5999 x 5999 px | 50,8 x 50,8 cm | 20 x 20 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2009
Ubicazione:
judean desert israel
Altre informazioni:
a mountainous and arid wilderness which varies in height from mt hebron to the floor of the dead sea .subject to lash flloods in the winter yet useful as grazing for beduin flocks For the period of the 2nd century to 1948, the region was known as Palestine, and was ruled by various colonial powers. The name Judea is a Greek and Roman adaptation of the name "Judah", which originally encompassed the territory of the Israelite tribe of that name and later of the ancient Kingdom of Judah In modern times, Jordan renamed Judea and Samaria the West Bank. The name "Yehudah" may be used by Hebrew speakers to refer to a large southern section of Israel and the occupied territories. The combined term Judea and Samaria, refers to land alternatively called the West Bank