Aramaic was the mother tongue of virtually all natives of Galilee and Judea. Early land purchases were completed in Judea and the Lower Galilee. They consolidated their presence in Galilee and Samaria. They speak distinct dialects of Arabic in the Galilee and the Negev. A number of the cities in Judea and Galilee also adopted the Pompeian era. It was a part of the Principality of Galilee within the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Zebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee. He was one of the founders of the kibbutz Hanaton in Lower Galilee. Dan is situated in the area known as the Galilee Panhandle. No reserves were available to stop a Syrian incursion into Galilee. He was raised from the age of two in Mitzpe Hila in the Western Galilee. Karak and Mont Real in Transjordan soon fell, followed by Safad in the northeastern Galilee. Zahir was born in the village of 'Arrabat al-Battuf in central Galilee. It lay near the place where the Jordan enters the Sea of Galilee. In the meantime several flotilla engagements on the Sea of Galilee took place.