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Judea
region of ancient Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judea or Judaea (Hebrew: יהודה, Yehudah) is the ancient name of the mountainous terrain surrounding Jerusalem. Its location falls in present-day Israel and the Palestinian West Bank.
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