Philistia (region)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 04, 2020 04:58 PM
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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.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416
32.4299818164, 34.9495853991
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- Altaqû part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ashdod/Azotos (Mesogeios) part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Ashqelon/Ascalon part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Azotos Paralios part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Azuru part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Beirut part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Beth Dagon part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekron/Akkaron part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Gabbutūnu part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Gaza part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Gimtu part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Heldua part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ioppe part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1344 BC - 330 BC)
- Simyra? part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
region
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Gabriel Mckee, Jeffrey Becker, and Jamie Novotny, 'Philistia (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/660988416> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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