ABSTRACT
One of the most interesting accounts of how political control came about by the smart use of technology is recorded in the Bible. There are tangible and visible outcroppings of ancient technology; plenty has been found and more is likely to reveal itself as archeological research continues to explore sites the world over—from China to Russia, from the Middle East to Britain, and much more. The Canaanites were a wealthy group of small city-states located in parts of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. The Amalekites could have gotten their iron implements from the Philistines, who are known to have traded with them, or from the Phoenicians or, even more likely, from the Canaanites. The use of chariots and composite bows, the ability to attack from the flank, the use of conscripts in the front lines to absorb the shock of an enemy assault, and many other tricks made the creative Canaanites successful.
