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ID: 1099922 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1099922			Record Type: administrative

Tel Ashqelon (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 40 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 31.6667 decimal degrees
Long: 034 33 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 34.5500 decimal degrees

Note: Taken by Philistines in the 12th century BCE and became 1 of their 5 city states; conquered by Arabs 636; site of Crusaders' victory under Godfrey of Bouillon over Egyptian sultan 1099; captured by Baldwin III 1153; taken by Saladin 1187; destroyed by Baybars I in 1270.

Names:

Tel Ashqelon (preferred,C,V)
Ashqelon (C,V)
Ashkelon (C,V,English-P)
אשקלון (C,U,Hebrew )
Ascalon (H,V)	............	Roman name

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Yisra'el (nation) (P)

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HaDarom (national district) (P)

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Tel Ashqelon (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)	............	settled since 3rd millennium BCE, destroyed in 1270 CE
archaeological site (C)	............	excavation of important remains began in 1920; Harvard team has been working here since 1985
capital (H)	............	of kingdom of Philistines 1200-900 BC
inhabited place (H)
trade center (H)	............	between Syria & Egypt 1100s BC; particularly for agricultural exports, the onion "scallion" takes it's name from the city
port (H)	............	for early cultures and Crusaders

Sources and Contributors:

אשקלון..........	[IMJ]
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

Ascalon..........	[VP]
.................	Ashkelon, National Geographic (2001) 68 ff.
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 53

Ashkelon..........	[IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 82

Ashqelon..........	[VP]
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 82

Tel Ashqelon..........	[VP Preferred]
.......................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 196

Subject: .....	[IMJ, VP]
..................	Ashkelon, National Geographic (2001) 68 ff.
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 53
..................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 196
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 82


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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