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12 Cards in this Set
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Bethlehem
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Small Jewish town in Judea, 5 miles south of Jerusalem, birthplace of Jesus
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Nazareth
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Small Jewish town in southern Galilee 15 miles west of the southern end of the sea of Galilee hometown of Jesus
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Capernaum
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A small Jewish city of Galilee at the north end of the sea of Galilee possibly hometown of several of Jesus's disciples and base of Jesus' public ministry in Galilee.
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Jerusalem
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City in the central mountains of Judea about 15 miles west of the north end of the Dead Sea population approximately 20,000 to 50,000 in Jesus's lifetime. seat of Jewish religion and government in the first century
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Caesarea Maritima
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Roman city and capital of the province of Judea located in the northwest corner of the province on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
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Syrian Antioch
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Large Creek city approximately 200,000 population near the mouth of the ORONTES river in the northwest corner of Syria perhaps the third largest city in the Roman empire.
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Philippi
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Roman military colony on the eastern border of Macedonia.
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Thessalonica
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Hellenistic city and provincial capital of me Macedonia on the north coast of the THERMAIKOS gulf.
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Athens
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Achaian city and cultural center on the south coast of the attic Peninsula.
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Corinth
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Roman colony and capital of ACHAIA located on the west coast of the isthmus connecting me peloponnese to Attica. A major cosmopolitan and economic center of the empire.
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Ephesus
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Major Hellenistic city and provincial capital of the province of Asia located on the central Mediterranean coast of that province.
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Rome
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Capital and largest city of the Roman empire on the Tiber river in West Central Italy.
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