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Ashdod (ăsh`dŏd, ăshdōd`) [Heb.,=stronghold], city (1994 pop. 120,100), SW Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is Israel's leading port after Haifa. Construction is Ashdod's main industry; its manufactures include synthetic fibers, woolen yarn, and knitted goods. Nearby is the site of ancient Ashdod, which was settled as early as the Bronze Age. Conquered by the Philistines Philistines (fĭl`ĭstēnz, fĭlĭs`–) ..... Click the link for more information. in the 12th cent. B.C., it became an important city of the Philistine Pentapolis and a center for the worship of Dagon Dagon (dā`gŏn), god of fertility, widely worshiped in the Middle East, particularly in Canaan. ..... Click the link for more information. . The city was later ruled by Judah, Egypt, and Assyria. The Jews of Ashdod had been considered idolatrous by other Jews since the time of the return to Jerusalem (6th cent. B.C.), but they were cleansed by Judas Maccabeus in 163 B.C. Jonathan, the brother of Judas Maccabeus, took the city in 148 B.C. and destroyed the temple of Dagon. Ashdod was revived by the Romans and was an early Christian center. The first modern Israeli settlement in Ashdod was made in 1955, and in 1965 the deepwater port was completed. Ashdod a town in central Israel, on the Mediterranean coast: an important city in the Philistine Empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. Pop.: 192 000 (2003 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What Middle Eastern country has a port on the Mediterranean Sea, at Ashdod, and on the Red Sea, at Eilat? The documents prove his father's ownership of 124 dunums of fertile farmland, including olive and orange groves, palm trees and the family's two-story house, close to the shores of Ashdod beach in what is now Israel. Serum samples were tested for Chlamydia and Chlamydophila species IgG (to endpoint titer) with a MIF assay (Chlamydia IgG SeroFIA, Savyon Diagnostics, Ashdod, Israel) using purified Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Chlamydophila psittaci elementary bodies as antigen and a complement fixation (CF) assay using a Chlamydia genus-specific glycoprotein (Virion, Ruschlikon, Switzerland) (22,23). |
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