Philistia (region)

region · 1000 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

A region in the southern Levant inhabited by the Philistines in the Iron Age. The Philistine Pentapolis comprised Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Gath.

Coordinates

32.42998, 34.94959

Also known as

Palastu (akk), Palaštāja, Palaštāya (akk), Pilistu, Piliste, Pilisti (akk), Pilistāja, Pilistāya (akk), Pilištu, Pilišta, Pilište, Pilišti (akk), Pilištāja, Pilištāya (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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