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In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ t /) [1] are one of four groups (along with the Lamanites, Jaredites, and Mulekites) said to have settled in the ancient Americas. The term is used throughout the Book of Mormon to describe the religious, political, and cultural traditions of the group of settlers.
Finally he asserted that "the area occupied by the Nephites and Lamanites would have to be extremely limited, much more limited, I fear, than the Book of Mormon would admit our assuming." [ 15 ] Early in the twentieth century, RLDS ( Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ) members proposed a limited Mesoamerican geography for ...
In this history, Cowdery unambiguously identified the final battle between the Nephites and the Lamanites as having occurred at the "Hill Cumorah," the very same Hill Cumorah in New York, where Joseph Smith said he obtained golden plates and other artifacts which were used to translate the Book of Mormon. [69]
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[49] most notably North America, South America, and further subdivided into numerous smaller regions such as Mesoamerica or the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. [50] These apologists attempt to map the geographic, demographic, and economic details of the Book of Mormon to real geographic and archeological features.
Lithograph of Joseph Smith addressing a delegation of Native Americans visiting Nauvoo, whom he referred to as Lamanites. In the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites (/ ˈ l eɪ m ə n aɪ t /) [1] [a] are one of the four peoples (along with the Jaredites, the Mulekites, and the Nephites) described as having settled in the ancient Americas.
Wilderness of Sidon, to the west and north of the River Sidon (where the war of the Amlicites/Lamanites and the Nephite people of Alma 2 was fought), and into which the defeated Amlicite and Lamanite survivors fled and where many were devoured by ravenous beasts and birds of prey. [85]
When the Nephite king Mosiah [c] leads a group of Nephite refugees, in response to divine direction, out from the land of Nephi and into the land of Zarahemla, encountering the people of Zarahemla, they and the Nephites unite their societies, and Mosiah becomes king of them all. [12] Zarahemla becomes the second capital city of the Nephites. [13]