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28,965 ha. Masada (Hebrew: מְצָדָה məṣādā, 'fortress'; Arabic: جبل مسعدة) [1] is an ancient fortification in southern Israel, situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad.
Masada myth. The Masada myth is the early Zionist retelling of the Siege of Masada, and an Israeli national myth. [1] The Masada myth is a selectively constructed narrative based on Josephus 's account, supplemented with fabrications and omissions. This narrative was socially constructed and promoted by Jews in Mandatory Palestine and later Israel.
Siege of Masada. The siege of Masada was one of the final events in the First Jewish–Roman War, occurring from 72 to 73 CE on and around a hilltop in present-day Israel. The siege is known to history via a single source, Flavius Josephus, [3] a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans, in whose service he became a historian. According to ...
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Website. www.mashhad.ir. Mashhad[ a ] (Persian: مشهد; [mæʃˈhæd] ⓘ) [ b ] is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country [ 11 ] about 900 kilometres (560 miles) from Tehran. [ 12 ] In the Central District of Mashhad County, it serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province, the ...
The Adventures of Noko Mashaba. The Adventures of Noko Mashaba is a South African animated sociopolitical satire created by a self-taught animator and university dropout Jonas Lekganyane for Soweto TV, Ekurhuleni TV and YouTube. Intended for any audience, the show is inspired by the American adult animated sitcom South Park and centers around a ...
Masada is an American television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an "ABC Novel for Television," the TV series' script is based on the 1971 novel The Antagonists by Ernest Gann, with a screenplay written by Joel Oliansky. It tells a fictionalized account of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in ...
Ali was born in Oakland, California, on February 16, 1974, to Willicia Goines and Phillip Gilmore. [5][6][7] His birth name, Mahershalalhashbaz, is from Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the name of the prophet Isaiah 's second child (chapter 8, Book of Isaiah). [5] Ali was raised as a Christian in Hayward, California, by his mother, an ordained Baptist ...