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Sha'ar HaAmakim
Sha'ar HaAmakim ( he, שַׁעַר הַעֲמָקִים, ''lit.'' Gate of the Valleys) is a kibbutz in Northern District (Israel), northern Israel associated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement founded in 1935. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Antiquity Human habitation in the area dates at least as far back as the Coele-Syria, Hellenistic period. Although the site, in recent history, has borne the name of ''Ḫirbet el-Ḥârithîye'', it is thought by modern-day archaeologists to have been the Second Temple period, Second Temple-period site known as ''Geba'' / ''Gibea'' ( gr, Γάβα), based on Josephus' description of distances between ''Geba'' and Simonias and Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village) in Lower Galilee. Crusades In 1283, during the ''hudna'' ("truce") between the Crusader states, Crusaders based in Acre, Israel, Acre and the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk sultan Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly temperate- continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Settlement in what is now Romania began in the Lower Pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
