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Moab. A theoretical map of the region around 830 BCE. Moab is shown in purple on this map, between the Arnon and Zered rivers. Moab[a] (/ ˈmoʊæb /) is an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
Bethlehem (בֵית לֶחֶם Beit Lehem, Literally: "House of the bread'") was a town in the hill country of Judah and the birthplace of Jesus (according to Mark and Luke) and David, as well as the place of death of Rachel. Bethlehem, Arkansas; Bethlehem, Connecticut; Bethlehem, Georgia; Bethlehem, New Hampshire; Bethlehem Township, New Jersey
Madaba Map. Coordinates: 31°43′3.54″N 35°47′39.12″E. Jerusalem on the Madaba Map. The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1][2][3] or later Aramaic ...
The Plains of Moab (Hebrew: עַרְבוֹת מוֹאָב, romanized: Arboth Mo'av, lit. 'Dry areas of Moab ') are mentioned in three books of the Hebrew Bible (Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua) as an area in Transjordan, stretching along the Jordan "across from Jericho ", [1] and more specifically "from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim " (Num. 33 ...
Huntsville had in 2022 a population of over 220,000 people and is the largest city within the Tennessee Valley, and the 100th largest city nationally. Despite being the largest city proper, its Metropolitan Area is the 3rd largest in The Tennessee Valley by population with 510,000 people. Huntsville was also ranked as the best major city to ...
A monument atop Mount Nebo commemorates Moses' death after seeing Canaan, across the Jordan valley. A purported grave of Moses is located at Maqam El- Nabi Musa, in the West Bank, 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Jericho and 20 km (12 mi) east of Jerusalem. [2] Mount Nebo is then mentioned again in 2 Maccabees (2:4–7), when the prophet Jeremiah hid ...
Tallassee (Cherokee town) Coordinates: 35.5474°N 84.0598°W. Tallassee on Henry Timberlake 's 1762 "Draught of the Cherokee Country". Tallassee (also "Talassee," "Talisi," "Tellassee," and various similar spellings) is a prehistoric and historic Native American site in present-day Blount and Monroe counties, Tennessee in the southeastern ...