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Arwād (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.8667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 51 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town on the site of an important ancient Phoenician port; under Assyrian rule 1100-625 BCE; passed to Babylonians 604 BCE & Persians 539 BCE; declined as commercial port during Roman times; occupied by Templars 12th-13th cen. CE; fell to Arabs 1302; occupied by French during World War I. |
Names: |
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| Arwād (preferred,C,V)
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| Rouad (C,O,S)
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| Rawāḑ (C,V)
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| Rouâd (C,V)
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| Ruad (C,O)
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| Ruwad (C,O)
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| Aradus (H,V)
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| Arados (H,V)
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| Arvad (H,V)
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| أرواد (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| אַרְוָד (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ṭarṭūs (governorate) (P) |
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Arwād (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Phoenicians in the early 2nd mill. BC |
| fishing community (C) |
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| port (H) |
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| trade center (H) |
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| Phoenician (H) |
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