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Actually, Kings, is a really useful source, historically speaking. I mean, don't get me wrong most of it's bullshit (by which I don't mean intent to deceive, but the archetypes and anecdotes that merge history and myth in equal measure), but there's some really useful stuff in there that, taken with some other evidence is really useful in defining the relationships between certain early empires/powers in the near and middle east. Much of it has clearly been gleaned from much earlier (non-extant)writings and offers tantalising glimpses into things like the power and brutality of Assyria (how strongly that was felt!) and the extent of Pheonician influence around the turn of the first millenium b.c.
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