HAMAH  , the Hamath of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, a Hittite royal See also:

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

city, situated in the narrow valley of the See also:

• ORONTES

Orontes, 110 See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles N . (by E.) of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus . It finds a See also:

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

place in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern boundaries of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel under See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon and See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

Jeroboam II . (2 Sam. viii . 9; 1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings viii . 65; 2 Kings )iv . 25) . The Orontes flows winding past the city and is spanned by four See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges . On the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the houses rise 15o ft. above the See also:

• RIVER

river, and there are four other hills, that of the Kalah or See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle being to the See also:

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

north roo ft. high . Twenty-four minarets rise from the various mosques . The houses are principally of mud, and the See also:

• TOWN

town stands amid See also:

• POPLAR
• POPLAR (Lat. Populus)

poplar gardens with a fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The castle is ruined, the streets are narrow and dirty, but the bazaars are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, and the 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 with the See also:

• BEDOUINS (Ahl Bedu, " dwellers in the open land," or Ahl el beit, " people of the tent," as they call themselves)

Bedouins considerable .

The numerous See also:

• WATER

water-wheels (naurah,) of enormous See also:

• DIMENSION (from Lat. dimensio, a measuring)

dimension, raising water from the Orontes are the most remarkable features of the view . See also:

• SILK

Silk, woollen and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods are manufactured . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is about 40,000 . In the See also:

• YEAR

year 854 B.C . Hamath was taken by See also:

• SHALMANESER [Ass. Sulmanu-afarid, " the god Sulman (Solomon) is chief "]

Shalmaneser II., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria, who defeated a large See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of allied Hamathites, Syrians and Israelites at Karkor and slew 14,000 of them . In 738 B.C . Tiglath Pileser III. reduced the city to See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute, and another See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion was crushed by See also:

• SARGON

Sargon in 720 B.C . The down-fall of so See also:

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

ancient a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state made a See also:

• GREAT

great impression at See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem (Isa. x . 9) . According to 2 Kings xvii . 24, 30, some of its See also:

• PEOPLE

people were transported to the See also:

• LAND

land of N . Israel, where they made images of Ashima or Eshmun (probably See also:

• ISHTAR

Ishtar) .

After the Macedonian See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria Hamath was called Epiphania by the Greeks in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus IV., Epiphanes, and in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it was known by both its See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew and its See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek name . In A.D . 639 the town surrendered to See also:

• ABU

Abu 'Obeida, one of See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar's generals, and the 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 was turned into a See also:

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

mosque . In A.D . 1108 See also:

• TANCRED (d. 1112)
• TANCRED (d. 1194)

Tancred captured the city and massacred the Ism'aileh defenders . In 1115 it was retaken by the Moslems, and in 1178 was occupied by See also:

• SALADIN (Arab. Sala-ud-din, " Honouring the Faith ") (1138—1193)

Saladin . See also:

• ABULFEDA [Abu l-Fida' Ismail ibn 'Ali 'Imad-ud-Dni] (1273-1331)

Abulfeda, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Hamah in the early See also:

• PART

part of the 14th See also:

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

century, is well known as an authority on Arab See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography .