The country has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with evidence of settlements in the area dating back to around 9000 BC. During theIron Age(1200–332 B.C.), Jordan became known as Transjordan and was part of a number of civilizations, including theAssyrians,Babylonians,Persians,Greeks,...
Canaan During the Time of Abraham The City of Shechem Supposed Location of the Garden of Eden The Land of Israel in Genesis The Jordan River The Kingdom of Nimrod Mount Ararat and Mesopotamia The Descendants Sodom and Gomorrah The Kingdom of Egypt The Hamites The Kingdom of the Hittites Ur...
Supposed Location of the Garden of Eden The Land of Israel in Genesis The Jordan River The Kingdom of Nimrod Mount Ararat and Mesopotamia The Descendants Sodom and Gomorrah The Kingdom of Egypt The Hamites The Kingdom of the Hittites Ur of the Chaldees Judah at the Time of Haggai Jesus ...
Mount Tabor lies on the border of Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali. The three tribes shared worship places on and around the mountain. The tribe of East Manasseh occupied the former kingdom of Og east of the Jordan River. The land east of the Jordan is known as the Transjordan, with ...
of Jordan. 2. 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. 3. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). "Arba was a great man among the Anakims, father of Anak." (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) Twenty Roman miles S. of ...
of Jordan. 2. 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. 3. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). "Arba was a great man among the Anakims, father of Anak." (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) Twenty Roman miles S. of ...
the nations adjoining the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the south, and the nations abutting the Caucasus Mountains to the north. At the heart of the Middle East and its controversies lies the land of Israel, which is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the northeast, by Jordan to the east...
The city was protected by steep ravines in the south and east. To the east the terrain drastically plummeted nearly 3,500 feet from the Mount of Olives to Jericho below, in the Jordan Valley. In the west the change was less drastic, as the hills descended to the coastal plain and the...
Canaan During the Time of Abraham The City of Shechem Supposed Location of the Garden of Eden The Land of Israel in Genesis The Jordan River The Kingdom of Nimrod Mount Ararat and Mesopotamia The Descendants Sodom and Gomorrah The Kingdom of Egypt The Hamites The Kingdom of the Hittites Ur...
Both lands were dominated by at least one major river. The land of Canaan depended mightily on the Jordan River. The map of Mesopotamia shows how civilization sprang up along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It also makes clear why the land earned the nickname;The Land Between...