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Herod built the Seaport at Caesarea for a number of different reasons.- He needed a port on the Mediterranean because existing ones were outside his kingdom or hostile to him.- He recognized Caesarea's strategic location along the Via Maris, the t...
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A high priest of the Jews who presided over the assembly that condemned Jesus to death. (Matt. 26).
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Old Testament name for the Promised Land. It means "land of purple," referring to the color of the dye produced from shellfish along Canaan's coast. Canaan is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea where Asia, Europe, and Africa com...
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The word originally meant "merchant" or "trader." Eventually it came to refer to the people of the region.
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Region made up of three mountain ranges: Hebron in the south, Judea in the center, and Samaria in the north.
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