Who were in the Middle East when Mary, Joseph and Jesus were around?

Question

The Hebrews and Samaritans were in what is nowadays Israel, but who was in the neighbouring Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq etc...?

Pacha · Answer

Other tribes..it was Palestine before the Jews shoved them out..

? · Answer

Those nations were also part of the kingdom of Israel.

Anonymous · Answer

Mostly Gentiles. That word means strangers/foreigners --- non-Hebrews.

? · Answer

1) Who were in the Middle East when Mary, Joseph and Jesus were around?

A bunch of other people.

2) The Hebrews and Samaritans were in what is nowadays Israel

As were the Greeks and the Romans (lots of both).

3) but who was in the neighbouring Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq etc...?

Lebanese, Syrians, Greeks, Parthians (Persians), Romans, Nabateans (including part of Jordan), various Arab tribes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Romans_in_Arabia#/media/File:Roman_Empire_Trajan_117AD.png

Dv8s · Answer

Middle Eastern people.                                                               .

Trilobiteme · Answer

Peter mention the church of Babylon