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A System of Modern Geography, With the Outlines of Astronomy
A System of Modern Geography With the Outlines of Astronomy Author:John White General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SACRED GEOGRAPHY. PALESTINE, OR THE HOLT LAND, Was bounded on the N. by Syr'ia; on the W. by the Mediterranean Sea, called in the Bible the Great Sea; on the S. by Arabia; and on the E. by Arabia and Syria. It is also called in Scripture the Land of Ca'naan; the Land of Promise; the Land of Ju'dah ; the Land of Is'rael; and the Land of the Hebrews. Palestine was originally inhabited by the Am'orites on both sides of the Jor'dan; the Sido'nians in the north-west; the Hi'vites in the north-east; the Gir'- gashites or Gergesenes' east of the Sea of Galilee; the Per'izzites on the western side of the Jordan; the Hif tites on the west of the Dead Sea; the Jeb'usites west from the northern part of the Dead Sea, and the Philis'tines along the south-west coast. Tribes. -- Ash'er, in the north-west; Naph'tali, east of Asher; Zeb'ulon, south of Asher; Is'sachar, Half Tribe of Manas'seh, E'phraim, and Ben'jamin, west of the Jordan ; Ju'dah, west of the Dead Sea; Dan and Sim'eon, in the south-west, on the coast; Half Tribe of Manasseh, Gad, and Reu'ben, west of the Jordan. Roman Provinces. -- Gal'ilee, in the north ; Sama'ria in the middle; Jude'a, in the south; and Pere'a, east of the Jordan. Galilee (divided into Upper Galilee or Galilee of the Gentiles, and Lower Galilee), comprehending the tribes of Asher. -- Principal towns, -- Tyre and Si'don, famous for their commerce, but no less notorious for theirwickedness; Sarep'ta or Zar'ephath, where Elijah raised the widow's son to life; Ac'cho or Ptolema'is, all on the coast. NaphtalL -- Ka'desh-Naph'tali; Kartan or Kirja- tha'im ; Bethsa'ida, and Caper'na...« less