About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Tantura, Balad al-Sheikh, Hawsha, Ein Hod, Ayn Ghazal, Al-Sarafand, Ijzim, Kafr Lam, Wadi Ara, Haifa, Al-Tira, Haifa, Daliyat al-Rawha', Qisarya, Qannir, Al-Mansi, Sabbarin, Khubbayza, Qira, Haifa, Al-Mazar, Haifa, Al-Sindiyana, Khirbat Qumbaza, Arab al-Fuqara, Naghnaghiya, Al-Butaymat, Umm az Zinat, Abu Zurayq, Al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa, Al-Ghubayya al-Tahta, Khirbat al-Sarkas, Al-Kafrayn, Burayka, Abu Shusha, Yajur, Haifa, Umm ash Shauf, Al Jalama, Haifa, Jaba', Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, Wa'arat al-Sarris, Arab al-Nufay'at, Al-Rihaniyya, Lid, Khirbat, Al-Dumun, Khirbat, Al-Mansura, Khirbat, Al-Kasayir, Khirbat, Khirbat Sa'sa', Kabara, Haifa, Al-Manara, Khirbat, Al-Burj, Khirbat, Khirbat al-Shuna, Barrat Qisarya, Khirbat al-Sawamir. Excerpt: Tantura (Arabic:, al-Tantura, lit. The Peak) was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located 8 kilometers northwest of Zikhron Ya'akov on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. It was built on the ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Dor. Dor was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria and a center for the manufacture of Tyrian purple, extracted from the murex snail found there in abundance. Dor is first mentioned in the Egyptian Story of Wenamun, as a port ruled by the Tjeker prince Beder, where Wenamun (a priest of Amun at Karnak) stopped on his way to Byblos and was robbed. According to the Book of Joshua, Dor was an ancient royal city of the Canaanites commanding the heights of Dor whose king became an ally of Jabin of Hazor in the conflict with Joshua. Dor is also mentioned in the Book of Judges as a Canaanite city whose inhabitants were put to 'taskwork' when the area was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. In the Book of Kings we are told that Dor was incorporated into David's Israelite kingdom. In the 10th century BCE, it became the capital of the ...
