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The Holy Land is an area in the Levant that is holy to Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism). The name roughly refers to the region of Palestine. Jews say God gave the Holy Land to them. This is where Jesus lived. James, along with the others named "brothers" of Jesus, are said to have been Jesus' cousins.
1291 Crusaders are expelled from the Holy Land . Mamluk (1260-1517) 1260 Mamluks of Cairo conquer Palestine and capture Crusader strongholds .
In 1629, W.J. Blaeu printed a new world atlas containing 45 maps. One of these was a map of the Holy Land as seen by Moses from Mt. Nevo just before his death and after forty years of wandering with the Israelites in the desert.The cartouche on the bottom right is surrounded by the figures of Moses and Aaron.
