WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC a new people appeared in Southwest Asia. They were the Hebrews (HEE-brooz). The early Hebrews were simple herders, but they developed a culture that became a major influence on later civilizations. The Bible says that Abra-ham left Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biblical scholars use the term Hebrews to designate the descendants of the patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)-i.e., Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also called Israel [Genesis 32:28])-from that period until their conquest of Canaan (Palestine) in the late 2nd millennium bce.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.