ISRAEL

1. The Ancient Gods of Israel.

1.1. In Israel the people that live there worship many gods and Christians also live there because of how holy some of the sites are. Some of the gods Israel worships is . . . Jesus Christ,Abraham, and Muhammad.

1.2. The Muslims worship Muhammad believing he is a god because he is their savior.

1.3. The Jews worship Abraham because he freed them from slavery from the Egyptians.

1.4. The Christians worship Jesus Christ the reason why the Christians are called the name they have is because they worship Jesus Christ and from his last name they changed Christ to Christians.

2. Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic

3. Economy

4. Israel's population has reached 8 million as of Independence Day 2013!

5. The Dead Sea in Israel is the lowest point on earth, at 1,315 feet below sea level at its lowest point.

6. The history of Israel

6.1. The Israelite people lived south of the land Phoenicia. There was something called a Torah that was used by historians so they could learn more about their culture.

6.2. The Israelite people were followers of a guy named Abraham who was leader of the Israelites monotheism. Abraham was told to leave Mesopotamia so he led the Israelite people to a place called Canaan. They were the modern day day religions of Israel, Lebanon, and Palestinian territories.

6.3. Because of drought the people of Israel moved to Egypt where they were enslaved by Egyptians and forced to make pyramids or burial chambers. Then someone named Moses led the/ freed the Israelites which was called the Great Exodus and the Israelite people returned to Israel.

7. the israelites lived south of phoenicia in the land of israel from around 1250 to 700 BCE

8. the israelites leader was abraham

9. the city of jerusalem is in side israel

10. Religion

10.1. Israel's leader used to be Abraham. Abraham taught the Israelites monotheism.

11. Government

12. Social structure

12.1. Israel had slaves and other people as well as they had farmers, priest, and lots of prophets

12.1.1. They each have prohpets which is a founder of a religion.

12.2. Moses promised to lead the Israelites back to Canaan, or "the promised land"

13. Geography

13.1. Israel is on and next to the Mediterranean sea.

13.2. Israel is also mostly deserts and mountains.

13.3. Israel is also next to the Dead Sea

14. Golda Meir was the 3rd woman in history to serve as a country's prime minister.

15. Israel has won five bronze Olympic medals, one silver and one gold.

16. Israelites moved to egypt where they were eventually