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Megiddo the battle field of the End Times (GNU)

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The ruins of Megiddo from the Israelite 8 century BC period are shown above in an aerial photograph.
Megiddo was an important fortified city at the entrance to Wadi Ara (Iron) on the western edge of the Jezreel
Valley. Megiddo stands at a vital crossroads on the Via Maris, the “Way of the Sea”, an international road dating
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back to the 3 millennium, connecting Egypt in the south with Damascus in the north and with Mesopotamia.
The Bible describes many battles here, due to its strategic position.

Megiddo:

The location of Megiddo is a historical
site which included the following
people: Canaanites, Egyptians,
Israelites, Assyrians, and Persians in
the biblical times as well as the
Ottoman Turks and Englishmen in the
modern era.

Megiddo's noted importance was
undoubtedly due to its role as a way
station and control point for
international trade.

Its strategic location was the major
international military and trade route of
antiquity that linked Egypt in the south
with Syria, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia
in the north and east.

Modern Map of Megiddo (GNU)