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Mesopotamia

approximate location

refers to the area of Aram-naharaim rather than nearer the Persian Gulf

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  • Mesopotamia Latin

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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 Zobah ZOBAH Pontus PONTUS Pethor Pethor Maacah MAACAH Judea JUDEA Cappadocia CAPPADOCIA Asia ASIA Ammon AMMON Jerusalem Jerusalem Haran Haran +1 Egypt EGYPT Mesopotamia MESOPOTAMIA 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH AMMON · ASIA · CAPPADOCIA · EGYPT AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia.

Panorama of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia.

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