Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin - **Iron Age I (1200–1000

- **Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE)**: This phase signifies the decline of Canaanite culture and the ascendance of the Tribes of Israel and the Philistines

the people of the surrounding countryside feared reprisals from the Roman army and made haste to appoint generals and to fortify their cities

Jewish women lit Shabbat lamps without a blessing until the 11th century

including in cities politically unfriendly to Athens

these small mould-blown flasks date back to the first and second centuries A

Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin - **Iron Age I (1200–1000John Hyrcanus ( hrkens , Ynn Hurqans; Ancient Greek: , romanized: Inns Hurkans ) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish high priest of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature, he is often referred to as Yoanan Cohen Gadol ( ), "John the High Priest"