... toward Damascus; and another branched north, passing through Asia Minor eventually to join the Via Egnatia into Europe. Likewise the King's Highway branched from the Via Maris through the Negev desert to the eastern shore of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River, through to Damascus. These two very ancient trade routes were the major arteries for the movement of troops ... Jerusalem. Stephen a Christian leader was stoned to death by the Jerusalem leaders and thereafter Saul of Tarsus began a systematic approach to root out Christianity. The Jewish-Christians moved to the Syrian/Mesopotamian...

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