Geography of Palestine (region)

river in West Asia which flows to the Dead Sea

11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary

desert in the southern Levant

Overview of the geography of Israel

valley in Palestine and Jordan

ancient trade route linking Egypt with Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī,, meaning Jerusalemite, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions and Description of Syria (Including Palestine).

reservoir in East Jerusalem

region in the Middle East

geographic region

archaeological site in Israel

village in Beersheba, Mandatory Palestine

Aqabah (, and also called Al Aqabah, Aqaba, or Al Aqaba) is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, which is being targeted for demolition by the Israeli Civil Administration (the IDF agency responsible for controlling the West Bank) as the majority of structures were alleged to have been built without permits from the Israeli military administration. Surrounded by two Israeli military bases and a ‘virtual wall’ of checkpoints, Al-Aqaba's connections to neighboring communities, markets and the Jordan Valley have been gradually severed: since 1967, al-Aqaba's population has decreas

renaming of geographical sites in Palestine/Israel

village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine

Al-Sinnabra or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern-day Israel. The ancient site lay on a spur from the hills that close the southern end of the Sea of Galilee, next to which towards its south being the tell, Khirbet Kerak or Bet Yerah, one of the largest in the Levant, spanning an area of over 50 acres. Bet Yerah was the Hellenistic era twin city of Sennabris (), as al-Sinnabra was known in Classical antiquity, and its remains are located at the same tell.

archaeological site in Jerusalem District, Israel

Archaeological site in Israel, possibly of the biblical city of Moreseth-Gath.

historical geography of ancient Israel / Holy land

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