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    Arwad (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃, romanized: ʾrwd; Arabic: أرواد, romanized: ʾArwād), the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the...
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  • Arwad is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Chila and Samer Najari and released in 2013. The film stars Ramzi Choukair as Ali, a Syrian Canadian...
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    considered one of the "daughters of Arwad" on the coastline. Marathus served as Arwad's continental base, although the port of Arwad in the mainland was Carne....
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  • Arwad al-Boushi (born 1958/59) is a Syrian-born Canadian oil-industry worker. He is notable for being at the center of the controversy over the detention...
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    Irqanata (Tell Arqa) sent 10 chariots and 10,000 soldiers; King Matinu Baal of Arwad sent 200 soldiers; The land of Usannata (in the Mount Lebanon region) sent...
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    Fall of Ruad (redirect from Siege of Arwad)
    The fall of Ruad in 1302 was one of the culminating events of the Crusades in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1291, the Crusaders had lost their main power...
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    The Arwad bilingual, also the Arados inscription, is a Phoenician-Greek inscription from Arwad, Syria. It is the most recent dated inscription in the corpus...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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  • contracted throughout history, with the core of their culture stretching from Arwad in modern Syria to Mount Carmel. The Phoenicians extended their cultural...
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    Yahmur) – Crusader castle Hosn Suleiman Margat – Crusader castle Citadel of Arwad Tell Kazel – Bronze age site (possibly the ancient city of Sumur) Carne...
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  • Arado may refer to: Arado Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft company Arwad, an ancient city in Syria This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    romanized: Anti-Arados (Antarados or Anti-Aradus, meaning "The town facing Arwad"). In Latin, its name became Tortosa. The original name survives in its...
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    Palestine) from the 13th century BC, founding city states such as Amrit, Simyra, Arwad, Paltos, Ramitha, and Shuksi. From these coastal regions, they eventually...
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    invasion force at Arwad. In 1302 or 1303, however, the Templars lost the island to the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate in the siege of Arwad. With the island...
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  • 35.86944°E / 34.98306; 35.86944 Arwad, largest island of Syria, and only inhabited one. Al-Abbas: in the south Arwad Island, about 13.000 m2, it is located...
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    Issus and subsequent conquests of the Phoenician city states of Byblos, Arwad and Sidon had meant that the fleets of these cities, which had composed...
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    Saguntum Sexi (Almunecar) Tagilit (Tíjola) Toscanos (Velez) Tyreche Syria Arwad Marat (Amrit) Balanaea (Baniyas) Carne Paltus Safita Shuksi Sumur Ugarit...
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  • Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Ancient Phoenicia: Lebanon was divided into many states, like Tyre, Sidon, Arwad, Berytus, Byblos Beirut  Lesotho Africa 12 March 1868 4 Oct 1966 4 Oct 1966...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Dilmun, a Semitic speaking Bronze Age polity. Later, it became the city of Arwad on the island of Tylos (as Bahrain was referred to in antiquity), believed...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Saguntum Sexi (Almunecar) Tagilit (Tíjola) Toscanos (Velez) Tyreche Syria Arwad Marat (Amrit) Balanaea (Baniyas) Carne Paltus Safita Shuksi Sumur Ugarit...
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  • Antiochia Semiramis, also called Gadara, now Umm Qais Antiochia in Pieria, now Arwad Antiochia in Margiana, now Merv, Turkmenistan Antiochia in Scythia, on the...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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    Mesopotamia Yamhad Zahiran Amqu Aram Barga Canaanite city-states Amalek Arqa Arwad Ascalon Aštartu Azzati Bashan/Hauran Beruta Gebal Dimasqu Gezer Gibeon Hazor...
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  • suffetes (judges), who remained in power for short mandates of 6 years". Arwad has been cited as one of the earliest known examples of a republic, in which...
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