The territory of southern Levant included resent day Gaza, West bank and southern regions of Lebanon and Syria. It was earlier known as Canaan.
The Israelite settled in Canaan in about 1250.
When the drought affected Canaan, the Hebrews came to Egypt and begged for grain. Joseph ignored their past mistreatment of him and gave them food grain and asked them to stay in Egypt. The Hebrews stayed in Egypt and prospered.
Wilmot Proviso was the legislation to end slavery in the upcoming states after the mexico-american war. It was was controversial since it was rejected.
It would be South American that is not touched by the Mediterranean Sea, since South America is directly below North America, and is bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
