an ancient Levantine metropolis situated at Tel Ashdod, 'Mound of Ashdod', an archaeological site located a few kilometers south of the modern Ashdod in...
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city and later settlements are located at Tel Ashdod. Modern Ashdod was established in 1956 on the sand hills, 6 kilometers northwest of the ancient site...
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city of Ashdod, and about 5 kilometres northwest of the ancient site of Tel Ashdod, where ancient Ashdod stood in the time of the Philistines. Ashdod-Yam...
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The Fall of Ashdod was the successful Egyptian assault on the city of Ashdod, one of the five cities of the famed Philistine pentapolis, located in southwestern...
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Look up Ashdod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashdod is an ancient Levantine city name today used by the Israeli city of Ashdod. Ashdod can also refer...
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Canaan (redirect from Ancient Canaan)
were not burned to the ground around 1200 BC including: Asqaluna, Ashdod (ancient city), Tell es-Safi, Tel Batash, Tel Burna, Tel Dor, Tel Gerisa, Tell...
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Tel Ashdod, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city. Tel Be'er Sheva, remains of the ancient town, lies east of the modern city. Official...
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The Plague of Ashdod is also known as The Miracle of the Ark in the Temple of Dagon, by the French artist Nicolas Poussin. The painting represents a story...
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see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle...
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Isdud (category Ashdod)
between al-Ramla and Gaza, and equally as a continuation of the ancient city of Ashdod. The village is documented as being well established from at least...
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Tyre, Lebanon (redirect from Ancient tyre)
Cadmus and Phoenix, as well as Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to...
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Ascalon (redirect from Ancient ascalon)
lies on the Mediterranean coast, 16 km. north of Gaza City and 14 km. south of Ashdod and Ashdod-Yam. Around 15 million years ago, a river flowed from...
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the ancient Philistine Pentapolis (along with Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashdod). It is a large multi-period site that is located in central Israel, approximately...
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Philistines (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
archaeological artifacts from the five ancient Philistine city-states Archaeological sites: Archaeology in Gaza Ashdod-Yam Ashkelon National Park "Lords"...
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Neo-Assyrian sources p.312: The four city-states of the late Philistine period (Iron Age II) are Amqarrūna (Ekron), Asdūdu (Ashdod), Hāzat (Gaza), and Isqalūna...
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Gush Dan (section Cities in Gush Dan)
housing increased dramatically, with new cities such as Modiin and El'ad being built, and cities like Ashdod more than doubling in population, from 83...
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control over the zone, since it stands near Tel Ashdod [he] - location of an ancient Philistine city of Ashdod. Mivza - Re'em industrial zone - a small industry...
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expanded into the Near East early in this period. They conquered the city of Ashdod around 655 BC, and a wide range of archaeological finds from throughout...
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Phoenicia (redirect from Ancient Phoenicia)
The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern...
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Philistia (category Ancient Near East)
a confederation of five main cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and for a time...
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Gan Yavne (section Twin towns – sister cities)
גַּן-יַבְנֶה) is a town in central Israel, located adjacent to the city of Ashdod. Gan Yavne was founded in 1931 and achieved local council status in...
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Bible, Dagan was also the national god of the Philistines, with temples at Ashdod and Gaza, but there is no extrabiblical evidence confirming this. The extrasolar...
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Tiraspol (redirect from Be glorious, our city!)
groups. The city celebrates its anniversary every year on 14 October. The toponym consists of two ancient Greek words: Τύρας, Tyras, the Ancient name for...
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Damascus (redirect from City of Jasmin)
The Christian districts in the city are Bab Tuma, Qassaa and Ghassani. Each have many churches, most notably the ancient Chapel of Saint Paul and St Georges...
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Arameans (redirect from Ancient Arameans)
of the 1st millennium BCE, several Aramean-ruled city-states were established throughout the ancient Near East. The most notable was Aram-Damascus which...
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Ekron (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
Mitinti, king of Ashdod, [and to] Padi, king of Ekron, [and to] Silli-bel, king of Gaza, I gave. And (thus) I diminished his land. Ashdod and Ekron survived...
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Assyrian city Archevite Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk Ashdod Ashkelon...
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Khirbet Qeiyafa (category Ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea)
as Horbat Qayafa (Hebrew: חוֹרְבָת קַייָאפַה), is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the Valley of Elah and dated to the first half of the...
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Meṣad Hashavyahu is an ancient fortress on the border of the Iron Age Kingdom of Judah facing the Philistine city of Ashdod near the Mediterranean Sea...
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(1995a). "Karkamish and Karatepe: Neo-Hittite City-States in North Syria". Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Vol. 2. New York: Simon & Schuster...
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