, because these flaws will turn off many readers, and give others with a vested interest in the conventional views an excuse to ignore the book's many insights. Only during the second reading could I appreciate what Grishin and Melamed have accomplished: a complete falsification of the conventional view of "ancient" history (which turns out to be much less "ancient" than we were taught). With one counterexample and impossibility after another, they patiently demonstrate the self-contradictory nature of the standard beliefs. The process by which real history was savagely suppressed and replaced by fictions designed to support those in power is explained. The book's title suggests the author's fascinating reconstruction of our true history.

Hopefully a second edition will eventually be published that will correct the flaws preventing adequate readability and allow the outstanding narrative to shine through.

It's a good book with fresh ideas but it lacks source citations and references. A common mistake by Fomenko and company is that they usually cite Russian sources while there are not many people who speak Russian in the USA.

Dr. Anatoly Fomenko is at the forefront of the "New Chronology" but this work is still original style & tone, very informative & detailed & quotes Dr. Fomenko lightly even though it's part of the New Chronology Club.

History as most know & understand is a sham & scam as far as I'm concerned, there has always been contoversial information that is sidestepped & swept under the rug, it's about time researchers come out & challenge Academia as well as religious institution's established History & Chronology. Too much financial profiteering as well as Life & Death decisions were made with foolish, ignorant & propagandic logic. For society to go forward & evolve it's important to understands it's history correctly. Even if these "New Chronology" books are partially true the implications are profound. So educators, civil authorities & students of history need to read these books.