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Ramla

Israel / Hamerkaz / Ramla /
Ramla (Hebrew: רַמְלָה Ramlāh; Arabic: الرملة‎ ar-Ramlah, also Ramlah, Ramle, Remle and sometimes Rama), is a city in central Israel. The city is predominantly Jewish with a significant Arab minority. Ramla was founded circa 705–715 AD by the Umayyad Caliph Suleiman ibn Abed al-Malik after the Arab conquest of the region. Ramla lies along the route of the Via Maris, connecting old Cairo (Fustat) with Damascus, at the intersection of the roads connecting the port of Jaffa with Jerusalem.

It was conquered many times in the course of its history, by the Abbasids, the Ikhshidids, the Fatamids, the Seljuqs, the Crusaders, the Mameluks, the Turks, the British, and the Israelis. After an outbreak of the Black Death in 1347, which greatly reduced the population, an order of Franciscan monks established a presence in the city. Under Arab and Ottoman rule the city became an important trade center. Napoleon's French Army occupied it in 1799 on its way to Acre
www.express.co.uk/news/science/1498175/archaeology-news...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramla
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Coordinates:   31°55'41"N   34°52'27"E

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