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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Judea יְהוּדָה Region Coordinates: 31°40′N 35°00′E / 31.667°N 35.000°E / 31.667; 35.000 Location Southern Levant Part of Palestine Israel Native name יְהוּדָה Highest elevation 1,020 m or 3,350 ft (Mount Hebron) Judea or Judaea is a mountainous region of ...
The Kingdom of Judah was located in the Judean Mountains, stretching from Jerusalem to Hebron and into the Negev Desert.The central ridge, ranging from forested and shrubland-covered mountains gently sloping towards the hills of the Shephelah in the west, to the dry and arid landscapes of the Judaean Desert descending into the Jordan Valley to the east, formed the kingdom's core.
The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; [a] Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara) is an administrative division used by the State of Israel to refer to the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law).
Today, the history of the Jews and Judaism is often divided into six periods: Ancient Israel and Judah (c. 1200–586 BCE) Second Temple period (c. 516 BCE–70 CE) [17] Rabbinic or Talmudic period (70–640 CE) [18] Middle Ages (640–1492) Early Modern period (1492–1750) Modern period (1750–20th century)
The military defeats of the Jews in Judaea in 70 CE and again in 135 CE, with large numbers of Jewish captives from Judea sold into slavery and an increase in voluntary Jewish emigration from Judea as a result of the wars, meant a drop in Palestine's Jewish population was balanced by a rise in diaspora numbers.
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 or Greek formations.
[38] [b] Today, over 85% of Jews live in Israel or the United States. Israel, whose population is 73.9% Jewish, is the only country where Jews comprise more than 2.5% of the population. Israel, whose population is 73.9% Jewish, is the only country where Jews comprise more than 2.5% of the population.
Judea or Judæa is the ancient biblical, Roman, and modern name of the mountainous southern part of Palestine. The name of the region continued to be incorporated through the Babylonian conquest, Persian , Hellenistic , and Roman periods as Babylonian and Persian Yehud, Hasmonean Judea, and consequently Herodian and Roman Judea, respectively.