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Philistines

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Biblical Characters

The Resume

    Ancient people who lived in the southwest of modern Israel including the Gaza strip
    Probable descendants of the 'Sea People' who invaded the Mideast by sea in the second millennium BC
    Probably from Crete
    Most well known for their clashes with the ancient Israelites

Why they might be annoying:

    They gave the ancient Israelites a hard time.
    Goliath was one.
    When they invaded Egypt, Ramses III kicked their butts and settled them in southwest Israel.
    They wouldn't share their superb iron working technology.
    They left very little in the way of writings, artifacts, ruins, etc., to learn more about them.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Their name has come to mean uncultured, but according to the History Channel's Simcha Jacobovici, they had a very advanced culture combining their Mycenaean roots with the Canaanite culture of the Mideast.
    They disappeared from history after the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions.
    The Bible gives them really bad press when they probably weren't any better or worse than any other people of their time and place.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 100 Votes: 58.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 81 Votes: 50.62% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 91 Votes: 50.55% Annoying