So within this relatively tiny area there are radically diverse regions, and this fact held important implications for Israel's history.

因此在这狭小地区内实际上有不同的地域，而这个事实对以色列历史有重要影响。

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That's the history of the world; the whole human race has spent the bulk of its time farming.

那就是这个世界的历史事实,全人类花费了大量的时间,用在了农耕上

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So some scholars have speculated that that's the historic reality behind the statement in Exodus 1:18, that a new pharaoh, who knew nothing of Joseph and what he had done for Egypt, began to oppress the Hebrews.

因此一些学者猜测,那是《出埃及记》第1章18节背后的历史事实，一个新的法老，对约瑟夫和他为埃及所做的事情一无所知，开始压迫希伯来人。

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