PALESTINE
(See also Israel[ites]; Jordan [Hashemite Kingdom]; Promised Land; Zionism; individual places and regions by name)
ancient copper mining: g63 4/22 22
ancient travel routes: w64 119-120
animal life today: g76 3/22 29
Arabah (Rift Valley): g79 4/8 14-15; ad 99; g68 4/8 23; mg63 85
birds: ad 236
boundaries: ad 285, 1264; w65 640
British Mandate over: w83 8/1 17-18; go 91-92; w71 717; w64 649, 652; w59 570; yw 200; lg 215-216; w49 244; g47 4/22 3-5; g40 3/6 18-19
canals: ad 289
climate: cj 211; g75 3/8 6; ad 1266; g68 12/8 5; g67 12/22 16; w63 313-314; w62 53, 86, 607; w61 567; w58 622; w57 319; w52 328-329, 553, 740; rm 234; w50 482; g48 8/8 25; ep 103-104
Crusades: yb80 210-211
Dead Sea (Salt Sea): ad 1434; mg63 96-97
description: w74 77-80; ad 1264-1265; w68 553-560; g68 2/8 30; g68 4/8 21-24; yb64 53-58; w63 312-316; g63 4/22 22; w52 553-556; w48 127-128; w47 252-254; ep 96-104; w34 28
disappearance from map: yb80 225-226
discussion: ad 1264-1266
dual government in first century: qm 276; qm55 276; ep 19
Galilee: ad 617-619; w61 309-310, 726
geography: ad 1264-1265
gladiatorial games: w79 6/1 12-13
governments (536–1 B.C.E.): g34 3/28 405-406
history: yb80 210-211
immigration: g47 4/22 3-4; g45 8/15 26-27; g40 11/13 20; g39 4/19 23; g36 7/29 698
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
Abdennour, Joseph: yb80 219-220
Arabic Watchtower: yb80 216
Assoussah, Salameh: yb80 223
Bakhit, Farah: yb80 223
branch office: yb80 214
congregations: yb80 214
conventions: yb80 225
Faramand, Awwad: yb80 214
Farjini, David: yb80 217-218
Kadura, Brother: yb80 212, 214
Kobrossi, Khalil: yb80 221-225
Photo-Drama of Creation: yb80 215
Saah, Brother: yb80 214
service experiences: w52 115-116; w51 755; w48 144
Shehadi, Atallah: yb80 217-220
Shehadi, Ibrahim: yb80 217-222
Witness tours of Bible lands: w78 11/1 3-11; w78 12/1 26-31
Jerusalem: ad 908-915; w64 119-120
Jordan River: ad 959-960; w63 312-316; mg63 97
“land of the Decoration” (Da 11:16): ad 854; w60 124, 153; yw 298
languages in first century C.E.: ad 104-105; g68 3/22 27-28
maps: int 1175; Rbi8 1588-1589; pm 260; ad 625, 1265; int69 1177; w68 555, 557
Herod the Great’s kingdom: ns 204
Joshua and Judges: bi4 860-862
Judah’s restoration (sixth century B.C.E.): bi5 718
Maccabean period: w59 729; yw 245
physical: ad 1265; ep 96-97
pre- and post-exile: bi12-70 1465; bi12-61 1465
pre-kingdom Israel: bi5 710-712
time of Christ: ad 925, 1699; bi12-70 1468; w61 733; bi12-61 1468; bi7-50 797; ep 269
time of Isaiah and Jeremiah: bi-isa 401
tribal divisions of Israel: ep 96
united kingdom of Saul, David, Solomon (11th century B.C.E.): bi12-70 1467
Megiddo (Esdraelon): w78 11/1 9-10; ad 1132; g65 2/8 17-20
modern events and Bible prophecy: w75 387-389
mountains: w74 77-79; ad 1186
Mount of Olives: ad 1251-1252; w68 564
name: yb80 210; ad 1264; w31 253
Negeb: w74 624; ad 1214-1215, 1265; g68 4/8 21
origin of name “Promised Land”: w77 728; ad 1264
postwar troubles: g47 4/22 3-8
Roman rule: ad 680-681; ns 203-204
Samaria: ad 1435-1436
Sea of Galilee: ad 619, 1265; w63 312-313; w60 691; w52 553-556
Shephelah: ad 1488-1489
trees taxed: ad 1614; w58 151-152; w52 228; w45 134
Valley of Aijalon: ad 48; w64 119
Valley of Hinnom: ad 774-775; mg63 94
visits by—
Henschel, M. G.: yb80 223-224; w52 328-330; w47 251-255
Knorr, N. H.: yb80 223-224; w52 328-330; w47 251-255
Russell, C. T.: yb80 212; jp 32
Rutherford, J. F.: yb80 214; jp 96
wilderness of Zin: ad 1692; g68 4/8 22-23
Zionism: g76 5/22 20-23; g59 5/8 21; w58 133-135, 146-148; g56 7/8 21, 24; g56 8/8 21-23; ms53 210; lg 207-208, 214-218; w49 251-253; g47 4/22 3-8