BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH (BIBLE) 33 Partial list of nations/ countries mentioned in the Bible.

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BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH (BIBLE) 33 Partial list of nations/ countries mentioned in the Bible. This is a partial list from some online research for the readers interest and designed to give people a better understanding of the various nations and countries mentioned   as they read through the bible.
 
1-Achaia an ancient region of southern Greece occupying the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. Thecities of the region banded together in the early third century bc to form the Achaean League, which defeated Spartabut was eventually beaten by the Romans, who annexed Achaea in 146 bc and later gave the name to a province thatincluded all of Greece south of Thessaly., Acts 18:12, 27; 19:21; Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 9:2; 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:7,8
 
2-Aram (modern Syria), 2 Kings 5:1; 12:17; Isaiah 7:1, 4; Ezekiel 27:16; Hosea 12:12; Amos 1:5
 
3-Asia, Acts 2:9; 6:9; 19:10; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 1:15; Revelation 1:4
 
4-Assyria, Isaiah 10:24; 31:8, 52:4, Micah 5:5, 6
Arabia, 2 Chronicles 9:14; Isaiah 21:13; Jeremiah 25:24; Ezekiel 27:21; Galatians 1:17; 4:25
 
5-Babylon, 2 Kings 17:24; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Isaiah 13:1;Jeremiah 20:4; Daniel 1:1; Revelation 14:8
 
6-Canaan, Genesis 10:18; 12:6; Exodus 3:8; Numbers 33:40; Joshua 3:10; Matthew 15:22
 

7-Cappadocia,also Capadocia; Greek: Καππαδοκία, Kappadokía, from Old Persian: Katpatuka, Turkish: Kapadokya) is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in the Nevşehir, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Aksaray, and Niğde Provinces in Turkey.According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revolt (499 BC), the Cappadocians were reported as occupying a region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.

The name, traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history, continues in use as an international tourismconcept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage., Acts 2:9; 1 Peter 1:1

 
8-Cilicia an ancient region of southeast Asia Minor along the Mediterranean Sea south of the Taurus Mountains. The area wasconquered by Alexander the Great and later became part of the Roman Empire. It was the site of an independentArmenian state from 1080 to 1375., Acts 6:9; 15:23, 41; 21:39; 22:3; 23:34; 27:5; Galatians 1:21
 
9-Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete (Greek:, Acts 27:7, 12, 13, 21; Titus 1:5
 
10-Cush is the southern part of ancient Nubia, first mentioned in Egyptian records of the Middle Kingdom. In the Bible it is the country of the descendants of Cush., Genesis 2:13; 10:6-8; 2 Kings 19:9; 1 Chronicles 1:8-10; Psalm 7:1; Isaiah 11:11; 20:3-5
11-Cyrene was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya., Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Acts 2:10; 11:20; 13:1
 
12-Elam was an ancient Pre-Iranian civilization centered in the far west …, Genesis 14:1, 9; Ezra 2:7; 4:9; Nehemiah 7:12; Jeremiah 25:25; Ezekiel 32:24; Acts 2:9
 
13-Egypt, Genesis 16:1, 21:9; Exodus 1:19; Leviticus 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:7, Acts 7:24, 28
 
14-Ethiopia, Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Psalm 68:31; Ezekiel 29:10; Amos 9:7; Zephaniah 3:10
 
15-Greece, Daniel 8:21; 10:20; 11:2; Zechariah 9:13; Acts 20:2
 
16-India, Esther 1:1; 8:9
 
17-Italy, Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Hebrews 13:24.
 
18-Lebanon, Deuteronomy 1:7; 3:25; Joshua 1:4; 1 Kings 4:33; 2 Chronicles 2:8; Ezra 3:7; Psalm 29:5; Isaiah 2:13; Jeremiah 18:14; Ezekiel 17:3; Hosea 14:5; Zechariah 10:10
 
19-Libya, a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world.[11] Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world., Ezekiel 30:5; Acts 2:10
 
20-Macedonia officially the Republic of  Macedonia (Republika Makedonija),   a country in the Balkan Peninsula , Acts 16:9; 18:5; 19:21; Romans 15:26; Philippians 4:15; 1 Timothy 1:3
 
21-Medes were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language …, 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; Isaiah 13:17; Daniel 5:28; Acts 2:9
 
22-Mesopotamia is a historical region in Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait .., Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 3:8; Acts 2:9; 7:2
 
23-Midian, an ancient tribe in northwest Arabia, said in the Hebrew Scriptures to be descendants of Abraham, Genesis 37:28; Numbers 10:29; 25:6, 14, 15
 
24-Moab is the historical name for a mountainous tract of land in Jordan. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea., Deuteronomy 23:3, Ruth 1:4; 2:6; 1 Kings 11:1; Nehemiah 13:1
 
25-Pamphylia an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province, Acts 2:10; 14:24; 15:38; 27:5
 
26-Parthians an ancient country of southwest Asia corresponding to modern northeast Iran, Acts 2:9
Persia, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 22, 23; Ezra 1:1, 2, 8; Ezekiel 27:10; Daniel 8:20
 
27-Phrygia an ancient nation in western Turkey with its capital at Gordium., Acts 2:10; 18:23
 
28-Pontus an ancient country of northeast Asia Minor along the southern coast of the Black Sea., Acts 2:9; 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1
 
29-Samaria , based upon the Hebrew Bible, the Israelites captured the region known as Samaria from the Canaanites and assigned it to the Tribe of Joseph, 1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 1:2; Isaiah 7:9; 10:10; Ezekiel 16:46; Hosea 7:1; Amos 3:9; Obadiah 19; Micah 1:1; John 4:4; Acts 1:8
 
30-Scythia-the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas, Colossians 3:11
 
31-Spain a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, Romans 15:24, 28 by Sibusiso Ngwenya
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