![]() (2) Countries of Central Plain, Assyria, Elam, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, Arabia. (1) Countries of Eastern Slope, Armenia, Media, Persia. Rivers : Araxes, Tigris, Euphrates, Orontes, Jordan, Nile. Mountain Ranges : Ararat, Caspian, Zagros, Taurus, Lebanon.ģ. Seas: Caspian, Persian Gulf, Red (Suez, Akaba), Mediterranean, Dead, Galilee.Ģ. Red Sea to Caspian, Nile to Persian Gulf. Into what three natural divisions are the countries divided?ĭraw a map of the Old Testament World and locate the seas, mountains, rivers, countries and cities. How many rivers in the Old Testament World? What is the nucleus of the mountain system? ![]() How many mountain ranges does it include? How does its size compare with the United States? Where is the Old Testament World located? Tyre, in Phoenicia, and the commercial metropolis of that country. Damascus, the capital of Syria and the oldest existing city.Ĩ. Ur, on the Euphrates, the home of Terah, Abraham's father.Ħ. Haran, in Mesopotamia, Abram's first camping place.ĥ. Susa, in Elam, the capital of the Persian Empire (Esther 1:2).ģ. The Western Countries of the Mediterranean:Ģ. The Countries of the Tigris and Euphrates:ģ. The countries of the Old Testament World are divided into three natural divisions.Ģ. The Nile River rises in Central Africa and flows northward through Egypt into the Mediterranean. Hermon, in northern Palestine, and flows southward into the Dead Sea.Ħ. The Orontes River rises in the Lebanon Mountains and flows northward into the Mediterranean.ĥ. The Euphrates River, the largest river of the Old Testament World, finds its source in the Ararat Mountains, flows west to the Taurus Mountains, then southeastward and finally unites with the Tigris and empties into the Persian Gulf.Ĥ. 2: 14), flows from the Ararat Mountains southeastward into the Persian Gulf.ģ. The Tigris River, also called Hiddekel (Gen. The Araxes River rises in the Ararat Mountains and flows eastward into the Caspian Sea.Ģ. The Taurus Mountains branch from the Ararat to the west and form the southern boundary of Asia Minor.ġ. Sinai between the two gulfs of the Red Sea. The Lebanon Mountains extend from the Ararat in a southwesterly direction through Syria and Palestine to Mt. The Zagros Mountains start from the Ararat and extend to the southeast as far as the Persian Gulf.Ĥ. The Caspian Mountains branch from the Ararat and extend eastward around the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.ģ. Noah's Ark rested on one of the peaks of this range after the waters of the flood had subsided.Ģ. This range formed the center from which the other four ranges connected. The Ararat Mountains were in Armenia, extending from the Caspian Sea to Asia Minor. There were five great mountain ranges in the Old Testament World.ġ. The Mountain Ranges (5 Great Mountain Ranges) The Persian Gulf, was situated south of Elam and Persia. The Sea of Galilee, also call the Sea of Tiberias, or the Sea of Chinnereth, was situated in Israel north of the Dead Sea.Ħ. The Dead Sea, also called the Sea of the Plain, or the Salt Sea, was in southern Israel.ĥ. The Mediterranean Sea, or Great Sea, formed the central part of the western border.Ĥ. The two gulfs at the northern portion of the sea were called Suez and Akaba.ģ. The Caspian Sea was located at the northeastern cornerĢ. There were six great seas in the Old Testament World.ġ. ![]() Only about one-third of the whole area of the ancient Near East was inhabitable and not desert, equaling about the size of California and Oregon combined. One thousand miles from north to south and nearly 1500 miles from west to east. ( Enlarge) ( PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed) Map of the World of the Old Testamentĭuring the time of the Old Testament the ancient world extended from Egypt to Asia Minor over to the Caspian Sea and down to the Persian Gulf.
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