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Transjordan, the East Bank, [1] or the Transjordanian Highlands ( Arabic: شرق الأردن ), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan . The region, known as Transjordan, was controlled by numerous powers throughout history. During the early modern period, the region of Transjordan ...
Transjordan in the Bible. Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua, c. 1200–1050 BCE. Transjordan ( Hebrew: עבר הירדן, Ever HaYarden) is an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley. It is also alternatively called Gilead .
English: Map of the territories allotted to the "twelve tribes of Israel" according to the Book of Joshua, chapters 13–19, before the move of Dan to the North. Note that these territories were only allegedly allotted to said tribes, and the texts themselves indicate that the tribes had troubles conquering all these areas and cities from the native peoples.
Palestine (region) The Region of Palestine, [i] or Historic Palestine, [1] [2] [3] is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land .
The Golan Heights ( Arabic: هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, romanized : Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or مُرْتَفَعَاتُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlān; Hebrew: רמת הגולן, Ramat HaGolan, pronunciation ⓘ ), or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the ...
The dying Jacob blesses his twelve sons (Adam van Noort) The twelve tribes of Israel camped around the tabernacle. (Jan Luyken, 1673) Map of tribal territories in the Land of Israel (Charles François Delamarche, 1797) Scholarly examination. For thousands of years, Christians and Jews have accepted the history of the twelve tribes as fact.
t. e. The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan 's hill country during the late second millenium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millenium BCE. This history unfolds within the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.
t. e. The history of Israel covers an area of the Southern Levant also known as Canaan, Palestine or the Holy Land, which is the geographical location of the modern states of Israel and Palestine. From a prehistory as part of the critical Levantine corridor, which witnessed waves of early humans out of Africa, to the emergence of Natufian ...