Author
de Vries; Maya ; Walton; Shireen ; Haapio-Kirk; Laura ; Garvey; Pauline ; Otaegui; Alfonso ; Wang; Xinyuan ; Abed Rabho; Laila ; Hawkins; Charlotte ; Awondo; Patrick ; Miller; Daniel ; Duque; Mar�lia
Year
2021
Publisher
UCL Press
Language
English
Pages
7
Last Update
15-Sep-2024
Keywords
Anthropology ; Communication Studies
This chapter presents a brief survey of ‘Akko’s history and archaeology, setting the stage for detailed descriptions of the archeological finds in the following chapters. We summarize the data available from a wide range of historical sources referring to ‘Akko from the Early Islamic through the Ottoman periods (eighth–nineteenth centuries CE), including written documents, maps, engravings and even photographs from the late Ottoman period, based largely on the works of Schur (1990) and Pringle (2009:3–35).
The geographical location of ‘Akko has always been significant in shaping the history of the city and its economic and political importance. ‘Akko...
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