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The city of Acre (Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ʻAkkā ▶ (help·info); also Accho, Acco, and St.-Jean d'Acre), is in Western Galilee in the North District, Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2003 the city had a total population of 45,600. It stands on a low promontory at the northern extremity of the Bay of Acr ...

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• Acre Israel - History
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• Acre Israel - Ottoman rule
• Acre Israel - The British Mandate
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Few towns have had a more chequered or calamitous history. Of great antiquity, Acre is probably to be identified with the Aak of the tribute-lists of Thutmoses III (c. 1500 B.C.), and it is certainly the Akka of the Amarna letters. To the Hebrews it was known as Acre (Revised Version spelling), but it is mentioned only once in the Old Testament, namely Judges 1:31, as one of the places from which the Israelites did not drive out the Canaanite inhabitants. Theoretically it was in the territory of the tribe of Asher, and Josephus assigns it by ...

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The old city of Acre has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and contains, among other sites, a tunnel leading to a 13th-century fortress of the Knights Templar. Since the 1990s there are vast works of archeological excavations and preservations of ancient structures in progress. The works are carried out by the Old Acre Development Company (OADC). Acre Israel - The walls. The first notable thing which comes to sight when coming to Acre is the heavy land defense wall, built north and ...

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Acre Israel, Acre Israel - Notable sights and places in Acre, Acre Israel - The walls, Acre Israel - The Great Mosque, Acre Israel - Hamam al Basha, Acre Israel - The citadel, Acre Israel - The Knights' Halls, Acre Israel - History, Acre Israel - The Greek and Roman periods, Acre Israel - Arab rule and the Crusades, Acre Israel - Ottoman rule, Acre Israel - The British Mandate, Acre Israel - Israeli rule

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