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A peninsula of eastern Egypt, bordering Asia
A mountain located in the Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God
{i} peninsula located between Asia and Africa; Mount Sinai, site where Moses received the law from God (Biblical)
the part of northeast Egypt to the east of the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal
a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
Sinai Desert
desert located between the Red Sea and the Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
A peninsula linking southwest Asia with northeast Africa at the northern end of the Red Sea between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. Long held by the Egyptian kings, Israel occupied the peninsula in 1956 and from 1967 to 1982, when it was returned to Egypt under the terms of the Camp David Accords (1978) and an Egyptian-Israeli treaty (1979). Peninsula, northeastern Egypt. Located between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea, it covers some 23,500 sq mi (61,000 sq km). Its southern region is mountainous and includes Mount Sinai, while its northern two-thirds is an arid plateau known as the Sinai Desert. Inhabited since prehistoric times, it is famous as the purported route of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt. For centuries, its northern coast was the main trade route between Egypt and Palestine. From the 1st century AD until the rise of Islam in the 7th century, it was part of the Roman Empire and its successor, the Byzantine Empire. It was ruled by various Islamic dynasties until the 16th century, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire. Turned over to Egypt at the end of World War I in 1918, it was the scene of heavy fighting during the Suez Crisis (1956), the Six-Day War, (1967), and the Yom Kippur War (1973) and was occupied by Israel from 1967 until 1982, when it was then returned to Egypt. See Arab-Israeli wars
Sinai War
military operation of Israel against Egypt (1956)
Sinai peninsula
triangular desert area which acts as a land bridge between Asia and Africa
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And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

Mount Sinai
Sinai, Mount. a mountain in Sinai in northeast Egypt on which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. or Mount Horeb Peak, south-central Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It rises to 7,497 ft (2,285 m) in elevation and is especially renowned in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Though not positively identified as the place referred to in biblical texts, it is an important pilgrimage site. St. Catherine's, founded in 527 and thought to be the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery, is at its northern base
evacuation of Sinai
removal of Jewish residents from the Sinai peninsula after the peace agreement with Egypt (1979 - 1982)
revelation of Mt. Sinai
giving of the Torah to Moses and the people of Israel on Mount Sinai
revelation on Mt. Sinai
giving of the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai (Biblical)
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