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Antioch – In Asia Minor. Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) Aram / Aramea – (Modern Syria) Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city. Archevite. Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk.
The land of Goshen ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן, ʾEreṣ Gōšen) is named in the Hebrew Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph ( Book of Genesis, Genesis 45:9–10 ), and the land from which they later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus. It is believed to have been located in the eastern Nile Delta ...
The land of Uz ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ־עוּץ – ʾereṣ-ʿŪṣ) is a location mentioned in the Old Testament, most prominently in the Book of Job, which begins, "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ". [ 1] The name "Uz" is used most often to refer to Uz, son of Aram, presumably the region's namesake. He is mentioned ...
The map may partially have served to facilitate pilgrims' orientation in the Holy Land. [ citation needed ] All landscape units are labelled with explanations in Greek . The mosaic's references to the tribes of Israel, toponymy, as well as its use of quotations of biblical passages, indicate that the artist who laid out the mosaic used the ...
Mount Carmel (Hebrew הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har HaKarmel, "God's vineyard") was a sacred mountain where Elijah defeated the prophets of a Ba'al in a contest. Carmel was a town in Judea mentioned as the residence of Nabal and Abigail . Mount Carmel, Iowa. Carmel, Maine. Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.
Mount Seir. Mount Seir ( Hebrew: הַר-שֵׂעִיר, romanized : Har Sēʿir) is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah. It may also have marked the older historical limit of Ancient Egypt in Canaan. [1]
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.
Described by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld as "the first non-Ptolemaic map of a definite country". [1] The Holy Land [a] is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. Today, the term "Holy Land ...
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