Biblical
Geography
Made Easy
Bible World Map
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What do you do?
• Fold the paper
two times in each
direction. Make
your folds precise
and your crease
sharp!
What do you need?
• blank 8-1/2 x 11 paper
• pencil
• straight edge
• Unfold and
smooth the paper.
The crease lines
are your guidelines for drawing
the map.
• Up is
north.
Black Sea
5
SEAS
• Along the top, on
the edges of the
two boxes upper
left, find halfway
points as shown.
• Draw a half circle
connecting this
halfway points.
• You have drawn the bottom half of the first of five seas that framed
the biblical world.
• This sea is not mentioned in the Bible.
• Today we know this sea as the BLACK Sea.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
5
SEAS
• Along the top, on
the edges of the
two boxes upper
right, find halfway
points as shown.
• Draw another half
circle connecting
this halfway points.
• You have drawn the bottom half of the second of five seas that framed
the biblical world.
• This sea is also not mentioned in the Bible.
• Today we know this sea as the CASPIAN Sea.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
5
SEAS
• Mark the center of
the NW corner box.
Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
• You have drawn the third of five seas that
framed the biblical world.
• This sea is the eastern end of the GREAT
Sea. We call this sea the MEDITERRANEAN.
• Along the left side
edge, find the middle
two boxes.
• Mark the halfway
points right and left of
each box.
• Mark the center point
of the next two boxes
to the right.
• Connect your
marks in the shape
of a mitten with a
thumb pointing up.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Red
Sea
• You have drawn the fourth of five seas that
framed the biblical world.
• This sea is the northern end of the RED Sea.
5
SEAS
• Mark the center of
bottom of your map.
• Draw a line NW from
your point. The line
should approach the
Great Sea, then loop
back and return to the
bottom of your map
at a point to the right of
where you started.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
• Mark the lower right
corner of your map.
Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
5
SEAS
Eastern Sea
(Persian Gulf)
Red
Sea
• You have drawn the fifth of five seas that
framed the biblical world.
• This is the northern end of the EASTERN Sea.
• Today this sea is called the PERSIAN GULF.
• Draw a line NW from
your point. Imitate
the shape of the Red
Sea. The line should
loop back and return
to the right edge of
your map at a point
above where you
started.
EUROPE
Black Sea
Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Caspian Sea
ASIA
Eastern Sea
(Persian Gulf)
AFRICA
Red
Sea
• REVIEW: the five seas are. . . the BLACK .
the CASPIAN.
the GREAT.
the RED.
the EASTERN .
5
SEAS
• On your map draw
waves on the surface
of the five seas.
• The land between
these seas is the
biblical world of the
Old Testament.
• The land between
the five seas is the
place where Asia,
Europe and Africa
meet.
Mount
Ararat
2
Mount
Sinai
• Noah’s ark rested on Mount ARARAT.
• God gave his Word to his people on Mount SINAI.
• Old Testament believers knew that mountains
stretched across the top of the world they knew.
MOUNTAINS
• Where the folds
meet in the
center on top
draw a mountain.
• On the land
bridge between
the Red Sea and
the Great sea
draw a mountain.
• Across the top
from the “thumb”
to the Persian Gulf
draw mountains.
4
Tigris
• You have drawn the first of the four major
rivers of the Bible world. It is the TIGRIS.
RIVERS
• From Ararat
to the top of the
Eastern Sea
draw a curved line
that skirts the
mountains.
4
Euphrates
RIVERS
• From Ararat
to the top of the
Eastern Sea
draw a curved line
that mirrors the
Tigris.
• The Tigris and
Euphrates cradled
the earliest
civilization
• You have drawn the second of the four
major rivers of the Bible world. It is the
EUPHRATES.
4
RIVERS
• Mark the place
where fold lines cross
below the Great Sea.
• Draw a line up the
fold line to this spot.
Nile
• You have drawn the third of the four major
rivers of the Bible world. It is the NILE.
• From this spot
draw a “V” that
reaches the Great
Sea.
• The Nile cradled
the other earliest
civilization.
4
RIVERS
• Mark a place to the
right of the Great Sea
on the center fold line.
Jordan
• You have drawn the fourth of the four
major rivers of the Bible world. It is the
JORDAN.
• Mark another spot
halfway down to the
Red Sea.
• Join the two.
• The city of Jericho
in the Jordan Valley
is the oldest known
city to be lived in
continuously up to
the present day.
Mount Ararat
MOUNTAINS
& RIVERS
Euphrates
Jordan
Mount Sinai
Tigris
Nile
• REVIEW: the two mountains
and the four rivers . . .
Mount ARARAT
Mount SINAI
the TIGRIS
the EUPHRATES
the NILE
the JORDAN
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Fertile
Crescent
HABITAT
• Mark a place where
the Nile leaves the map
at the bottom
• Mark another place
where the Tigris and
Euphrates enter the
Easter Sea.
• Shade a crescent
shaped strip of land
between the two
points as shown
• This strip of land was well watered
either by rivers, or by rain falling on the eastern coast of the Great Sea.
In this crescent of fertile land early civilization flourished.
• Historians have named this the FERTILE CRESCENT.
J A P H E T H
3
SONS OF
NOAH
• After the Flood
people spread out .
S H E M
• The offspring of
SHEM moved
southeast.
• The offspring of
H A M
HAM moved
southwest.
• The offspring of
• Below the Fertile Crescent was desert,
the Sahara Desert in Africa,
the Arabian Desert in Asia,
and the Sinai Desert in between.
JAPHETH
spread east and
west north of the
mountains.
6
Nations
5
REVIEW
One
Learning
Categories
Seas
4
Rivers
3
Sons of Noah
2
Mountains
1
Habitat
6
Egypt Canaan Aram Assyria
Babylonia Persia
Nations
5
REVIEW
Two
Learning
what’s in
the
categories
Black Caspian Great
Red Eastern
Seas
4
Tigris Euphrates
Nile Jordan
Rivers
3
Sons of Noah
2
Mountains
1
Habitat
Shem Ham
Japheth
Ararat
Sinai
Fertile
Crescent
6
Egypt Canaan Aram Assyria
Babylonia Persia
Nations
5
REVIEW
Three
Checking
Black Caspian Great
Red Eastern
Seas
4
Tigris Euphrates
Nile Jordan
Rivers
3
Sons of Noah
2
Mountains
1
Habitat
Shem Ham
Japheth
Ararat
Sinai
Fertile
Crescent