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Bookmark or Share- Mount Sinai | Map, Location, Height, & Facts | BritannicaMount Sinai, granitic peak of the south-central Sinai Peninsula, Janūb Sīnāʾ (South Sinai) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Egypt. Mount Sinai is renowned as the principal site of divine revelation in Jewish history, where God is purported to have appeared to Moses and given him the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5). According to Jewish tradition, not only the decalogue but also the ...
- Sinai Peninsula | Definition, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaSinai Peninsula, triangular peninsula linking Africa with Asia and occupying an area of 23,500 square miles (61,000 square km). Usually regarded as being geographically part of Asia, the Sinai Peninsula is the northeastern extremity of Egypt and adjoins Israel and the Gaza Strip on the east.
- Sinai Peninsula - WikipediaThe Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (/ ˈ s aɪ n aɪ / SY-ny; Arabic: سِينَاء; Egyptian Arabic: سينا; Coptic: Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a land bridge between Asia and Africa. Sinai has a land area of about 60,000 km 2 (23,000 sq mi ...
- Sinai Peninsula - WorldAtlasThe Sinai Peninsula is a triangle-shaped peninsula that serves as a land bridge connecting Asia and Africa. About 600,000 people live in the Sinai today. The Bedouin are the oldest inhabitants of the Sinai, having lived on the peninsula for 2000 years. The Sinai is the sovereign territory of Egypt. Mt. Sinai, which was where Moses received the ...
- The Sinai Peninsula From Ancient Times to Today - ThoughtCoThe Sinai Peninsula has been inhabited since pre-historic times and has always been a trade route. The peninsula has been a part of Egypt since the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, circa 3,100 B.C., although there have been periods of foreign occupation over the past 5,000 years.
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