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Philistia (region)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 20, 2019 02:23 PM — History

A region in the southern Levant inhabited by the Philistines in the Iron Age. The Philistine Pentapolis comprised Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Gath.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.68589278, 34.67003042

Locations:

None

Names:

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Philistia (region) makes connections with:

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Philistia (region) receives connections from:

Gaza part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
Ashdod/Azotos (Mesogeios) part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
Ashqelon/Ascalon part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
Gimtu part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
Ekron/Akkaron part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)

Place type:
region

References:

See Further:

Mountjoy 2018 page 1095

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Philistia

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Philistia (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416> [accessed: 05 April 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416 |title=Places: 660988416 (Philistia (region)) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 5, 2020 10:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Philistia (region)