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The city of Gaza ( Arabic غزة Gazzah; Hebrew alphabet עזה, Standard Hebrew ʿAzza, Tiberian Hebrew Gazzāh, ʿAzzāh; sometimes called Gaza City to distinguish it from the Gaza Strip), is the principal city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 400,000. It is currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority, which took it over from Israel following the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Gaza has long been sought after by many groups due to its location between Asia and Africa, its fertile land, and its value as a sea port.
The earliest known reference to the city was by the Egyptian PharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E Thutmose IIIThutmose III (also written as Tuthmosis III called Manahpi(r)ya in the Amarna letters) (? 1426 BC), was a Pharaoh of Egypt in the Eighteenth Dynasty. He ruled 1479 BC 1426 BC. He was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Isis, a minor wife. When Thutmose II in the 15th century B.C. It is also mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna tablets. The exact site of ancient Gaza is not known.
Modern Gaza was built in the time of Herod the GreatHerod I, also known as Herod the Great was an ancient king. 74 BC 4 BC March in Jerusalem). Biography Herod the Great arose from a wealthy, influential Idumaean family, (the Idumaean the Edomite of the Bible, who settled in Idumea, also known as Edom, in. In biblical times Gaza was one of the major cities of the PhilistinesThe historic Philistines (see note "Philistines" below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. Their origin has been contended am. The Philistine city was built on a hill about 150 feet (45 meters) above sea level, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Mediterranean SeaThe Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. 5 million km². The term Mediterranean derives from the Latin mediterraneus 'inland' mediu. It was a walled city of about 200 acres (80 hectares). It came successively under the control of the IsraeliteAn Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. There ares, AssyrianNote This article has been the subject of contention and is currently being completely re-edited at Assyrian/Revision For the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, see Assyria. Assyrians are the indigenous people of north Iraq members of the Assyrian Church of ths, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Persians.
Gaza became a Muslim city in 635, when it was captured by the Arabs. The city was taken by Crusaders in the 1100s, although it was recaptured by Muslims in 1187.
The Ottoman Empires took control of Gaza in the in the 1500s. During World War I on November 7, 1917 the Third Battle of Gaza ended and United Kingdom forces captured Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
Gaza served as the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that militarily administered the Gaza Strip from 1967 to 1994.
The origin of the name Gaza is unclear. It has been variously reported to derive from the Canaanite, Hebrew, and Persian languages.
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