. On Nazareth hill. ill under the cross and extending an inch to the left.) PTOLEMAIS (ACRE) -I HIS town of many names first comes to light in theTell el-Amarna tablets (fourteenth century ) asAcca. The book of Judges calls it Accho. During theGreek period the Egyptian ruler of Palestine renamed itPtolemais, and as such it was known in the time ofChrist, when it was port of entry for all Syria. By theseventh century the Arabs had restored its old crusaders took it, re-christened it St. John of Acre,and made it the chief bulwark of Christian dominion inthe East. Richard of Eng
. On Nazareth hill. ill under the cross and extending an inch to the left.) PTOLEMAIS (ACRE) -I HIS town of many names first comes to light in theTell el-Amarna tablets (fourteenth century ) asAcca. The book of Judges calls it Accho. During theGreek period the Egyptian ruler of Palestine renamed itPtolemais, and as such it was known in the time ofChrist, when it was port of entry for all Syria. By theseventh century the Arabs had restored its old crusaders took it, re-christened it St. John of Acre,and made it the chief bulwark of Christian dominion inthe East. Richard of England and Saladin have popu-larized it by their deeds of valor beneath its its long and stormy history it has suffered atleast twenty-three sieges. Among the great namesconnected with it are Sennacherib, Alexander, Herodthe Great, St. Paul, Baldwin, St. Francis of Assisi,and Napoleon. Though the town itself is not visible from Nazareth,one can easily discern the ships in the bay, if the air isclear. [98]. Photo by S. U. Mitman, PTOLEMAIS (ACRE) Deacidified using the Bookkeeper agent: Magnesium OxideTreatment Date: July 2005 PreservationTechnologies A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 111 Thomson Park DriveCranberry Township, PA 16066(724)779-2111 fiT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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