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KERAK , a See also:town in eastern See also:Palestine, 10 m. E. of the See also:southern See also:angle of the Lisan promontory of the Dead See also:Sea, on the See also:top of a rocky 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 about 3000 ft. above sea-level. It stands on a See also:platform forming an irregular triangle with sides about 3000 ft. in length, and separated by deep ravines from the ranges around on all sides but one. The See also:population is estimated at 6000 Moslems and 1800 Orthodox See also:Greek Christians. Kerak is identified with the Moabite town of Kir-Hareseth (destroyed by the See also:Hebrew-Edomite See also:coalition, 2 See also:Kings iii. 25), and denounced by See also:Isaiah under the name Kir of See also:Moab (xv. 1), Kir-Hareseth (xvi. 7) or Kir-Heres (xvi. II): See also:Jeremiah also refers to` it by the last name (xxxix. 31, 36). The See also:modern name, in the See also:form Xapa, appears in 2 See also:Mace. xii. 17. Later, Kerak was the' seat of the See also:archbishop of See also:Petra. The Latin kings of See also:Jerusalem, recognizing its importance as the See also:key of the E. See also:Jordan region, fortified it in 1142: from 1183 it was attacked desperately by See also:Saladin, to whom at last it yielded in r,88. The Arabian Ayyubite princes fortified the town, as did the See also:Egyptian See also:Mameluke sultans. The fortifications were repaired by Bibars in the 13th See also:century. For a See also:long 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 after the See also:Turkish occupation of Palestine and See also:Egypt it enjoyed a semi-See also:independence, but in 1893 a Turkish See also:governor with a strong See also:garrison was established there, which has greatly contributed to secure the safety of travellers and the See also:general quiet of the See also:district. The town is an irregular congeries of See also:flat mud-roofed houses. In the See also:Christian See also:quarter is the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:George; the See also:mosque also is a See also:building of Christian origin. The town is surrounded by a See also:wall with five towers; entrance now is obtained through bleaches in the wall, but formerly it was accessible only by means of tunnels cut in the rocky substratum. The See also:castle, now used as the headquarters of the garrison and closed to visitors, is a remarkably See also:fine example of a crusaders' fortress.
(R. A. S.
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