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A Soldier's Handbook Palestine And Jerusalem, Salient Points In The Geography, History And Present Day Life Of The Holy Land

CONTENTS Part I Map of Palestine . . . . . Frontispiece I. Palestine and its Boundaries . . . . . 1-2 II. Geographical Features and Bible History . . . . . 2 A. Maritime Plain . . . . . 3-6 B. Western Mountain Range . . . . . 6-25 Judaea . . . . . 6-17 Jerusalem . . . . . 6-15 Samaria . . . . . 17-19 Esdraelon . . . . . 20-21 Galilee . . . . . 21-25 C. Eastern Mountain Range . . . . . 25-30 Kingdom of Sihon . . . . . 25-26 Gilead . . . . . 26-29 Kingdom of Og . . . . . 29-30 D. Jordan Valley . . . . . 30-33 E. Land of Moab . . . . . 33-34 III. Palestine as divided among the Twelve Tribes . . . . . 34-37 IV. Palestine and her frontiers - A World Highway . . . . . 38 V. Palestine — a world battle-ground . . . . . 39 VI. Palestine and the Crusades . . . . . 40-43 VII. Palestine — the land of God's revelation of Himself . . . . . 44-45 VIII. Ancient and modern sites . . . . . 45-47 IX. The Land and the Book . . . . . 48 X. Present population and religions of Palestine . . . . . 48-50 XI. Industries and Agriculture . . . . . 51-53 XII. General Remarks . . . . . 53-58 I. Palestine and the Roman Empire . . . . . 59-62 A. The Period of the Undivided . . . . . Empire 59-60 B. The Period of

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