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Carchemish

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  • Εὔρωπος Greek
  • Karkamiš Hittite

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Samaria Samaria Hamath Hamath Euphrates Euphrates Calneh Calneh Arpad Arpad Egypt EGYPT Damascus Damascus Babylon Babylon Carchemish Carchemish 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 9 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH EGYPT · EUPHRATES · ARPAD · BABYLON 1 AND 4 MORE, named in the same passages

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Arpad ABOUT 57 MI (91 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Hamath 1 ABOUT 140 MI (220 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 10 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Damascus ABOUT 250 MI (400 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Samaria ABOUT 350 MI (570 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Babylon 1 ABOUT 470 MI (750 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 380 MI (620 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

3 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 36.8297, 38.0150

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