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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)
		The Battle of Carchemish was fought between the Egyptian army and the Babylonian army.
		Megiddo is a tel, a hill made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel ridge, which overlooks the Jezreel Valley from the south.
		Battle of Megiddo 609 BC, between the forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Megiddo-%28609-BC%29 (566 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Battle of Megiddo
		Megiddo is a tel, a hill made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel ridge, which overlooks the Jezreel Valley from the south.
		Battle of Megiddo 1469 BC is the first battle in all of history for which there is reliable information.
		Battle of Megiddo 609 BC, between the forces of Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ba/Battle_of_Megiddo (314 words)

	The Battle of Megiddo
		Megiddo sat on a height where the road emerged from the constriction of the Aruna Pass into the Plain of Esdraelon.
		However, the conquest of Megiddo and its inhabitants was vital, for "...the ruler of every northern country is in Megiddo, and its capture is the capture of a thousand cities".
		While the booty from this battle was vast, the pharaoh seems to have been most proud of the capture of 2,041 horses that were taken and used to swell the breeding stock in Egypt.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/megiddo.htm (1838 words)

	List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600
		Battle of Himera The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
		Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
		Battle of Herdonia Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_battles_1400_bc_ad_600.html (4725 words)

	The Megiddo Expedition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until recently, scholars generally agreed that Megiddo's six-chambered gate and adjoining city wall at the northern entrance to the city was commissioned by King Solomon in the late tenth century B.C. as a part of the great building project mentioned in 1 Kings 9:15.
		The current excavations and the intensive study of the area surrounding Megiddo highlight the considerable resources and economic capability of the northern regions of the Land of Israel, especially during the period of the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah (ca.
		At Megiddo, the arrival of the Assyrian conquerors is present in the archaeological record in the dismantling of the stables and the construction of impressive Assyrian-style palaces from which the rich Jezreel Valley was governed in the name of the Assyrian king.
	megiddo.tau.ac.il /archmag.html (3153 words)

	Megiddo (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		The valley or plain of Megiddo was part of the plain of Esdraelon, the great battlefield of Palestine.
		He was wounded in battle, and died as they bore him away in his chariot towards Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chr.
		Megiddo has been identified with the modern el-Lejjun, at the head of the Kishon, under the northeastern brow of Carmel, on the southwestern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/megiddo.html (321 words)

	Megiddo
		Although Megiddo was not a fortress in the days of World War I, note that the critical battle enabling the British Field Marshal Edmund Allenby to wrest control of the Holy Land from the Turks occurred at Megiddo where he began his offensive against them on September 18, 1918.
		The city of Megiddo was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 17:11; I Chronicles 7:29).
		Western military forces gather in the Valley of Megiddo, at Armageddon, and proceed to Jerusalem to engage eastern forces advancing in that direction, and at the height of battle encounter the unforeseen intervention of the Messiah (Revelation 16:16).
	www.bibarch.com /ArchaeologicalSites/Megiddo.htm (2203 words)

	Historic Battles presented by the South Hill Brass (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Megiddo was a walled city (like better-known Jericho) in Palestine, southwest of the Sea of Galilee, near the Plain of Esdraelon.
		The Kings of Megiddo and Kadesh led a rebellion of several cities in the region, against the authority of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
		Thutmosis believed Megiddo itself could be taken in the final stages of the battle, but his troops interrupted their pursuit to plunder the enemy camp outside the walls.
	www.homestead.com /shb/battles.html (762 words)

	Megiddo (place) - Definition, explanation
		Today, Megiddo is an important junction on the main road connecting the center of Israel with lower Galilee and the northern region.
		Battle of Megiddo (1469 BC): fought between the armies of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition led by the rulers of Megiddo and Kadesh;
		Battle of Megiddo (1918): fought during World War I between Allied troops, led by General Edmund Allenby, and the defending Ottoman army.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/me/megiddo__place_.php (567 words)

	Left Behind: Megiddo and the End Times
		The city of Megiddo stood at the southwest edge of the plain of Esdraelon, the Greek name for this area.
		Megiddo was located on the Via Maris, the main trade route between Eqypt in the south and Syria, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia in the north and east.
		King Joram, wounded in battle, was slain by Jehu along with his courtiers and his body cast into the field of Naboth (2 Kings 9:24-26).
	www.leftbehind.com /channelendtimes.asp?pageid=509&channelID=71 (778 words)

