The city of Acre, Israel

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/28/2008

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Geography

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Summary :

Introduction.
1. Estimation of the population as of 2005.
Geography and history.
1. Location of Acre.
2. The oldest continuously populated cities in the world.
3. The archaeological record.
4. Akko incorporated into the empire of Alexander the Great - 332 BC.
5. Julius Caesar incorporates the city into the Roman Empire - 48 BC.
6. King Baldwin I of Jerusalem's capture of Acre.
7. Entry of the Franks.
8. The Ottomans.
9. The ?rst modern construction of the town.
Present time.
1. Listed only as a medium-sized town in Israel.
2. The underground Crusader ruins.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Since ancient times, the gateway to Palestine has been considered the magniﬁcent harbor at acre. Now a small israeli city with a mixed population of Palestinians and Jews, acre has for more than 4,000 years served the hinterland of southern Syria with access to the long-distance trade routes of the Mediterranean. For a millennium a Canaanite city often under the direct rule of the pharaohs in Thebes, the city was subsequently besieged, destroyed, and rebuilt by the likes of Ramses II, King David, Ashurbanipal, Ptolemy II, Salah ad-Din, Richard the Lionheart, Napoléon, and Ibrahim Pasha. Its golden era was the two centuries it served as the key entry port and then capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, when Franks and Italian traders made it their link to Europe. Today its varied antiquities and monumental buildings attract many tourists, but the small ﬁshing boats drawn up in front of its seaside restaurants are a poor substitute for the hundreds of pilgrim and grain ships that used to moor below its gates.