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It’s arguable the ancient Phoenicians/Sea peoples were proto Jews who worshipped the storm god Baal. They ran Carthage which was a great empire destroyed by Rome. In reality the population has always been large and stretched from Babylon to North Africa but they retconned it to make Jerusalem their home much like Muslims made up Muhammad ascending to heaven at the Al-Quds mosque when in reality the man never set foot there.