	Megiddo
		Megiddo had been occupied continuously for thousand of years - from 3500 BC to 500 BC - serving as crossroads to an ancient trade route that linked Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.
		Megiddo’s glory was recorded in six letters sent by its king to Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC, indicating that this settlement was one of the mightiest city-states in Canaan.
		Megiddo’s location has always been strategic: the hill allowed control of a chokepoint along the ancient roads that emerge from the narrow Aruna pass into the surrounding fertile Jezreel Valley.
	www.travel-wise.com /asia/western-asia/israel/megiddo.aspx (1030 words)

	Battle of Megiddo - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Megiddo refers to one of three major battles fought near the ancient site of Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel.
		Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) - between Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition
		Battle of Megiddo (AD 1918) - between British / Commonwealth forces and the Ottoman Empire
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Megiddo (149 words)

	MEGIDDO - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The valley or plain of Megiddo was part of the plain of Esdraelon, the great battle-field of Palestine.
		Many years after this (B.C. 610), Pharaohnecho II., on his march against the king of Assyria, passed through the plains of Philistia and Sharon; and King Josiah, attempting to bar his progress in the plain of Megiddo, was defeated by the Egyptians.
		Megiddo has been identified with the modern el-Lejjun, at the head of the Kishon, under the north-eastern brow of Carmel, on the south-western edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/MEGIDDO (269 words)

	Dig this tel \| Jerusalem Post (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The battle was described for posterity in hieroglyphic detail on the walls of his upper Egypt temple.
		In 1992 the first Megiddo expedition of the Institute of Archeology of Tel Aviv University took to the site, and the present dig is their eighth season since.
		Tel Megiddo is perched on a large hill hugging the lower slopes where the Menashe Hills peter off into the Jezreel Valley.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885986292&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter (1039 words)

	Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)
		The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh.
		It is one of the first ancient battles to have been recorded in detail.
		The Battle of Megiddo was an Egyptian victory and resulted in a rout of the Canaanite forces, which fled to safety in the city of Megiddo.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_megiddo__15th_century_bc_.html (170 words)

	A Lord at Meggido
		Viscount Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby of Megiddo, nephew of the legendary British general who liberated Palestine from the Turks and namesake of one of Tel Aviv’s busiest shopping streets, visited the TAU archeological excavations at Megiddo recently.
		Viscount Allenby, 65, inherited the title from his uncle, who was awarded the title “Viscount of Megiddo” for his victory over the Turks at the battle of Megiddo in 1918.
		Megiddo, settled continuously for six millenia and associated with Biblical history, King Solomon and Ahab, is also significant for Christians as Armageddon, the location of the final battle between good and evil.
	www.tau.ac.il /taunews/96fall/megiddo.html (356 words)

	Battle of Megiddo
		After the fall of Jerusalem in December 1917, General Allenby's plans to renew the Allied offensive were delayed by the massive German attacks on the Western Front in March 1918.
		The Battle of Megiddo opened on 19 September at 4.30 a.m.
		Allenby had routed the Turks in one of the war's most decisive battles and there was nothing to stop him advancing further north, with Damascus as the immediate prize.
	www.westernfrontassociation.com /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/megiddo.htm (475 words)

	Armageddon and Biblical Archaeology at Megiddo
		Tel Megiddo is located in what is now known as the Valley of Jezreel--in ancient times it was referred to as the Plain of Esdraelon.
		Megiddo’s location, near the valley’s point of entry, guarded the Aruna pass, one of the most strategic passes through the Carmel mountains.
		Consequently, Megiddo was able to exert control over what in ancient times was known as the Via Maris, or "Way of the Sea." The Via Maris acted as a major road between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and it is believed that people from all over the ancient world passed through, settled, and battled there.
	siteofmegiddo.tripod.com (2370 words)

	The Battle of Megiddo, 1479 BC (DBA Battle Scenario)
		This scenario features the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) - between Egyptian forces under the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition.
		The roads are the Palestine commercial roads to leading to Megiddo, hence the importance of the city.
		Most of what we know about Tuthmosis III's Battle for Megiddo was compiled by the military scribe, Tjaneni, and inscribed on the walls of the Hall of Annals in the Temple of Amun at Karnak in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor).
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/Megiddo/index.html (351 words)

	CESNUR - Full Text of the FBI Report "Project Megiddo"
		The attached analysis, entitled PROJECT MEGIDDO, is an FBI strategic assessment of the potential for domestic terrorism in the United States undertaken in anticipation of or response to the arrival of the new millennium.
		As Megiddo was built and rebuilt, one city upon the other, a mound or hill was formed.
		The name "Megiddo" is an apt title for a project that analyzes those who believe the year 2000 will usher in the end of the world and who are willing to perpetrate acts of violence to bring that end about.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/FBI_004.htm (1411 words)

