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Armageddon is a real place
The Bible's 'Armageddon' comes from Har Megiddo, the 'hill of Megiddo,' a strategic city where armies clashed for millennia.
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Pharaoh Thutmose III won a decisive battle there in the fifteenth century BCE, making Canaan part of Egypt's empire. Megiddo remained a battleground into modern times.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 32
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