Traces its roots back to around 3500 b. c.e., when was called upon by god to travel to canaan, which is near present-day israel

Israel traces its roots back to around 3500 B.C.E., when Abraham was called upon by God to travel to Canaan, which is near present-day Israel.

tropical storm katrina, and it made landfall between miami and fort lauder-dale, florida, as a category 1 hurricane (a storm that, on the saffir-simpson scale, exhibits winds in the range of 74–95 miles per hour [119–154 km per hour]). sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) lashed the florida peninsula, and rainfall totals of 5 inches (13 cm) were reported in some areas. the storm spent less than eight hours over land. it quickly intensified when it reached the warm waters of the gulf of mexico.

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