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Jericho (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.8667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 27 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Strategically located at the head of the Dead Sea; is one of the earliest known permanent settlements; was a walled town with mud-brick houses by ca. 7000 BCE; was a Late Bronze Age city; recorded in Bible as captured by Joshua & the Israelites ca. 1400 BCE. |
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| Arīḥā (preferred,C,V)
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| Ariha (C,V)
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| Eriha (C,V)
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| Er Riha (C,V)
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| Yeriho (C,V)
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| Jericho (H,O,English-P,U,N)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Jericho (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first settled by 8th mill. BC, there have been several cities on or adjacent to the site of the modern village |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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