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referred to the city in the 9th century as "Azdud", echoing the pre-Hellenistic name. By the 16th century, it had lost its initial vowel to become just "Sdud", before regaining it by the 19th century as "Esdud" – a form of the settlement's name that changed little through to the 20th century "Isdud".
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The ancient Levantine settlement of Ashdod had many names. Its first attestation comes in the form of 11th century BCE Egyptian lists, where is it transcribed as "ísdd", which scholars have determined is derived from the
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Four kilometres out of town and just west of Route 4, Tel Ashdod was the centre of the village of Isdud - ancient Ashdod - and site of the Philistine port. Get off the bus if you like old mounds, derelict Palestinian
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bombed Isdud and several other locations. Fearing encirclement, Egyptian forces retreated on October 28, 1948, and the majority of the residents fled. The 300 townspeople who remained were driven southwards by the
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In the Hellenistic period, the name of the settlement became "Azotus" in Greek and sometimes specifically "Azotus Mesogaias", literally "Inland Azotus", in contrast to
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of Egypt (r. 664 – 610 BCE) is reported to have besieged the great city of "Azotus" for twenty-nine years (Herodotus, ii. 157); the biblical references to
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In the late nineteenth century, Isdud was described as a village spread across the eastern slope of a low hill, covered with gardens. A ruined
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M. Dothan and David Noel Freedman, Ashdod I, The First Season of Excavations 1962, Atiqot, vol. 7, Israel Antiquities Authority, 1967
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brick. There were two main sources of water: a pond and a masonry well. Both were surrounded by groves of date-palm and fig-trees.
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to flee. Sargon's general destroyed the city and exiled its residents, including some Israelites who were subsequently settled in
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BRILL, 2010 pp.301–363, for the Neo-Assyrian sources p.312: The four city-states of the late Philistine period (Iron Age II) are
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Moshe Dothan, Ashdod VI: The Excavations of Areas H and K (1968–1969) (Iaa Reports) (v. 6), Israel Antiquities Authority, 2005,
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authorities, Isdud had a population of 2,566 inhabitants; 2,555 Muslims and 11 Christians, where the Christians were all
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David Noel Freedman, The Second Season at Ancient Ashdod, The Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 134–139, 1963
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helped rebuild Ashdod and several other cities left without protective walls. In 30 BCE Ashdod came under the rule of
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NAVEH, JOSEPH. "Writing and Scripts in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Philistia: The New Evidence from Tell Jemmeh."
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Cogan, Mordechai (1993). "Judah under Assyrian Hegemony: A Reexamination of Imperialism and Religion".
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The first documented urban settlement at Ashdod dates to the 17th century BCE, when it was a fortified
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stood southwest of the village. Its houses were one-storey high with walls and enclosures built of
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explains the use of that name by the fact that Ashdod was the nearest of the Philistine cities to
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Canaanite "’aṯdādu". This became "asdudu" or "asdūdu" in Assyrian records, "ašdudu" in Babylonian
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The earliest major habitation in Ashdod dates to the 17th century BCE. Ashdod was fortified in
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Tel Ashdod... Ancient tel, 7 km S. of modern Ashdod within abandoned Arab village of Isdud...
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Carta's Official Guide to Israel: And Complete Gazetteer to All Sites in the Holy Land
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from the Israelites, the Philistines took it to Ashdod and placed it in the temple of
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The prominence of Hellenised, then Christian Azotus continued until the 7th century.
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known as "Tel Ashdod", located a few kilometers south of the modern Israel city of
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coastal cities. A few years later, in 55 BCE, after more fighting, Roman general
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Overall, the city remained independent of Judean and Israelite rule up until the
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of Ashdod', an archaeological site located a few kilometers south of the modern
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conquered and destroyed Ashdod. By the beginning of the 12th century BCE, the
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on May 29, 1948, and became the Egyptians' northernmost position during the
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For the Freedom of Zion: the Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE
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through to the late medieval period, the city was known to the Greeks as
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Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 143. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 110
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The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception,
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and Moshe Dothan. The remaining seasons were headed by Dothan for the
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Philistine pottery at the Museum of Philistine culture, Ashdod, Israel
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to 3,240; 3,238 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 764 houses.
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of Babylonia conquered it. Under Babylonian rule it was a province.
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endowments and land deeds mention settlement in Azotum. During the
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and fruit crops, as well as goats and beehives; a total of 14,000
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Despite its location four miles (6 km) from the coast,
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Ashdod is mentioned among the principal Philistine cities.
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contributed to its importance. In 1596 CE, administered by
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restored the independence of Azotus, as he did with all
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removed the city from Judean rule and annexed it to the
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The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times
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Seymour Gitin, 'Philistines in the Book of Kings,' in
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and garments. At the end of the 13th century BCE, the
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Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC
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The Towns of Palestine under Muslim Rule AD 600–1600
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Ashdod is first mentioned in written documents from
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His brother 535:in 635 BCE, illustration by Patrick Gray, 1900. 2065: 880: 721:(literally "of the horsemen"), to the Romans. 662:) are interpreted as allusions to this event. 2280: 1782: 1612:Ashdod-Yam Archaeological Project, website of 1836: 1185: 1051:. Israeli forces surrounded the town during 732:city as a maritime city, as did Josephus in 576:had installed instead of his brother Azuri. 1832: 1830: 1828: 1826: 1824: 1822: 1820: 1818: 1477: 1473: 1471: 1453:, having been abandoned at this late phase. 1411:, Baruch Halpern, Matthew Joel Adams (eds.) 765:associated with a Biblical story about the 2287: 2273: 2187:Harris JC (2006). "The plague of Ashdod". 2027: 1944: 1889: 1752: 1358:Cross Jr., F. M.; Freedman, D. N. (1964). 1257:Jacobs, D.; Eber, S.; Silvani, F. (1998). 464:with a two-entryway city gate (similar to 32: 2245: 2186: 1962: 1904: 1636: 1591: 1546: 1514: 1512: 1482:. BAR International Series 1381. p.  1461: 1459: 1353: 1351: 1349: 1179: 1035:The village of Isdud was occupied by the 832:shows both under their respective names. 350:'s rule, who bequeathed it to his sister 1945:Marom, Roy; Taxel, Itamar (2023-10-01). 1815: 1778: 1776: 1774: 1772: 1770: 1600: 1490: 1468: 1330:"Tel Ashdod, Esdûd (S); Isdud, Sdud (M)" 1026: 1022: 994: 970: 522: 1994:Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 1569:Historical dictionary of ancient Israel 1403: 1401: 1133:refers to Azotus as the place in which 804:, who then bequeathed it to his sister 672:In 539 BCE the city was rebuilt by the 636:) was king at the time of Sargon's son 572:after expulsion of king Ahi-Miti, whom 515:farther inland, in addition to Ashdod. 289:, it was one of the five cities of the 3223: 2136:from the original on 26 September 2007 2005:. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, pp. 110-111 1723:from the original on 30 September 2007 1585: 1567:Lemche, Niels Peter (2004). 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Ashdod is located in Israel
Ashdod is located in Levant
Ashdod
Israel
Levant
31°45′13″N 34°39′42″E / 31.75361°N 34.66167°E / 31.75361; 34.66167
Philistine
Hebrew
romanized
Arabic
romanized
Koinē Greek
Mound
Ashdod
Israel
Canaanite
Bronze Age Collapse
Iron Age
Philistine
pentapolis
Hebrew Bible
Uzziah
Kingdom of Judah
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Alexander the Great
Hellenized
Hasmonean kingdom

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