See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

GAZA (or `See also:

• ALLAH

AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)  , the most southerly of the five princely See also:

• PHILISTINE

Philistine cities, situated near the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, at the point where the old See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade routes from See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia and See also:

• PETRA (r)

Petra to See also:

• SYRIA

Syria met . It was always a'strong border fortress and a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of commercial importance, in many respects the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern counterpart of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus . The earliest See also:

• NOTICE

notice of it is in the Tell el-Amarna tablets, in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, who then held it for Egypt, with which See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country it always stood in See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close connexion . It never passed for See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long into Israelite hands, though subject for a while to See also:

• HEZEKIAH (Heb. for " [my] strength is [of] Yah ")

Hezekiah of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah; from him it passed to See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria . In See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos i . 6 the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is denounced for giving up See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew slaves to See also:

• EDOM

Edom . To See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus ( iii . 5) the place seemed as important as See also:

• SARDIS

Sardis . The city withstood See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great for five months (332 B.C.), and in 96 B.C. was razed to the ground by Alexander Jannaeus . It was rebuilt by Aulus See also:

• GABINIUS, AULUS

Gabinius, 57 B.C., but on a new site; the old site was remembered and spoken of as " Old " or " See also:

• DESERT

Desert See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza ": compare Acts viii . 26 . In the 2nd and 3rd centuries Gaza was a thriving See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek city, with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and famous temples, especially one to the local See also:

• GOD

god Marna (i.e .

" See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord " or " Our Lord ") . A statue of this god has been found near Gaza; it much resembles the Greek See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus . The struggle with See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity here was long and intense . See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian monks gradually won over the country folk, and in 402, under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius and See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

Porphyry the local See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, the Marneion was destroyed and the See also:

• CROSS

cross made politically supreme . In the 5th and 6th centuries Gaza was held in high repute as a place of learning . But after it passed into Moslem hands (635) it gradually lost all See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save commercial importance, and even the Crusaders did little to revive its old military See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory . It finally was captured by the Moslems in 1244 . See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon captured it in 1799 . The See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TOWN

town (pop . 16,000) is divided into four quarters, one of which is built on a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill . A magnificent See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove of very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives forms an See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue 4 M. long to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . There are many lofty minarets in various parts of the town, and a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque built of ancient materials .

A See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church towards the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the hill has also been converted into a mosque . On the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east is shown the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• SAMSON (1135-1211)
• SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " sun ")
• SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

Samson (an erroneous tradition dating back to the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages) . The ancient walls are now covered up beneath See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green mounds of rubbish . The See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is from See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells sunk through the sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil. tothe See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock; of these there are more than twenty—an unusual number for a Syrian town . The See also:

• LAND

land for the 3 M. between Gaza and the sea consists principally of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand See also:

• DUNES

dunes . There is no natural See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, but traces of ruins near the See also:

• SHORE

shore See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the site of the old Maiuma Gazae or See also:

• PORT

Port of Gaza, now called el Mineh, which in the 5th century was a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate town and episcopal see, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• CONSTANTIA

Constantia or Limena Gaza . Hashem, an ancestor of See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet, lies buried in the town . On the east are remains of a See also:

• RACE

race-course, the corners marked by See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite shafts with Greek See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions on them . To the south is a remarkable hill, quite isolated and See also:

• BARE

bare, with a small mosque and a See also:

• GRAVE

grave-yard . It is called el Muntar, " the See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower," and is supposed to be the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain " before (or facing) See also:

• HEBRON (mod. Khulzl er-Rahman, i.e. " the friend of the Merciful One "—an allusion to Abraham)

Hebron," to which Samson carried the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of Gaza (Judg. xvi . 3) . The bazaars of Gaza are considered good .

An extensive pottery exists in the town, and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black earthenware See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to the place is manufactured there . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is dry and comparatively healthy, but the summer temperature often exceeds rro° Fahr . The surrounding country is partly cornland, partly See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste, and is inhabited by wandering See also:

• ARABS

Arabs . The prosperity of Ghuzzeh has partially revived through the growing trade in See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, of which the See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• ANNUAL

annual export to Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain for 1897-1899 was over 30,000 tons . The See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people is Egyptian rather than Syrian . Gaza is an episcopal see both of the Greek and the Armenian church . The Church Missionary Society maintains a See also:

• MISSION

mission, with schools for both sexes, and a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital .