The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were ten of the twelve tribes of the Ancient Israelites who were defeated by the Assyrians and forcibly deported (as was common Assyrian custom). They lost their distinctive Israelite heritage. There is some speculation as to whether some of the lost tribes of Israel were African, but most people believe that the Lost Tribes of Israel merely lost their distinctive heritage and became part and parcel of other ethnic and religious groups in the Middle East.
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No. The tribes didn't exist in Abraham's generation. -- The "12 tribes" were descended from the children (and 2 grandchildren) of Jacob. -- Jacob was Abraham's grandson.
10. The northern kingdom had many more tribes go with. To my knowledge, Benjamin and Judah were the 2 southern tribes while the other 10 were in the north.
AnswerThe population of Israel and Judah was entirely Semitic, so the twelve tribes of Israel were all Semitic.
The Iriquois were not a specific tribe, but rather five different tribes united under the Iriqouis League.
Moses did not divide people into groups. The children of Israel were divided into tribes based on which son of Jacob(Israel) they descended from.
Mesopotamian cities were oriented in a centripetal arrangement which meant they were built going toward the center of the city, this makes governing difficult and still to this day the governing is divided into smaller groups or tribes.
tribes were groups of people that lived together
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Artificial political unity was attempted - Apex
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The Australian aboriginals don't have a central leadership there are hundreds of separate tribes or groups of indigenous people all over Australia. Something that the Australian Government is acutely aware of. United they stand divided they fall.
According to their Wikipedia entry: "They called themselves the "Haudenosaunee," meaning "people who live in longhouses." The name Iroquois is a name given to these tribes by their enemies.
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Aztec and Maya were the most important civilizations found in Mexico. There were, however, many smaller civilizations and tribes: Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Otomies and Totonacs, to name a few (up to 65 different ethnic groups and tribes).