12. Where was the land of the Hebrews located and what is significant about that location?

History 8 Mesopotamia Part 2

The land where the Hebrews lived was in between Egypt and Mesopotamia. The land where the Hebrew lived, carried all commercial goods between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Where they lived was also where armies would travel through. The location of their land made it difficult to make a unified country. The Hebrews were only able to control this area for a small amount of time. So the Hebrews moved to mountains running from north to south between the coastal areas and the Jordan River. There were spots of land that had very rich soil and was great land for farming.

Sources: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/hebland.html History Manual (97-98)