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In the past, in that area, there was a kingdom of the Jews. The name was the Kingdom of Judas. To the west, there was once the Kingdom of Israel. Both were power continuation of the King of Solomon, descendants of Isaac (Ishak), son of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) from his wife Sarah (while Islam is from the line of Ishmael, son of Prophet Ibrahim from Siti Hajar). Having been conquered by Babylonians, Persians, Greek, and in 64 BC, Pompey the Great of Rome conquered it and turned it into Roman territory. Its name changed to Province of Judea, meaning the province of the Jews.