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ASCALON , now `ASKALAN, one of the five See also:chief cities of the See also:Philistines, on the See also:coast of the Mediterranean, 12 M. N. of See also:Gaza. The See also:place is mentioned several times in the Tell el-Amarna See also:correspondence. It revolted from See also:Egypt on two occasions, but was reconquered, and a -See also:sculpture at See also:Thebes depicts the storming of the See also:city. Ascalon was a well-fortified See also:town, and the seat of the See also:worship of the See also:fish-goddess Derketo. Though situated in the nominal territory of the tribe of See also:Judah, it was never for any length of See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the See also:possession of the Israelites. The only incident in its See also:history recorded in the See also:Bible (the spoliation by See also:Samson, Judg. xiv. 19) may possibly have actually occurred at another place of the same name, in the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill See also:country of See also:Judaea. See also:Sennacherib took it in 701 B.C. The See also:conquest of See also:Alexander hellenized its See also:civilization, and after his time it became tributary alternately to See also:Syria and Egypt. See also:Herod the See also:Great was a native of the city, and added greatly to its beauty; but it suffered severely in the later See also:wars of the See also:Romans and See also:Jews. In the 4th See also:century it again See also:rose to importance; and till the 7th century, when it was conquered by the Moslems, it was the seat of a bishopric and a centre of learning.
During the first crusade a See also:signal victory was gained by the Christians in the neighbouring See also:plain on the 15th of See also:August 1099; but the city remained in the hands of the caliphs till 1157, when it was taken by See also:Baldwin III., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Jerusalem, after a See also:siege of five months. By Baldwin IV. it was given to his See also:sister Sibylla, on her See also:marriage with See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Montferrat in 1178. When See also:Saladin (1187) had almost annihilated the See also:Christian See also:army in the plain of See also:Tiberias, Ascalon offered but a feeble resistance to the See also:victor. At first he repaired and strengthened its fortifications, but afterwards, alarmed at the See also:capture of. St See also:Jean d'See also:Acre (Acre) by See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion in 1191, he caused it to be dismantled. It was restored in the following See also:year by the See also:English king, but only to be again abandoned. From this time Ascalon lost much of its importance, and at length, in 1270, its fortifications were almost totally destroyed by See also:Sultan Bibars, and its See also:port was filled up with stones. The place is now a desolate heap of ruins, with remains of its walls and fragments of See also:granite pillars. The surrounding country is well watered and very fertile.
See a See also:paper by Guthe, " See also:Die Ruinen Ascalons," in the Zeitschrift of the Deutsche Palastina-Verein, ii. 164 (translated in See also:Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement, 188o, p. 182).
See also C. R. See also:Conder in the latter See also:journal, 1875, p. 152. (R. A. S.
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