Besides the Middle East, in the Old Testament, are there any other lands mentioned?

Question

In the New Testament, what is the extent of the known world?

Is that all the world that matters?

I should be clearer. I know that Egypt and the neigboring countries are not Middle Eastern. I'm including Egypt and that area as well in my question.

Thanks for the reference to Ethiopia. I'm not surprised by that one. Where in Asia does the Bible reference?

Answer 1

Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Greece are mentioned. Whats strange is you cannot find America anywhere. You would think a country as powerful as USA would have been mentioned.

Answer 2

Some say that Isaiah 18 is referring to the United States. I have heard a great Bible teacher convinced of this and I think that he was convincing.

There were other parts that was considered to refer to Great Britain, where no poisonous snakes were. Apparently Ireland matched that description.

Yet the importance of the Middle East is apparent in the Bible throughout. That is still where there will be many things happening. Yet there are places that are mentioned in future prophecy that refers to places in Russia. And that they would come to battle Israel along with many other armies right before Jesus come back.

So yes, the Middle East, namely Israel is still center in these future events.

Answer 3

I think there was some kind of "Noan Ark" land but is was flooded with water. There is speculation that it is the lost city of Atlantis. And at present is located in the Bermuda Triangle.

It can't be all that matters, I don't live there.

Answer 4

In The Book of Esther, Etheopia and Asia are mentioned 'meHodu ve'ad kush' (Hebrew)

Answer 5

No
Everything was centered around there