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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Aqaba, Herodian dynasty, Herod the Great, Isaac, Berenice, Agrippa II, Sela, Amalek, Seir, Esau, Jacob and Esau, Herod Antipas, Salome, Glaphyra, John Hyrcanus, Herodias, Tigranes V of Armenia, Mariamne, Battle of Aqaba, Gulf of Aqaba, Judaea Coin Archive, Alexander, King Hussein International Airport, Herod Archelaus, Doeg the Edomite, Antipater the Idumaean, Herodian architecture, Drusilla, List of rulers of Edom, Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus, Polemon II of Pontus, Philip the Tetrarch, Maresha, Herod II, Alexander, son of Herod, Aqaba Governorate, Tigranes VI of Armenia, Teman, Phasael, Julia, Wadi Araba Crossing, Bozrah, King's Highway, Jebel al-Madhbah, Aqaba Thermal Power Station, Aristobulus Minor, Midianite pottery, Aristobulus of Chalcis, Aqaba Flagpole, Aristobulus IV, Herod of Chalcis, Cleopatra of Jerusalem, Basemath, Aqaba Archaeological Museum, Edomite language, Saraya Aqaba, Mariamne III, Mount Seir, Edomite pottery, Horites, Kenaz, Salome I, Jordan Maritime Authority, Costobarus, Olympias, Kaus, Bela ben Beor, Salampsio, Malthace, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Avith, Mizzah, Pau, Edom, Dinhabah, Mibzar, Jetheth, Elah, Pinon. Excerpt: Herod (Hebrew:, Hordos, Greek: , H r id s), also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (born 73 or 74 BCE, died 4 BCE in Jericho, ), was a Roman client king of Judea. His surname of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis." He is also known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and elsewhere, including his expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple) and the construction of the port at Caesarea Maritima. Important details of his biography are gleaned from the works of the 1st century CE Roman-Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. The Ro...
