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| what were the provinces of the holy land? |
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| galilee,samaria and judaea |
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| what are the lakes of the holy land? |
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| sea of galilee and the dead sea! |
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| what are the main rivers of the holy land? |
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| what are the main towns of "the holy land?" |
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| Bethlehem, nazareth , Jericho, bethany in the south, Cana and capernaum in the north. |
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| where is the country where jesus lived all his life? |
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| what is the roman empire? |
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| the land ruled by ancient rome! |
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| when did the romans invade palestine? |
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| to make sure that the palestinians wouldn't go against them, what did they do? |
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| they put their own govenor in charge to rule the people! |
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| who became the govenor and when? |
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| who ruled when jesus was born and at jesus death? |
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| 1. king herod 2. herod antipas |
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| at the time who ruled samaria and judaea? |
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| what was the roman govenors job to do? |
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| to make sure the jewish people of palestine obeyed roman rule and paid roman taxes . |
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| in return what were the jews aloud to do? |
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| allowed to follow their own customs and to practice their own religion. |
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| on the jews point of view with the romans what did they do? |
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| they didnt accept roman rule! and they were unhappy with the roman occupation and believed that palestine was their land given to them by god and that they were gods chosen people. |
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| what were tax collectors? |
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| they were jewish people who collected the roman tax, tax collectors were regarded as traitors and cheats because they worked for the romans.they were very wealthy and could take a portion of the money.they were shunned, |
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