Midian Mountains in the context of "Sarawat Mountains"

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⭐ Core Definition: Midian Mountains

Midian (/ˈmɪdiən/; Hebrew: מִדְיָן, romanized: Mīḏyān; Arabic: مَدْيَن‎, romanized: Madyan; Ancient Greek: Μαδιάμ, romanized: Madiám; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌‎, romanized: MDYN) was a son of Abraham and his wife Keturah, as well as the epynomous ancestor of the Midianites. The name also refers to a geographical region in West Asia mentioned in the Tanakh and the Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest Arabian Peninsula, on the east shore of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea", an area which contained at least 14 inhabited sites during the Late Bronze and early Iron Ages.

Traditionally, knowledge about Midian and the Midianites' existence was based solely upon Biblical and classical sources, but in 2010 a reference to Midian was identified in a Taymanitic inscription dated to before the 9th century BC.

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👉 Midian Mountains in the context of Sarawat Mountains

The Sarawat Mountains (Arabic: جِبَالُ ٱلسَّرَوَاتِ, romanized: Jibāl as-Sarawāt), also known as the Sarat in singular case, is a mountain range in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. In a broad sense, it runs parallel to the eastern coast of the Red Sea, and thus encompasses the mountains of Fayfa, Asir, Taif, and the Hijaz (which can be seen as including the Midian Mountains). In a narrow sense, the Sarawat start in Taif city in Saudi Arabia, and extend to the Gulf of Aden in the south, running along the entire western coast of Yemen and extending eastwards parallel to the Gulf of Aden.

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Midian Mountains in the context of Hijaz Mountains

The Hijaz Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز, romanized: Jibāl al-Ḥijāz, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [dʒɪˈbaːlu lħɪˈdʒaːzi]) or Hejaz Range is a mountain range located in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia. The range runs north and south along the eastern coast of the Red Sea, and can thus be treated as including the Midian Mountains, and being part of the Sarawat Mountains, broadly speaking.

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Hebrew language → Romanization of Hebrew → Arabic language → Romanization of Arabic → Ancient Greek language → Romanization of Ancient Greek → Taymanitic language → Abraham → Keturah → West Asia → Hebrew Bible → Quran → William G. Dever → Arabian Peninsula → Gulf of Aqaba → Red Sea → Bronze Age → Iron Age → Tayma →