Holy Land - an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and JudaismJuda, Judah - an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center Judaea, Judea - the southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ Philistia - an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in Biblical times Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Jordan, Jordan River - a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan chebab - a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis |