Ascalon (Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤍, romanized: *ʾAšqalōn; Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן, romanized: ʾAšqəlōn; Koinē Greek: Ἀσκάλων, romanized: Askálōn; Latin: Ascalon;...
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to: Ascalon, Ontario, Canada, an unincorporated place and former railway point Ascalon, Georgia, United States, an unincorporated community Ascalon, Missouri...
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The siege of Ascalon took place from 25 January to 22 August 1153, in the time period between the Second and Third Crusades, and resulted in the capture...
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The Battle of Ascalon took place on 12 August 1099 shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade...
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The double County of Jaffa and Ascalon was one of the four major seigneuries comprising the major Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, according...
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The siege of Ascalon was launched by the Ayyubid sultan As-Salih Ayyub against the Hospitaller garrison of Ascalon, resulting in the Ayyubids taking control...
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Antiochus of Ascalon (/ænˈtaɪəkəs/; Greek: Άντίοχος ὁ Ἀσκαλώνιος; c. 135/130 – c. 68 BC) was an 1st-century BC Platonist philosopher who rejected skepticism...
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David Ascalon (Hebrew: דוד אשקלון; born March 8, 1945) is an Israeli contemporary sculptor and stained glass artist, and co-founder of Ascalon Studios...
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The Autoloaded and SCALable Outperforming guN or ASCALON is a French smoothbore 140 mm tank gun of 50 calibers designed by the Nexter. This gun is currently...
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Maurice Ascalon (Hebrew: מוריס אשקלון; 1913–2003) was an Israeli designer and sculptor. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern...
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Bernard de Tremelay (section Siege of Ascalon)
the Knights Templar, serving from 1152 until his death at the Siege of Ascalon. He was born in the castle of Tramelay near Saint-Claude in the Jura. According...
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Eutocius of Ascalon (/juːˈtoʊʃəs/; Greek: Εὐτόκιος ὁ Ἀσκαλωνίτης; c. 480s – c. 520s) was a Greek mathematician who wrote commentaries on several Archimedean...
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Lungaspada; original Occitan Guilhem Longa-Espia), was the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the eldest son of Marquess William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg...
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Brad Ascalon (born in 1977), is an American industrial designer who grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's...
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Guild Wars (redirect from Ghosts of Ascalon)
dangling in Nightfall; and the disappearance of Evennia, last seen in Old Ascalon during the Krytan civil war. Guild Wars 2 is the sequel to the original...
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Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (category Counts of Jaffa and Ascalon)
died, leaving her pregnant and in possession of the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. Shortly after giving birth to a son, Baldwin, Sibylla came to be associated...
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Ascalon is an unincorporated community in Walker County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. A post office called Ascalon was established in 1881, and remained...
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newly-conquered Ascalon in 1153, becoming the County of Jaffa and Ascalon. After the siege of Ascalon in 1153, the frontier fortress of Ascalon joined Jaffa...
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Karaite elders of Ascalon from the Cairo Geniza indicates that some prominent Jews held for ransom by the crusaders were freed when the Ascalon Karaite Jewish...
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according to William of Tyre, only 375 Knights to attempt a defense at Ascalon, but Baldwin was stalled there by a detachment of troops sent by Saladin...
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Ascalon is an unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States located just south of St. Ann. It sits at an elevation of 656 feet...
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the Gaza Strip. The modern city is named after the ancient seaport of Ascalon, which was destroyed in 1270 and whose remains are on the southwestern...
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Baldwin failed to have Sibylla's marriage to Guy annulled and Guy's fief of Ascalon confiscated. In early 1185 he arranged for Raymond to rule as regent for...
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Artemidorus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμίδωρος) of Ascalon was a writer of ancient Greece who wrote a history of Bithynia. He is also mentioned by Stephanus...
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First Crusade (section Battle of Ascalon)
A Fatimid counterattack was repulsed later that year at the Battle of Ascalon, ending the First Crusade. Afterwards, the majority of the crusaders returned...
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James of Ibelin (redirect from James, count of Jaffa and Ascalon)
titularly, of Ascalon too as well as a noted jurist in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. James was the son of Count John of Jaffa and Ascalon, himself a noted...
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conquer Damascus. Baldwin captured the important Egyptian fortress of Ascalon, but also had to deal with the increasing power of Nur ad-Din in Syria...
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the kingdom's southern border from attacks by the Fatimid garrison at Ascalon, and allowed the Hospitallers to manage one of them in 1136, the castle...
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Jaffa and the Fatimid city of Ascalon. Ibelin, and the other castles, were built to guard against attacks from Ascalon, to provide shelter for the people...
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Ascalon is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Pentland Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern...
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