Also known as: Al-Mamlakah al-Urduniyyah al-Hāshimiyyah, Al-Urdun, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Written by Ian J. Bickerton Associate Professor in History, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Coauthor ofA Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflictand others. ...
In these sources, “Canaan” refers sometimes to an areaencompassingall of Palestine andSyria, sometimes only to the land west of theJordan River, and sometimes just to a strip of coastal land fromAcre(ʿAkko) northward. TheIsraelitesoccupied and conquered Palestine, or Canaan, beginning in ...
Located in the Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan, the Madaba Mosaic Map is the world's oldest glimpse into the cartography of the Middle East during biblical times. This tile map is the oldest known geographic floor mosaic in existence, depicting the Middle East during the height 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 ...
5. The Jordan River rises near Mt. Hermon, in northern Palestine, and flows southward into the Dead Sea.6. The Nile River rises in Central Africa and flows northward through Egypt into the Mediterranean.The Countries (Three Main Divisions)The countries of the Old Testament World are divided ...
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 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, nestled in the heart of theMiddle Easton the Arabian Peninsula, is a country rich in history and culture. Bordered byIraq,Jordan,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar, theUnited Arab Emirates, andYemen, Saudi Arabia serves asa central hub for the region. Its significant role in Isl...
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 ...
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...