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1. Tiberias: City founded by Herod Antipas in the year 26 C., and named in honor of the emperor Tiberius; situated on the western shore of Lake Gennesaret, near certain hot springs, in the most beautiful region of Galilee. The population of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Tiberias: TIBERIAS ti-be'-ri-as ([Tiberias], John 6:23): About the middle of the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the mountains fall back from the coast, and leave a roughly crescent-shaped plain, about 2 miles in length ... [100%] 1915-01-01
3. Tiberias: Tiberias, a town on the western shore of the sea of Galilee. It has a population of about 4000, more than half of whom are Jews (principally Polish immigrants). It stands in a fertile but fever-stricken strip of plain ... [100%] 2022-09-02
4. Al-Shajara, Tiberias: Al-Shajara (Arabic: الشجرة) was a Palestinian Arab village depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War when its residents were forcefully evacutaed and became refugees. It was located 14 kilometers west of Tiberias on the main highway to Nazareth ... [70%] 2022-11-25 [Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War] [District of Tiberias]...
5. Al-Hamma, Tiberias: Al-Hamma (Arabic: الحمّة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Tiberias. It was situated on a narrow salient in the Yarmouk Valley bounded by Syria to the north and Transjordan to ... [70%] 2023-12-29 [Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War] [District of Tiberias]...
6. Tiberias Football Stadium: Tiberias Municipal Stadium (Hebrew: האצטדיון העירוני של טבריה, HaItztadion HaIroni Shel Tverya), is a football stadium currently being built in Tiberias for Ironi Tiberias F.C., the football team of the town, and will replace the old stadium located downtown. Once completed, the new ... (Football stadium currently being built in Tiberias) [57%] 2023-11-21 [High-tech architecture] [Multi-purpose stadiums in Israel]...
7. Justus Of Tiberias: Historical writer and one of the leaders of the Jews against the Romans in Galilee in the year 66. What is known of him comes mostly from his political and literary enemy, Josephus Flavius; so that an exact biography of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Meer van Tiberias: Die Meer van Tiberias (Hebreeus: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Arabies: بحيرة طبريا), algemeen bekend as die See van Galilea, is 'n meerin Galilea, Israel. Die meer is na Tiberias, die grootste stad aan die meer vernoem. [57%] 2023-08-08
9. Hapoel Tiberias F.C.: Hapoel Tiberias (Hebrew: הפועל טבריה) was a football club from Tiberias, Israel. The club spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football in the 1960s, making one additional appearance in the top flight in 1988 before relegating back to the ... [57%] 2023-07-06 [Defunct football clubs in Israel] [Association football clubs established in 1935]...
10. Sea Of Tiberias: SEA OF TIBERIAS ti-be'-ri-as. See GALILEE, SEA OF. ti-be'-ri-as. See GALILEE, SEA OF. [57%] 1915-01-01
11. Benjamin Of Tiberias: A rich Jew who, when the emperor Heraclius in 628 went to Jerusalem during the Persian war, was accused of hostility toward the Christians. This accusation probably implied that he sided with the Persians. Notwithstanding this charge, however, the emperor ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. 1660 destruction of Tiberias: The 1660 destruction of Tiberias occurred during the Druze power struggle in the Galilee, in the same year as the destruction of Safed. The destruction of Tiberias by the Druze resulted in abandonment of the city by its Jewish community ... (Reported destruction of a Jewish community) [50%] 2023-10-02 [Antisemitism in the Ottoman Empire] [Anti-Jewish pogroms by Muslims]...
13. Sieges of Tiberias (1742–1743): The sieges of Tiberias occurred in late 1742 and the summer of 1743 when the Ottoman governor of Damascus, Sulayman Pasha al-Azm, twice attempted and failed to eliminate the increasingly powerful, Tiberias-based multazim (tax farmer), Zahir al-Umar ... (1742–1743) [50%] 2023-12-19 [1742 in Asia] [1743 in Asia]...
14. Capture of Tiberias (1918): The Capture of Tiberias took place on 25 September 1918 during the Battle of Sharon which together with the Battle of Nablus formed the set piece Battle of Megiddo fought between 19 and 25 September in the last months of ... (1918) [50%] 2024-09-25 [Conflicts in 1918] [1918 in British-administered Palestine]...
15. Tiberias, Sea Of: TIBERIAS, SEA OF See GALILEE, SEA OF. See GALILEE, SEA OF. [57%] 1915-01-01