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Ẕippori (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 45 10 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.7534 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 16 44 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.2792 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site adjacent to a modern town of the same name; was inhabited as early as the Iron Age 1000 BCE. Was an important Roman provincial town; after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, it became seat of Jewish religious & legal court; was chief city of Galilee 1st cen.; noted ruins include a Crusader citadel & a Roman theater. |
Names: |
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| Ẕippori (preferred,C,V)
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| Tsipori (C,V)
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| Tzippori (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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| צִפּוֹרִי (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| Sepphoris (H,V,S)
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............ | ancient |
| Σέπφωρις (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Diocaesarea (H,V)
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............ | name given by Hadrian |
| Diocesaraea (C,V)
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| Διοκαισάρεια (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Saffuriyeh (H,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Saffuriya (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| صفورية (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Sapphoris (H,V)
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| Sepphoris-Diocaesarea (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Northern (national district) (P) |
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Ẕippori (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| town (H) |
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| ancient site (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Galilee |
| military center (H) |
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| poleis (H) |
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established by Vespasian |
| province (H) |
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of Rome |
| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Iron Age (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Ẕippori .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Israel, Northern) [7594366] |
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