Mount Meron in Snow - Galilee, Israel
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This pano was shot across the road from the Mount Meron Field School during a big snow. It's rare to have as much snow as this. Usually there is one big snow per winter. When it does snow, most work stops and people get out and have fun.
This pano was shot near the Mount Meron Field School during a big snow. It's rare to have as much sno...
The tomb of rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meiron, Israel (near Safet). R. Shimon is the purported autho...
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This beautiful lookout point is located on Moshav Amirim, a vegetarian community in the Galilee. The ...
One of the major synagogues in the old city of Sefat (Safed) in Israel, the Abuhav synagogue dates to...
Modern civilization began right here in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley. Also known as the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia, this is the place where, six thousand years ago, agriculture, writing and mathematics were brought into widespread use.
The term "Middle East" comes from the British navy, which used it to describe the countries on the trade route from Europe to India and China. Everything from Afghanistan to Morocco may possibly be classified as "middle eastern", depending on whom you ask -- and when.
Only a partial list of past Empires in the middle eastern territory includes Sumeria, Babylonia, Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire!
When northern Europe was still lurking about in slimy cold stone castles playing chess, the Middle East was enjoying the flowers of poetry, luxurious craftsmanship, music and literature. In fact, the Renaissance in Europe was partly inspired by stories brought back from the middle east by travelers along the trade route.
Strategic location, religious history and the world's largest supply of crude oil have kept the Middle East at the center of world activity for centuries. The saga continues.
Text by Steve Smith.