	Oxford University Press: Battlefield: Richard Holmes
		It begins with the battle of Megiddo in ancient Egypt in 1476 BC and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf War, covering almost 300 battles from around the world-- including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, as well as from Europe and the Americas.
		The battles are grouped within chapters that tell the wider story of a particular era or region, for instance the ancient world, nineteenth-century Europe, World War I, or the Americas.
		In addition, individual battles are placed clearly within the wars and campaigns of which they formed a part, making it possible for the reader to follow the details of the battle, and at the same time to understand its military and historical implications.
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	Tel Megiddo, Israel
		As Megiddo lay near the point of entry into the Jezreel Valley of the most important pass through the Carmel range, Nahal `Iron (Wadi `Ara), it controlled the "Way of the Sea" or Via Maris.
		Megiddo was among the first sites excavated in Palestine.
		One of the most significant finds was the water system, consisting of a vertical shaft 120 feet deep connected by a tunnel 215 feet long to a spring located outside the city walls, built during the mid-9th century BCE to protect the city's water supply war time.
	members.tripod.com /~lenapedata/tel-megiddo.htm (469 words)

	Megiddo Review - Variety.com
		Arriving at a moment that is either grandly fortuitous or extremely inopportune, depending on your point of view, this is apocalyptic gobbledygook in which world leader and media magnate Stone Alexander (Michael York) seeks to christen himself divine ruler of the planet via an odd conflux of charity work and heavy-artillery warfare.
		For what it's worth, "Megiddo" is much closer to being a "real" movie than "The Omega Code," in the sense that it has a more conventional story structure, less overt proselytizing and a more experienced director (British journeyman Brian Trenchard-Smith, stepping in for "Omega's" Rob Marcarelli).
		Throughout "Megiddo," many calamitous events befall the world; meteor showers rain on several cities, including Los Angeles, and the final clash of tanks and bombs on a desert battlefield recalls images of Desert Storm.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117798934?categoryID=31&cs=1 (974 words)

	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) Synopsis, Storyline, Plot - MovieWeb
		"Megiddo" is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse.
		For at its emotional core, "Megiddo" is the Cain and Abel story of the two men enamored with the same woman, raised as brothers, who grow up to find themselves pitted against each other over the fate and souls of the entire world.
		It is here at Megiddo that Stone's and David's destinies collide as the mightiest battle in history rages back and forth.
	www.movieweb.com /movies/film/00/300/synopsis.php (569 words)

	World War One Battles
		The battle is often regarded as demonstrating that the Royal Navy was technologically inferior to the German Navy.
		The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, which ran from 14-17 July 1916 and comprised part of the second phase of the Somme Offensive, was launched primarily by Reserve Army (twelve battalions) with Rawlinson's Fourth Army providing a further battalion, on a front extending from Longueval to Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles2.htm (17855 words)

	An Egyptian Account of the Battle of Megiddo (c. 1482 BC)
		The southern wing was in Taanach the northern wing was on the ground south of Megiddo.
		The southern wing of this army of his majesty was on a hill south of the brook of Kina, the norther wing was at the northwest of Megiddo, while his majesty was in their center, with Amon as the protection of his members, the valor of his limbs.
		Now, if only the army of his majesty had not given their heart to plundering the things of the enemy, they would have captured Megiddo at this moment, when the wretched foe of Kadesh and the wretched foe of this city were hauled up in haste to bring them into this city.
	www.touregypt.net /battleofmegiddo.htm (1746 words)

	The Battle of Megiddo: the first battle recorded in history - Military Photos
		The Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III commemorated his victory at the Battle of Megiddo with an inscription and pictorial reliefs at Karnak.
		Reviewing what is known about the battle and considering its implications offers an introduction to the state of warfare at the time and the evolution of warfare to that point.
		The military booty from the battle and siege was over 350 living prisoners, 900 chariots (two partially made of gold), two fine suits of bronze mail armor belonging to leaders, 200 leather coats of armor, over 2000 horses, and 502 bows.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=34898 (728 words)

	Battle of Megiddo
		The night before the battle the King's troops were camped out into two separate contingents, as is typical of the Egyptian army on a campaign, one representing the South and one representing the North.
		He was protected between the Southern army, stationed on a hill to the south of the city, and the Northern army positioned to the south west of the city of Megiddo.
		There was one thing worse than dieing in battle in the Eighteenth dynasty - it was being captured and enforced into a life of miserable slavery, or potentially something else not worth considering.
	www.ancientsites.com /aw/Post/417841&authorid=12473 (810 words)

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