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I. Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) [ 21 ][ 22 ][ 23 ] Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania) [ 24 ] India [ 25 ] Israel. Italy (Italy generally [ 26 ] and the cities of Syracuse [ 27 ] and Rome specifically [ 28 ])
Calneh – Assyrian city. Cana – Galilee. Canaan – Region on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Capernaum. Cappadocia – Region in Asia Minor. Carchemish – Assyrian city. Caria – Nation in Asia Minor. Cenchrea. Chaldea – Mesopotamian state, eventually encompassing Babylonia.
The Generations of Noah, also called the Table of Nations or Origines Gentium, [ 1 ] is a genealogy of the sons of Noah, according to the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10:9), and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood, [ 2 ] focusing on the major known societies.
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.
The Seven Nations (Hebrew: שבעת העמים, romanized: Shivat Ha'amim) are seven nations that according to the Hebrew Bible lived in the Land of Canaan prior to the arrival of the Israelites. God instructed the Israelites to destroy these seven nations upon entering Canaan. [1][2] The meaning and implications of these verses in historical ...
Rehoboth (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת Reḥovot, "broad place") is the name of three places in the Bible. In Genesis 26:22 , It signifies vacant land in the Land of Canaan where Isaac is permitted to dig a well without being ousted by the Philistines.
In the Bible, the twelve tribes of Israel are sons of a man called Jacob or Israel, as Edom or Esau is the brother of Jacob, and Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of Abraham. Elam and Ashur, names of two ancient nations, are sons of a man called Shem. Sidon, a Phoenician town, is the first-born of Canaan; the lands of Egypt and Abyssinia are the ...
This list of states in the Holy Roman Empireincludes any territory ruled by an authority that had been granted imperial immediacy, as well as many other feudal entities such as lordships, sous-fiefs, and allodial fiefs. The Holy Roman Empire was a complex political entity that existed in central Europe for most of the medievaland early ...