Type: City with 791,000 residents Description: city in Macedonia, Greece Also known as: Salonica, Saloniki, Saloníki, Thessalonica and ThessaloníkēPlaces of InterestWhite Tower of Thessaloniki Photo: Haneburger, CC BY-SA 4.0. The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the...
You are here:HomeBible MapsMap of the New Testament World Map of the World of the New Testament This map reveals the "Nations" within the ancient world during the first century A.D., the time of the New Testament. The map includes the areas of Israel, Asia, Greece, and Italy. (View...
History of Albania, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Albania from ancient times to the present. The origins of the Albanian people are not definitely known, but data drawn from history and from archaeological and anthropologi
History of Serbia, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Serbia from ancient times to the present. The use of the term Serb to name one of the Slavic peoples is of great antiquity. Ptolemy’s Guide to Geography, written in the 2nd
the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus and Bernice. The Roman emperor... Alexandria Alexandria the ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great... Alms Alms Not found in the Old Testament, but ...
The Hebrew text of 1 Sam. 13:1 is in disarray. It says that Saul was a... Kings as Vice-Regents (Ps. 2:7) Kings as Vice-Regents (Ps. 2:7) The position of king in the ancient Near East was the point...
The latter term is derived from the name Byzantium, borne by a colony of ancient Greek foundation on the European side of theBosporus, midway between theMediterraneanand theBlack Sea. The city was, by virtue of its location, a natural transit point betweenEuropeandAsia Minor(Anatolia). Refound...
Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Thérmai. In the 4th century bce it achieved hegemony over Greece and conquered lands as far east as the Indus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduc...
2. Mary, the mother of James and Joses. This Mary was... Matthias MATTHIAS This person was elected the twelfth apostle to take Judas' place in Acts 1:23, 26... Medes MEDES The Medes were an ancient people who lived in modern Azerbaijan and the north-west...
Part of the created world, used for food. In OT times they were also used in... 4660 insects 4660 insects A wide variety of insects are mentioned in Scripture. Some are useful in the... 4684 sheep 4684 sheep Sheep were a major feature of anc...