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Jezreel Valley

Also known as Plain of Esdraelon

The Jezreel Valley is a broad fertile plain in northern Israel, between the hills of Galilee and Samaria, running from Mount Carmel towards the Jordan. The main route from Egypt to Syria crossed it past Megiddo, which made it one of the great battlefields of the ancient Near East, from Thutmose III's victory at Megiddo to the Mongol defeat at Ain Jalut in 1260.

Jezreel Valley
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jezreel Valley. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jezreel-valley
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The Epoch Institute. “Jezreel Valley.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jezreel-valley.
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