Political Divisions

• Judea — heart of the Hebrew nation
• Samaria — mixed-race population
• Galilee — Jesus spent $18$ months of His $3$-year ministry here
• Perea — region of little note in the Gospels
• Decapolis — region of $10$ towns

Key Regions (Map context)

• Phoenicia — Sidon, Tyre
• Iturea
• Trachonitis
• Syria
• Egypt (context on map)

Key Bodies of Water

• Mediterranean Sea
• Sea of Galilee — major inland body of water; Disciples made living as fishermen there
• Jordan River — Jesus was baptized there
• Dead Sea — site of lowest elevation on Earth; $1300$ feet below sea level

Chief Cities

• Jerusalem — capital of Judea; site of the Temple; Heart of the Hebrew nation
• Bethlehem — birthplace of Jesus
• Bethany — Mary, Martha, & Lazarus lived here
• Nazareth — Jesus’ boyhood hometown
• Capernaum — Jesus’ headquarter city in Galilee
• Caesarea Philippi — site of Peter's confession of Jesus as the Messiah

Other Key Sites

• Mount of Olives — including the Garden of Gethsemane
• Mt Hermon
• Transfiguration site — located NE of Caesarea Philippi