Maps Assignment

MAP #1 – THE BIBLICAL WORLD AT THE TIME OF THE PATRIARCHS.

Include the following:

Nations (including borders when possible): Egypt, Assyria, Hittite Kingdom, Kingdom of Mari, Old Babylonian Empire, Akkad, Sumer, Elam, Hurrians (Horites), Amorites, Canaan.Rivers: Nile, Tigres, Euphrates.Cities: Ur, Babylon, Nineveh, Susa, Haran, Damascus, Jerusalem, Memphis.

MAP #2 – THE ROUTE OF THE EXODUS AND CONQUEST OF CANAAN.

Include the following:

Goshen, Rameses, Succoth, Marah, Mount Sinai, Kadesh-Barnea, Ezion-Geber, Heshbon, Jericho, Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, land of Midian, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Ammorites, Canaan, Bashan, Hittites.   Trace the route of the Exodus and the military campaigns of Joshua.

MAP #3 – THE TWELVE TRIBES IN CANAAN. Include adjoining nations.

MAP #4 – THE EMPIRES OF DAVID AND SOLOMON.

Include the following:

David as king of Judah.David as king of Israel.Territory conquered by David.Boundary of Solomon’s empire.

MAP #5 – PHYSICAL MAP OF THE HOLY LAND.

Include the following:

Bodies of water: Mediterranean Sea, Lake Hula, Sea of Galilee, Jordan River, Dead Sea.Regions: Plain of Philistia, Plain of Sharon, Shephelah, Negev, Arabah.Mountains: of Judaea and Lebanon, of Olives, Ebal, Gerizim, Gilboa, Carmel.

All required information can be found by consulting the following resources:

 Logos: Biblical Places Maps

Route of the ExodusTribal distribution of PalestineJoshua’s northern campaignKingdoms of Saul, David, and Solomon

 Logos: Holman Bible Atlas

Maps 7, 9-12, 18, 29, 32, 36, 37, 39, 53

 Baker’s Bible Atlas

 Ryrie Study Bible

Unger's Bible Dictionary