Palestine Research Paper

Palestine is a relatively small country compassing only 10,000 square miles, Palestine could be placed in Texas twenty-six times. The climate in Palestine is comparable to Georgia and has a rainy season for six months and a season where it does not rain. The land is divided into four sections, Maritime Plains, Western Highlands, Jordan River Valley, and the Eastern Highlands There were six political regions of Palestine; Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Perea, Decapolis, and North East Palestine. Each of these areas having many important cities but none compared to Jerusalem for her importance and impact, even today Jerusalem holds so much for Christians, Judaism, and Islam. The land of Palestine had many well-traveled roads, the most famous being the Via Maris (the way of the sea), we read of Jesus traveling these roads often during his ministry. The majority of the inhabitants of Palestine were a working class people utilizing farming, sheep and fishing for their existence. The majority of the homes in Palestine were made up of one large room and a flat roof where they entertained and slept, but as in all societies the rich existed and lived quiet extravagant having large homes very well decorated. Children were welcomed and the sons of the time were preferred over the girls, but no
We read of many of the rulers of this period but two stand out Herod and Pilate, Herod was a very untrusting and murderous king even to the point of killing his wife. Pilate was a very weak individual and leader. Both of these men played roles in the birth and death of Christ and were placed in their positions at the time God had appointed for them the roles that would fulfill his purpose. The Roman rule continued to allow the people to observe their annual feast and Synagogues were utilized by the