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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 ...
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 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.
The area that came under Israeli control as a result of the war consists of two geologically distinct areas: the Golan Heights proper, with a surface of 1,070 km 2 (410 sq mi), and the slopes of the Mt. Hermon range, with a surface of 100 km 2 (39 sq mi).
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.
t. e. Territory of Gad on an 1852 map. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad ( Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "soldier" or "luck") was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes .
Bir Tawil ( Egyptian Arabic: بير طويل, romanized: Bīr Ṭawīl, lit. 'tall water well', [biːɾ tˤɑˈwiːl]) is a 2,060 km 2 (795.4 sq mi) area of land along the border between Egypt and Sudan, which is uninhabited and claimed by neither country. When spoken of in association with the neighbouring Halaib Triangle, it is sometimes ...
Khoisan / ˈkɔɪsɑːn / KOY-sahn, or Khoe-Sān ( pronounced [kxʰoesaːn] ), is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non- Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen (formerly "Hottentots") and the Sān peoples (also called "Bushmen"). Khoisan populations traditionally speak click languages and ...