Thursday, January 13, 2011

Did you know ancient Assyria is present day Iraq?

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Or Saul was from Turkey?
Not me. This is great.

The Ancient Country or People  The Current Name or Region
Ammon, Moab and Edom      Jordan
Arabia  Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and some of Iraq and Jordan
Aram   Syria
Assyria   Iraq
Canaan Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon
Cush Ethiopia and some of Sudan, Somalia and Yemen (and possibly more of Africa)
Decapolis Northwestern Jordan and a small part of Israel
Dedan and Sheba Saudi Arabia
Gomer Ukraine
Magog, Rus and Rosh Russia
Meshech and Tubal   Turkey
Midian Western Saudi Arabia and Southern Jordan
Mizraim Egypt
Philistia Palestine
Phoenicia  Lebanon
Persia Iran and some of Iraq
Phut/Put    Libya and some of Egypt and North Africa
Scythia Southern Russia
Togarmah Parts of Turkey, Turkomen, Turkestan and Armenia
Tarshish Carthage (and possibly even Great Britain)

       
The Ancient City The Current Location
Alexandria Mediterranean coast of Egypt
Antioch Northwest Syria (Coastal) - present day "Hatay"
Athens, Berea, Corinth, Philippi and Thessalonica Greece
Babylon Iraq
Cyrene Northwest Libya
Damascus Syria
Ephesus, Pergamum and Smyrna Western Turkey
Haran and Padan-aram Eastern Syria
Iconium and Lystra Central Turkey
Shinar Iraq - Ancient Babel and present day "Babylon"
Sidon and Tyre Western Lebanon (Coastal)
Tarsus Eastern Turkey
Ur Southeastern Iraq 

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