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    The Hebrews, a Semitic-speaking people, first appeared in Mesopotamia. Between 1900 and 1500 B.C.E., the Hebrews migrated from Mesopotamia to Canaan and then into Egypt. At this time, a tribe of Hebrews 26 claimed to be the descendants of Abraham began to call themselves Israelites. The Hebrews were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaohs until 1250 B.C.E., 27 their leader Moses led them on an exodus out of Egypt to the Sinai Peninsula. Moses persuaded his followers to become worshipers of Yahweh. The Hebrews who wandered into the Sinai with Moses decided to return Canaan. The move was not easy, and the Hebrews were faced with constant threats from the Philistines who occupied the coastal region. Twelve Hebrew tribes united first under Saul and then his28 , David. By the tenth century, David and his son, Solomon, had created an Israelite kingdom. Economic progress was made as Israeli people began to trade with neighboring states. New cities were built and one in particular, Jerusalem, was built by David to honor God. In the sixth century, the region of Judah was destroyed and several thousand Hebrews 29 to Babylon. The prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah declared that the Babylonian captivity was God’s punishment. 30 this calamity, the Hebrews survived as people.