The Iron Age in the traditional Ancient Near Eastern chronology ranges from somewhere around 1200 BCE to 333 BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/850/mesopotamian-effects-on-israel-during-the-iron-age/ #History #Archaeology #Bible #Gezer

Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. https://www.worldhistory.org/canaan/ #History #Abraham,thePatriarch #Canaan #Gezer

Gezer is an ancient city and archaeological site located in central Israel where the central mountains meet the northern Shephelah, about 10 km southeast of the city of Ramleh. According to the Hebrew Bible, Gezer was one of the great cities fortified by Solomon, in addition to Jerusalem, Megiddo, and Hazor (1 Kings 9:15–17) .
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Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. It was also known as Phoenicia. The origin of the name 'Canaan' comes from various ancient texts and there is no scholarly consensus on precisely where the name originated nor what it meant.
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Am 25. November 1177, heute vor 845 Jahren, gewannen die Kreuzfahrer die Schlacht von Montgisard.

Die Truppen unter König Balduin IV. von Jerusalem und Renaud de Châtillon besiegten bei Montgisard (in der Nähe des heutigen Gezer in Israel) die zahlenmäßig überlegene Streitmacht der Ayyubiden unter Sultan Saladin.

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