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Gerasa (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 16 40 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.2789 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 53 27 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.8918 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an ancient city, immediately adjacent to a modern town of the same name; noted as a well-preserved Palestinian city of Roman times. It was transformed from a village into a considerable town in Hellenistic times, perhaps by Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE); and was known then as Antioch on the Chrysorhoas. Pompey in his reorganization of the East assigned it to Roman Syria as one of the towns of the Decapolis. Was annexed by Alexander Janneus to Jewish territory, and in 63 BCE. Was an important Early Christian center. |
Names: |
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| Gerasa (preferred,C,V,S)
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............ | ancient |
| Jarash (C,V)
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| Gerash (C,V)
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| Jerash (C,V)
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| Jarosh (C,V)
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| El Geras (C,V)
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| Γέρασα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| גַ'רַש (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| Gerasa Palaestinae (H,V)
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| Sakib (H,V)
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............ | Ottoman name |
| Antioch-on-the-Chrysorhoas (H,V)
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| Antioch In Chrysorrhoam (H,V)
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| Antioch on the Chrysorhoas (H,V)
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| Antioch Ad Chrysorrhoam (H,V)
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| Antioch ad Chrysorrhoam (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Jarash (governorate) (P) |
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Gerasa (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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settled in ancient times |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Palestinian (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Jarash .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Al Urdun, Jarash) [1081893] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Antioch ad Chrysorrhoam.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 2 March 2020 |
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