Judaean Mountains

Coordinates: 31°40′N 35°10′E / 31.667°N 35.167°E / 31.667; 35.167
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Judaean Mountains
Harei Yehuda / Jibal Al Khalil
View of the Judaean Mountains near Jerusalem
Highest point
PeakMount Halhul
Elevation1,026 m (3,366 ft)[1]
Coordinates31°40′N 35°10′E / 31.667°N 35.167°E / 31.667; 35.167[2]
Geography
Judaean Mountains is located in Israel
Judaean Mountains
Location
Road of the Patriarchs
(the ridge route)

The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills (

Mount Hebron
ridge, the Jerusalem ridge and the Judean slopes.

The Judaean Mountains formed the heartland of the Kingdom of Judah (930-586 BCE), where the earliest Jewish settlements emerged, and from which Jews are generally descended.[3][4][5]

Geography

The Judaean mountains are part of a more extended range that runs in a north-south direction. The ridge consists of the

Arad valley.[citation needed] The average height of the Judaean mountains is of 900 metres (2,953 ft), and they encompass the cities of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron.[citation needed] The northern section of the Judaean mountains is referred to as Jerusalem Hills, and the southern one as Hebron Hills.[citation needed
]

The Judaean Mountains were heavily forested in antiquity. The range is mostly composed of

limestones.[1][9]

Geology and palaeontology

The Judaean Mountains are the surface expression of a series of monoclinic folds which trend north-northwest through Israel. The folding is the central expression of the Syrian Arc belt of anticlinal folding that began in the Late Cretaceous Period in northeast Africa and southwest Asia. The Syrian Arc extends east-northeast across the Sinai, turns north-northeast through Israel and continues the east-northeast trend into Syria. The Israeli segment parallels the Dead Sea Transform which lies just to the east.[10][11] The uplift events that created the mountain occurred in two phases one in the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene and second in the Early Miocene.[12]

In

wild Asian water buffalo.[13]

The range has

Nahal Sorek National Park between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh and the area surrounding Ofra
, where fossils of prehistoric flora and fauna were found.

In the Hebrew Bible

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Judean mountains were the allotment of the Tribe of Judah and the heartland of the former Kingdom of Judah.[14][15]

Transportation

The main freeway between

Highway 1, passes through Judean Mountains, between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem
.

An

Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon railway station
.

Winemaking

The Judean Mountains have been associated with

Mediterranean microclimates, terra rossa clay soil, and high-altitude vineyards has also propelled it into the spotlight as a burgeoning center for quality wine production. In recent decades, wines originating from this area have garnered international recognition.[16]

Gallery

  • The Judaean Mountains between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim
    The Judaean Mountains between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim
  • The Judean Hills viewed from the Dead Sea
    The Judean Hills viewed from the Dead Sea
  • View from hilltop overlooking Wadi es-Ṣur, an extension of the Elah Valley in Israel
    View from hilltop overlooking Wadi es-Ṣur, an extension of the
    Elah Valley
    in Israel
  • View from Beit Meir in the Judaean Mountains
    View from Beit Meir in the Judaean Mountains
  • Idyllic scene in the Judean mountains, overlooking the village of Khirbet ed-Deir which sits along the Green Line
    Idyllic scene in the Judean mountains, overlooking the village of
    Khirbet ed-Deir which sits along the Green Line
  • The ruined structure of an ancient house, near Neve Michael
    The ruined structure of an ancient house, near Neve Michael
  • Remains of Sataf village
    Remains of Sataf village

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780306462627
    . Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ^ Judaean_Mountains - Mapcarta
  3. OCLC 463855870
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  4. OCLC 798209542.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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    .
  6. ^ Palestine: Land, Encyclopaedia Britannica
  7. ISBN 9781414398792. Retrieved 11 December 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  8. ^ Jerusalem Hills - Mapcarta
  9. ^ Arieh Singer (2007). The Soils of Israel. Springer. pp. 129, 143.
  10. ^ Abd El-Motaal, Essam; Kusky, Timothy M. (2003). Tectonic Evolution of the Intraplate S-Shaped Syrian Arc Fold-Thrust Belt of the Middle East Region in the Context of Plate Tectonics (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-23. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  11. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00385.x
    .
  12. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.01.004
    .
  13. ^ "History of Jerusalem from Its Beginning to David". Biu.ac.il. 1997-03-06. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  14. ^ "Cambridge History of Judaism". Cambridge.org. p. 210. Retrieved 16 August 2011. "In both the Idumaean and the Ituraean alliances, and in the annexation of Samaria, the Judaeans had taken the leading role. They retained it. The whole political–military–religious league that now united the hill country of Palestine from Dan to Beersheba, whatever it called itself, was directed by, and soon came to be called by others, 'the Ioudaioi'"
  15. ^ A History of the Jewish People, edited by Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson, page 226, "The name Judea no longer referred only to...."
  16. ^ a b Todd, Cathrine (2019-04-17). "The Raw Beauty Of The Wines From The Judean Hills". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  17. PMID 28614416
    .
  18. ISSN 2572-2611
    .

External links

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