Origin and History of the Jews

The Jews originated in the Mesopotamian plains of Western Asia and later moved to the eastern part of the Nile Delta to escape disasters.

The Jews are a people with a unique cultural and religious tradition, whose origins and history can be traced back to the region of Ancient Israel around 1800 BCE. The Jews originated in the Mesopotamian plains of the West Asia region and later moved to the eastern Nile Delta region as they fled disasters. The Hebrews were divided into twelve tribes, one of which was the tribe of Judah. The Jews took their name from the tribe of Judah, which means "God's praisers".

The Jews belong to the Semitic race, which first originated in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula as nomads on the steppes of the Euphrates River, and are considered close relatives of the Arabs of the Middle East. Later, they migrated to the region of Canaan (now around Israel, Syria and Lebanon) and settled there.

Introduction to the Jews

The Jews are also known as Hebrews and Israelites. They belong to the Mediterranean type of the Europaean race. Mainly in the United States, Israel, Russia, as well as Europe and other regions. Israeli Jews to Hebrew as the national language, belonging to the Semitic family of Semitic languages, American Jews in general English, many people know Hebrew or Yiddish, the rest of the use of the local language.

Jews to all parts of the world, language, customs and local indigenous peoples gradually assimilated, but they adhere to the belief in the religion of their own people, in order to maintain the independence of the nation, and still use their own Hebrew letters to write the text, in Italy, Spain, the Jews, the language has been assimilated to the Hebrew letters written in the language is called "Ladino"; in Germany, Poland, the national language. In Italy and Spain, the language of the Jews was assimilated and was called "Ladino" in Hebrew letters; in Germany and Poland, the language of the Jews was "Yiddish".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Jews