Ashkelon
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Ashkelon is an ancient coastal city in the southern Levant, historically significant as one of the principal cities of the Philistines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashkelon canonical | 8 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ coastal city ⓘ populated place ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Canaanites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenicians NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Israelites ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Ancient Egyptians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ British Mandate of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Islamic caliphates ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPark | Ashkelon National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatus | city ⓘ |
| hasPort | Ashkelon Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Arabic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern District of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
Mediterranean coast ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Assyrian inscriptions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egyptian texts ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| modernCityEstablished | 1948 ⓘ |
| near | Gaza Strip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oneOf | Five Cities of the Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philistia NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ |
| wasCapitalOf | Philistine city-state of Ashkelon ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.