2010, ISBN: 9781156658895

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arpad, Hama, Tell Halaf, Sam'al, Upu, Qarqar, Zobah, Sakçagözü, Til Barsip, Ruhizzi, Amrit. Excerpt: Coordinates : 34°507N 35°5427E / 34.83528°N 35.9075°E / 34.83528; 35.9075The Temple of Amrit.Amrit , also known as Marathos (Ancient Greek ) or Marathus , was an Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arpad, Hama, Tell Halaf, Sam'al, Upu, Qarqar, Zobah, Sakçagözü, Til Barsip, Ruhizzi, Amrit. Excerpt: Coordinates : 34°507N 35°5427E / 34.83528°N 35.9075°E / 34.83528; 35.9075The Temple of Amrit.Amrit , also known as Marathos (Ancient Greek ) or Marathus , was an ancient city located near Tartous in Syria . It was founded during the Amorites period, 3rd millennium BC.The city was known as Amrit or Amurre in ancient Canaanite . In the time of Alexander the Great , Amrit was known by the Greek name of Marathos (or the Latin equivalent Marathus). It was one of the biggest cities in the East. Coins minted here in the 2nd and 3rd century BC imply that Amrit played an important economical role. It was under Aradus (Arwad ) domination.External links and references (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Arpad (probably modern Tell Rifa'at , Syria ) was an ancient Aramaean city located in north-western Syria, north of Aleppo . In 743 BC, the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III led a military expedition to Syria, defeating there the Uraratian army. But the city of Arpad, which had formed an alliance with Urartu, did not surrender easily. It took Tiglath-pileser three years of siege to conquer Arpad, whereupon he massacred its inhabitants and destroyed the city.The city is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible several times:Archaeology Tell Rifa'at is an oval 250 by 233 meters. Within this, the main citadel is 142 by 142 meters with a maximum height of 30 meters. The defensive wall surrounding the site is about two miles long.The site has been worked by a team from the Institute of Archaeology or the University of London . After a preliminary examination in 1956, Tell Rifa'at was excavated for two seasons in 1961 and 1964. The team Books, Books, Aramaean-Cities~~Books-Llc, 999999999, Aramaean Cities, Books Llc, 1156658896, General Books LLC, 5/22/2010 12:00:00 AM, , , , General Books LLC<

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arpad, Hama, Tell Halaf, Sam'al, Upu, Qarqar, Zobah, Sakçagözü, Til Barsip, Ruhizzi, Amrit. Excerpt: Coordinates: 34°507N 35°5427E / 34.83528°N 35.9075°E / 34.83528; 35.9075The Temple of Amrit. Amrit, also known as Marathos (Ancient Greek ) or Marathus, was an Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arpad, Hama, Tell Halaf, Sam'al, Upu, Qarqar, Zobah, Sakçagözü, Til Barsip, Ruhizzi, Amrit. Excerpt: Coordinates: 34°507N 35°5427E / 34.83528°N 35.9075°E / 34.83528; 35.9075The Temple of Amrit. Amrit, also known as Marathos (Ancient Greek ) or Marathus, was an ancient city located near Tartous in Syria. It was founded during the Amorites period, 3rd millennium BC. The city was known as Amrit or Amurre in ancient Canaanite. In the time of Alexander the Great, Amrit was known by the Greek name of Marathos (or the Latin equivalent Marathus). It was one of the biggest cities in the East. Coins minted here in the 2nd and 3rd century BC imply that Amrit played an important economical role. It was under Aradus (Arwad ) domination. External links and references (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Arpad (probably modern Tell Rifa'at, Syria ) was an ancient Aramaean city located in north-western Syria, north of Aleppo. In 743 BC, the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III led a military expedition to Syria, defeating there the Uraratian army. But the city of Arpad, which had formed an alliance with Urartu, did not surrender easily. It took Tiglath-pileser three years of siege to conquer Arpad, whereupon he massacred its inhabitants and destroyed the city. The city is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible several times: Archaeology Tell Rifa'at is an oval 250 by 233 meters. Within this, the main citadel is 142 by 142 meters with a maximum height of 30 meters. The defensive wall surrounding the site is about two miles long. The site has been worked by a team from the Institute of Archaeology or the University of London. After a preliminary examination in 1956, Tell Rifa'at was excavated for two seasons in 1961 and 1964. The team Books, , Aramaean-Cities~~Books-Llc, 999999999, Aramaean Cities, Books Llc, 1156658896, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

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