Joshua forms part of the biblical history of the emergence of Israel which begins with the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, continues with their conquest of Canaan under their leader Joshua ( the subject matter of the book of Joshua ), and culminates in Judges with the settlement of the tribes in the land.

* 1519: Hernán Cortés begins conquest of Mexico for Spain.

* 1532: Francisco Pizarro begins conquest of Peru for Spain.

* 1940 – World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse.

The history of the Ancient Near East begins in the Lower Paleolithic period, and ends with either the arrival of the Achaemenid Empire in the late 6th century BC, or with the Arab Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, from which point the region came to be known as Iraq.

* 711: The Muslim conquest of Iberia begins.

The region's written history begins with the region's conquest by the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Iran, as the region was divided between the satrapys of Margiana, Chorasmia and Parthia.

Soon afterwards Israel begins the conquest of Canaan.

* The Roman conquest of Britain begins.

* Emperor Vespasian begins conquest of territory east of the upper Rhine and south of the Main.

* Frontinus begins his conquest of Wales, Legio II Augusta is moved to the border of the River Usk.

* Summer ( probable ) – Yermak begins the Russian conquest of the Khanate of Sibir with a band of 1, 636 men.

* July 3 – Ottoman conquest of Cyprus begins.

* Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo in the service of Miguel López de Legazpi begins conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila.

* The Spanish conquest of Yucatán begins.

* May – El Cid completes his conquest of Valencia, Spain, and begins his rule of Valencia.

The first book begins with the conquest of Syria by Umar in the seventh century, but otherwise the work deals with the advent of the First Crusade and the subsequent political history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

( Roux 1980 ) Semitic infiltration and conquest of Mesopotamia begins.

He begins an conquest that is facilitated by an epidemic plague and weakens the country ( approximate date ).

This period begins with the death of Alexander and ends with the Roman conquest.

The history of Brythonic Gwynedd begins with the conquest of the Gaelic peoples of northern Wales by Maelgwn's great-grandfather Cunedda, with the conquest finally completed by Maelgwn's father Cadwallon.

After three chapters dealing with the mythical ancestry of the later earls, the saga's adventurous account begins with the semi-mythical tales of the conquest of Orkney by Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway before moving on to more factual matters.

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Its 24 chapters tell of the entry of the Israelites into Canaan, their conquest and division of the land under the leadership of Joshua, and of serving God in the land.

The book is structured in two roughly equal parts, the story of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan and the destruction of their enemies, followed by the division of the conquered land among the twelve tribes ; the two parts are framed by set-piece speeches by God and Joshua commanding the conquest and at the end warning of the need for faithful obedience of the Law ( torah ) revealed to Moses.

Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired leaders whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as champions for the Israelites from oppression by foreign rulers, and models of wise and faithful behaviour required of them by their god Yahweh following the exodus from Egypt and conquest of Canaan.

Deuteronomy contains the laws by which Israel is to live in the promised land, Joshua chronicles the conquest of Canaan, the promised land, and its allotment among the tribes, Judges describes the settlement of the land, Samuel the consolidation of the land and people under David, and Kings the destruction of kingship and loss of the land.

The response of the time was to propose that the main biblical idea was still correct, but that the Israelites entered Canaan peacefully instead of through conquest.

() After the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated the land to the tribes.

The books can be broadly divided into the Pentateuch, which tells how God selected Israel to be his chosen people ; the history books telling the history of the Israelites from their conquest of Canaan to their defeat and exile in Babylon ; the poetic and " wisdom " books dealing, in various forms, with questions of good and evil in the world ; and the books of the biblical prophets, warning of the consequences of turning away from God.

The Biblical narrative makes a point of the renaming of the " Land of Canaan " to the " Land of Israel " as marking the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land.

The response of the time was to propose that the main biblical idea was still correct, but that the Israelites entered Canaan peacefully instead of through conquest.

* 925 BC — Military conquest of Canaan by Shoshenq I.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BC, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BC, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

From after the conquest of Canaan by Joshua, who himself was a descendant of Ephraim (), in c. 1200 BCE, until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BC, the Tribe of Ephraim was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.

A number of biblical scholars suspect that the Joseph tribes ( including Benjamin ) represent a second migration of Israelites to Israel, later than the main tribes, specifically that it was only the Joseph tribes which went to Egypt and returned, while the main Israelite tribes simply emerged as a subculture from the Canaanites and had remained in Canaan throughout ; in the narrative in the Book of Joshua, which concerns the arrival in ( and conquest of ) Canaan by the Israelites from Egypt, the leader is Joshua, who was a member of the Ephraim tribe.

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes.