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Beit Shean (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in cotton producing region; rich in archaeological material of the pre-Israelite period; important in Hittite & early Egyptian history; fell to Arabs 636; one of ten cities of Decapolis. |
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| Bet Sh'ean (preferred,C,V)
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| Baysān (C,V)
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| Beisān (C,V)
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| Beisan (C,O)
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| Beit-Shean (C,O)
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| Beith-Shean (C,O)
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| Beth-Shean (C,O)
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| Beth-Shan (C,O)
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| Beith-Shan (C,O)
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| Bessan (C,O)
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| Bet Shan (C,O)
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| Bet She'an (C,O)
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| Betsean (C,O)
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| Tell El Hosn (C,O)
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| Beit Shean (C,U,English-P)
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| בית שאן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Scythopolis (H,O)
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| Skythopolis (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Northern (national district) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in early Bronze Age |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Palaestina Secunda .......... (province) |
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(World, Byzantine Empire) [7030338] |
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