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  2. Christian Quarter - Wikipedia

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    Christian Quarter: Arched entrance to the Muristan, northern access to Suq Aftimos Map of the Christian Quarter. The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: Ha-Rova ha-Notsri; Arabic: حارة النصارى, romanized: Ḥārat al-Naṣārā) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and ...

  3. Nazareth - Wikipedia

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    Church in Nazareth on the supposed site of Joseph's workshop, 1891 Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Christmas Eve In Nazareth. Nazareth is home to dozens of monasteries and churches, many of them in the Old City. [138] Churches The Church of the Annunciation is the largest Catholic church in the Middle East. [139]

  4. Madaba Map - Wikipedia

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    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 Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert.

  5. Hagia Sophia - Wikipedia

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    Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.

  6. Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The largest and most detailed element of the topographic depiction is Jerusalem, at the center of the map. The map is enriched with many naturalistic features, like animals, fishing boats, bridges and palm trees. The town of Madaba remained an important center of mosaic making during the 5-8th centuries. In the Church of the Apostles even the ...

  7. History of the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The Middle East was essential to the British Empire, so Germany and Italy worked to undermine British influence there. Hitler allied with the Muslim leader Amin al-Husseini—in exile since he participated in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine—as part of promoting Arab nationalism to destabilize regional British control.

  8. New Testament places associated with Jesus - Wikipedia

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    This is the first of three instances in the Gospels in which Jesus raises the dead. Nazareth: Nazareth is where young Jesus grows up and where he is found in the Temple by his parents. [26] Sea of Galilee: The lake features prominently throughout the New Testament narrative, from the beginning of his ministry to the end.

  9. Four Holy Cities - Wikipedia

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    As such Hebron is the second holiest city to Jews, and is one of the four cities where Israelite biblical figures purchased land (Abraham bought a field and a cave east of Hebron from the Hittites (Genesis 23:16-18), King David bought a threshing floor at Jerusalem from the Jebusite Araunah (2 Samuel 24:24), Jacob bought land outside the walls ...