2319 - Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel

Ashkalon אַשְׁקְלוֹן dates back to the Neolithic Age (about 6500 years ago). What interested me about this place was the number of groups that ruled it: Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Phoenicians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Persians, Arabs, and the Crusaders. It was destroyed by the Mamluks in 1270.

al-Majdal was established a few kilometers from the ancient site by the late 15th century by the Ottomans.

Again, more change. In 1918 it became a part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration. In 1920 it became a part of Mandatory Palestine. And finally in 1948, during the Arab-Israeli War, the village was conquered by Israeli forces and it has been a part of Israel ever since.

In 1953 it was officially renamed Ashkalon. That's a lot of change!

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