Set 1 The Face of the Ancient Near East http://www.searchingthescriptures.net/main_pages/free_bible_land_maps.htm The Ancient Near East 001 Biblical Regions 001a Modern States and the Ancient Near East 002 Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham 003 Egypt: Land of Bondage 004 Syria and Lebanon 005 International Routes, The King's Highway 006 Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East 006a Set 2 Natural Regions of Palestine National Regions of Ancient Palestine 007 Physical Geography of Palestine 007a Topography of Palestine 007b Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones 008 Northern Coastal Plains 009 Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, et al. 010 Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea 011 Arabah, Negeb, Wildernesses of Zin and Paran 012 The Old City of Jerusalem Today 012a Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine 013 Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine 014 PART II: THE HEBREW BIBLE PERIOD Set 3 Before Abraham Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements 015 The Table of Nations (1) 016 The Table of Nations (2) 016a Ancient Near East in the 3rd Millennium 017 Set 4 The World of the Patriarchs Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs 018 The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses 018a Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age 019 The Migration of Abraham 020 Abraham in Canaan 021 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob 021a Travels of Jacob 022 The Journeys of Joseph 023 Set 5 The Egyptian Experience Expulsion of the Hyksos 024 Egypt and Palestine in the Late Bronze Age 025 Sites in the Amarna Archive (Akhetaton; Tell el-Amarna) 025a Campaigns of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II 026 Canaan in the 14th Century: The Tell el-Amarna Tablets 027 The Egyptian Empire and the Hittites 028 Egyptian Empire and Balance of Power, ca. 1400 BCE 028a The Route of the Exodus 029 Set 6 The Exodus Events during the Sojourn at Kadesh-Barnea 030 Journey of the Spies 031 The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab 032 Set 7 Conquest and Settlement Ancient Near East from 1200-100 BCE 033 The Conquest of Canaan 033a The Sea Peoples 034 The Levant from 1200-1000 BCE 035 The Conquest by Joshua 035a Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns 036 Joshua's Northern Campaign 037 The Limits of Israelite Settlement 038 Israel in Canaan from Joshua to Samuel to Saul 038a The Tribal Allotments of Israel 039 The Division of the Land Among the Tribes 039a Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge (1) 040 The Levitical Cities (2) 040a The Judges of Israel 041 The Period of the Judges 041a Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites 042 Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites 043 Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites 044 Jephthah and the Ammonites 045 Samson and the Philistines 046 The Battle at Ebenezer and the Loss of the Ark 047 The Ministry of Samuel and Anointment of Saul 048 The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars 049 Saul, 1000 BCE 049a David's Flight from Saul 050 Set 8 The Kingdom of David and Solomon David's Rise to Power 051 David in Conquest of Canaan 051a David's Wars of Conquest 052 Kingdom of David and Solomon 053 The United Monarchy under Solomon (1) 053a The United Monarchy under Solomon (2) 053b Solomon's Economic Enterprises 054 Solomon's Building Activities 055 Solomon's Temple 055a Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon 056 Set 9 The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1) 057 The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2) 057a The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3) 057b The Campaign of Shishak 058 Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus 059 The Omride Dynasty 060 The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE 60a Phoenician Trade and Civilization 061 Trade Routes throughout the Middle East 061a Travel Routes throughout Palestine 061b Elijah and Elisha 062 The Revolt of Jehu 063 The Rise of Assyria 064 Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah 065 The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III 066 The Syro-Ephraimite War 067 Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns 068 Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites 069 The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel 069a Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria 070 Prophets of the 8th Century BCE 071 Set 10 Judah Alone amid International Powers Hezekiah's Preparation for Revolt 072 Judah under King Hezekiah 072a Hezekiah's Jerusalem 073 Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah 074 Assyria in the 7th century BCE 075 The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire 076 The Reign of Josiah 077 The Districts of Judah under King Josiah 077a The Golden Age of King Josiah 077b Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns against Judah 078 Set 11 The Babylonian Exile Judah during the Exile 079 The Kingdom of Judah 079a Exile; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period 079b Jewish Exiles in Babylon 080 Jewish Refugees in Egypt 081 Set 12 The Persian Period World Powers of the 6th century BCE 082 The Conquests of Cyrus the Great 083 The Persian Empire 084 The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah 085 Judah in the 5th century BCE 086 Palestine after the Exile 086a Set 13 The Hellenistic Period Alexander the Great's Empire 087 The Division of Alexander's Empire ca. 275 BCE 088 Palestine under the Ptolemies 089 The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III 090 Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt 091 The Maccabees in 168 BCE 091a Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt 092 Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty 093 Pompey's Campaign against Jerusalem 094 PART III: THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA Set 14 Rome's Emergence as a World Power Early Rome 095 Roman Expansion in the 3rd & 2nd centuries BCE 096 Civil Wars amidst Roman Expansion in 1st century BCE 097 Roman Empire in the Age of Augustus 098 Set 15 The Romans, Palestine, and Herod the Great Roman Rule in Palestine 63-40 BCE 099 The Kingdom of Herod the Great 100 Herod's Building Program 101 Set 16 The World of Jesus The Division of Herod's Kingdom 102 Palestine under the Herods 102a Palestine in the Time of Jesus (1) 103 Palestine in the Time of Jesus (2) 103a Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls 104 Set 17 The Life and Ministry of Jesus Jesus' Birth and Early Childhood 105 The Birth, Childhood, and Baptism of Jesus 105a John the Baptist 106 Galilee in the Time of Jesus 107 Jesus' Ministry in Galilee and Journey to Jerusalem 107a The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee 108 The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee 109 Jesus' Ministry according to John 109a Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea 110 Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem 111 Jerusalem in the New Testament Period 112 The Passion Week in Jerusalem 113 Set 18 Early Expansion of the Church The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I 114 The Kingdom of Agrippa II 115 Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora 116 Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine 117 Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry 118 Paul's Journeys 118a The First Missionary Journey of Paul 119 The Second Missionary Journey of Paul 120 The Third Missionary Journey of Paul 121 Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment 122 Paul's Voyage to Rome 123 Set 19 The First Jewish Revolt Distribution of Roman Legions under Tiberius 124 The First Jewish Revolt 125 Titus's Campaigns 126 Herod's Temple 126a Set 20 The Early Christian Church Churches of the Revelation 127 The Roman Empire ca. 117 CE 128 Palestine from 73-135 CE 129 The Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132-135 CE 130 Hadrian's Jerusalem 131 Christian Expansion in the 2nd & 3rd Century 132