Ayalon Valley

E433686

Ayalon Valley is a historically significant valley in central Israel, known as a strategic route and the site of numerous ancient battles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ayalon Valley canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
valley
alternativeTransliteration Aijalon Valley NERFINISHED
Ayalon NERFINISHED
associatedWith Joshua NERFINISHED
phrase "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon"
biblicalEvent Battle of Gibeon and Aijalon NERFINISHED
country Israel
crossedBy modern highways between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
culturalSignificance symbol of divine intervention in battle in Jewish tradition
hasArchaeologicalSites ancient settlements
fortifications
hasFeature ancient roads
archaeological tells
hasWatercourse Ayalon River NERFINISHED
HebrewName Emek Ayalon NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Land of Israel NERFINISHED
ancient Judea NERFINISHED
historicalUse military corridor
trade route
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Central District, Israel NERFINISHED
central Israel NERFINISHED
locatedNear Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Lod NERFINISHED
Ramla NERFINISHED
Tel Aviv NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Book of Joshua NERFINISHED
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
namedAfter Ayalon River NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Kiryat Ye'arim NERFINISHED
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut NERFINISHED
partOf Shephelah NERFINISHED
regionType historical landscape
religiousSignificance site of biblical narrative
strategicImportance key passage on the ascent to the Judean Mountains
major route between coastal plain and Jerusalem
terrain fertile valley
low hills
timePeriodOfSignificance Bronze Age NERFINISHED
Crusader period
Iron Age NERFINISHED
Second Temple period NERFINISHED
usedFor agriculture
wasBattlegroundIn Hellenistic period conflicts
Roman period campaigns
ancient Israelite wars

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Shfela (Judean lowlands) contains Ayalon Valley
subject surface form: Shfela