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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ancient Acre - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 30 June 2015  Page Views: 4638

Multi-periodSite Name: Ancient Acre Alternative Name: Akko
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 1.604 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Haifa
Latitude: 32.923189N  Longitude: 35.069724E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Acre
Ancient Acre submitted by motist : Ancient Acre (Vote or comment on this photo)
Acre/Akko was inhabited from the Bronze age to the Roman period in a tell (mound) east of the old city, on the north bank of the Na'aman river. It was abandoned in the Hellenistic/Roman period when the city moved west to its current location.

The Romans built a breakwater and expanded the harbor at the present location of the harbour.

At the Arab period the old city was built, later fortified by the Crusaders. The following list shows a long chain of conquests and ruling empires over thousands of years.


History Highlights:
16TH C BC Mentioned as "Aak" of the tribute-lists of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III
14TH C BC Mentioned in the Amarna letters, a 14th century BC Egyptian archive of clay tablets
8-6TH C BC Major port for the Phoenicians (from Sidon); city named "Ace"
6Th -4THC BC Persians conquer the city and expand it to the west
332BC Greek rule starts: Alexander the Great takes control
230BC Ptolmey II from Egypt renames city to Ptolemais, and makes it a major Greek city
200BC Switched to Seleucids of Syria
From this time on the city moves west, away from the Tell (Mound)
150BC Jonathan, the Hasmonite King, conquers the city
63BC Pompey takes all Syria cities under Roman control, including Acco
48BC Julius Caesar visits the city
54AD Roman Colonia established by Claudius (Colonia Claudia Felix Ptolemais)
59AD Paul of Tarsus stops at the city
636AD Arabs conquer the city; name it Akka
1104AD Crusaders conquer the city (they bypassed it 5 years earlier); fortify the city and expand the port
1187AD Saladin takes the city after capturing Jerusalem; Christians are evacuated
1188AD Crusaders try to retake Acre but fail
1191AD Richard the Lion Heart retakes the city on the 3rd Crusade
becomes the capital of the remnant of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
1229AD Controlled by the Hospitaller Knights
1291AD After siege, Mamelukes capture the city; they destroy it completely; the city remains a small village
1517AD Ottomans take the city; city falls into total decay
end of 18thC Jezzer Pasha improves and fortifies the city
1799AD Napoleon's failed siege on the City against the Ottomans
1831AD General Ibrahim Pasha, General of Egypt, conquers and destroys the city
1840AD Bombarded by British, Austrian and French; city returns to Turks
1867-1892 BahaUllah, founder of Bahai faith, is exiled to Acre; he lives and dies in the city
1918AD British forces take the city from the Turks (WW1)
4.05.1947 Jewish Irgun forces force in the Central jail and release prisoners
17.5.1948 City Captured by Israeli Forces

Location:

Acre is located at the North of Israel, on the shores of the bay of Haifa. The Old City is located on the south eastern side of the city, and is surrounded entirely by a wall.

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Tel Akko Aerial View by Andy B on Tuesday, 05 July 2016
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The city of Akko (Acre) original site in the Biblical times was several KM east of the old city of Acre. The site, the Tel (mound) of Akko, was one of the important port cities in the ancient world, situated on the northern gate to Israel.



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