What is the history on the Battle of Jericho?

Answer 1

A:The Bible describes the Battle of Jericho as a great victory that set the scene for the Israelite conquest of the land of the Canaanites. The history on this story is that it never happened. Archaeologists have established that the city of Jericho had been abandoned around 1550 BCE, one and a half centuries before the supposed invasion. There were no walls and no city, and therefore no Battle of Jericho. In fact, scholars are now in almost total agreement that there was no biblical invasion of Palestine. The Israelites were Canaanite farmers who had migrated from the region of the rich coastan cities into the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. Long after they had forgotten their real origins, they created the legend of a glorious past.