Arqa
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Arqa is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
Remains of Crusader Castle, Arqa
A coin of Alexander Severus from Caesarea ad Libanum (Roman Arqa)
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Temple of Bacchus
Battle of Qarqar
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The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC when the army of the Neo-Assyrian Empire led by Emperor Shalmaneser III encountered an allied army of eleven kings at Qarqar led by Hadadezer, called in Assyr
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…coast. The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age. The city of Irqata sent 10,000 soldiers to the coalition against the Assyrian king in the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC. The former bishopric became a double Catholic titular see (Latin and Maronite). The Roman Emperor Alexander Severus was born there. It is…
Kurkh stele of Shalmaneser depicting the battle