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Who were in the Middle East when Mary, Joseph and Jesus were around?

The Hebrews and Samaritans were in what is nowadays Israel, but who was in the neighbouring Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq etc...?

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  • 2 weeks ago

    Other tribes..it was Palestine before the Jews shoved them out..

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago

    Those nations were also part of the kingdom of Israel.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Mostly Gentiles. That word means strangers/foreigners --- non-Hebrews.

  • User
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    1) Who were in the Middle East when Mary, Joseph and Jesus were around?

    A bunch of other people.

    2) The Hebrews and Samaritans were in what is nowadays Israel

    As were the Greeks and the Romans (lots of both).

    3) but who was in the neighbouring Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq etc...?

    Lebanese, Syrians, Greeks, Parthians (Persians), Romans, Nabateans (including part of Jordan), various Arab tribes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Roman...

  • Dv8s
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Middle Eastern people.                                                               .

  • 2 weeks ago

    Peter mention the church of Babylon

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