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Field Notes
Introduction
Aral Sea Black Sea
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LY D I A Euphrates River
MEDIA
PERSIAN EMPIRE
Tigris River
Mediterranean Sea
Samaria
Babylon Susa
Jerusalem
JUDAH
PERSIA
EGYPT Red Sea
INDIA Indus River
ARABIAN DESERT
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
The Persian Empire
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The Persian empire reached its peak during the time of Ezra, around 458 B.C. It became the first empire in the history of the Middle East to encompass all three major rivers: the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Indus.
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Gibeon Kephirah
Ramah
Michmash Geba
Jordan River
Judea under Persian Rule
Jericho
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After the return from the exile beginning in 538 B.C., the Promised Land was no longer known as Israel and Judah. Under Persian rule, all this region belonged to a satrapy called Beyond the River. The northern region formerly known as Israel was now known as Samaria; and the southern region previously know as Judah was now named Judea. The Edomites had moved further northwest, taking part of the land that used to belong to Judah. This portion came to be know as Idumea.
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