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Acre, along with Beirut and Sidon, capitulated without a fight to the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187, after his decisive victory at Hattin and the subsequent Muslim capture of Jerusalem. Model of Crusader ships anchored in Akko harbor in 1270 by the ICRS Copy of a 1320 map of Acre depicting the layout and fortifications of the city prior to the ...
A modern map of the area of Al-Nabi Rubin, Acre uploaded from OpenStreetMap via Wikimedia maps in 2020. This map is part of a series of historical maps used for comparison, showing the same area. Related files include: Template:See more images; Latitude: 33° 4′ 49″ N: Longitude: 35° 17′ 29″ E: Horizontal resolution: 1 dpc: Vertical ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Geography of Israel Continent Asia Region Levant Coordinates 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E / 31; 35 Area Ranked 150th • Total 20,770 km 2 (8,020 sq mi) • Land 97.88% • Water 2.12% Coastline 273 km (170 mi) Borders Egypt: 208 km Jordan: 307 km Lebanon: 81 km Syria: 83 km West Bank: 330 ...
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Ptolemais was an ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in the ancient region of Phoenicia, in the location of the present-day city of Acre, Israel. It was also called Ptolemais in Canaan and Ake-Ptolemais (or Akko, Ake, or Akre in Canaanite Language). It was an ancient bishopric that became a double Catholic titular see.
In the 1945 statistics, its land was grouped with the lands of Fassuta (existent) and Dayr al-Qassi; the total population was 2,300 [2] and their total land area was 34,011 dunums. [ 3 ] 1,607 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,475 used for cereals, [ 9 ] while 247 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
The Acre Subdistrict (Arabic: قضاء عكا, Qadaa Akka; Hebrew: נפת עכו, Nefat Akko) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in what is now northern Israel, having nearly the same territory as the modern-day Acre County. The city of Acre was the district's capital.
The Acre Subdistrict, alternatively spelt as Akko Subdistrict (based on Hebrew name) or Akka Subdistrict (based on Arabic name), is one of Israel's sub-districts in the Northern District. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History