Ascalon

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ancient city archaeological site port city

Ascalon was an important ancient port city on the Mediterranean coast, strategically located in the southern Levant and frequently contested during the Crusades.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ascalon canonical 5

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
port city ⓘ
conqueredBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusaders ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Philistines ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Saladin ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: early Islamic Caliphates
contestedBy Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
Crusaders ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
contestedDuring Crusades ⓘ
culture Byzantine Christian culture ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ
surface form: Canaanite culture

Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic culture

Islamic culture ⓘ
Philistine culture ⓘ
Roman society ⓘ
surface form: Roman culture
destroyedBy Saladin ⓘ
destroyedInContextOf Crusades ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFinds burial grounds ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
gates and fortifications ⓘ
industrial installations ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Byzantine period ⓘ
Crusader period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
knownFor Hellenistic and Roman remains ⓘ
Philistine occupation ⓘ
harbor facilities ⓘ
role in Crusades ⓘ
strong fortifications ⓘ
locatedIn Canaan ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ
historic Palestine ⓘ
southern Levant ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mentionedIn classical sources ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ
modernCountry Israel ⓘ
modernSiteNear Ashkelon ⓘ
partOf Crusader States frontier ⓘ
region Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
strategicRole important port on trade routes between Egypt and Syria ⓘ
major coastal stronghold ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Jerusalem → majorCity → Ascalon ⓘ
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → majorCity → Ascalon ⓘ
Antiochus of Ascalon → birthPlace → Ascalon ⓘ
Atargatis → majorCultCenter → Ascalon ⓘ
Baldwin III of Jerusalem → capturedCity → Ascalon ⓘ