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The Mashriq
The regions of Abraham's story, West Asia, North Africa, and Canaan between them, are known in Arabic as the Mashriq, 'land of the rising sun,' and in English as the Near East.
Three regions shape one family's story.
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Canaan, the narrow strip between the great powers, is where the family grows into the diverse nation at the heart of the Bible.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 20
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