Amik Valley
Amik Ovası ٱلْأَعْمَاق | |
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  Shown within Turkey  Amik Valley (Middle East)  Amik Valley (Asia) | |
| Alternative name | Amuq Valley |
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| Location | Hatay,Turkey |
| Region | Ash-Shaam |
| Coordinates | 36°20′N36°20′E/ 36.33°N 36.33°E |
| Type | Cluster ofTells |
| History | |
| Periods | PPNB,Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
TheAmik Valley(Turkish:Amik Ovası;[1]Arabic:ٱلْأَعْمَاق,romanized:al-ʾAʿmāq) is a plain inHatay Province,southernTurkey.It is close to the city ofAntakya(Antiochon theOrontes River). Along withDabiqin northwesternSyria,it is believed to be one of two possible sites of the battle ofArmageddonaccording toIslamic eschatology.[2][3][4][5][6]
Archaeological significance
[edit]It is notable for a series ofarchaeologicalsites in the "plain of Antioch".[7]The primary sites of the series areTell al-Judaidah,Chatal Höyük (Amuq)(not to be confused withÇatalhöyükin Anatolia),Tell Tayinat,Tell Kurdu,Alalakh,andTell Dhahab.[8]Al-Mina,at the mouth of the Orontes river, was the main ancient port of the area.
Lake Amikwas an ancient lake in the area, that was located in the centre of Amik Plain.
Tell Judaidah was surveyed by Robert Braidwood and excavated by C. MacEwan of the Oriental Institute of theUniversity of Chicagoin the 1930s.[9][10]
There is also archaeological evidence forCaspian tigersin this valley (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Vallino and Guazzo Albergoni, 1978).[11]
Islamic eschatology
[edit]In ahadith,Abu Hurayrah(acompanionof theIslamicNabi(Prophet)Muhammad) reported thatMuhammadsaid:
The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A'maq or inDabiq.An army consisting of the best of the people of Earth at that time will come fromMedina(to counteract them).
— Sahih Muslim,Volume 41, Chapter 9, Hadith 6924[12]
Islamic scholarsand hadith commentators suggest that the word "Romans" refers to Christians.[13]The hadith further relates the subsequent Muslim victory, followed by the peaceful takeover ofConstantinoplewith invocations oftakbirandtasbih,and finally the defeat of theAnti-Christfollowing the return and descent ofJesus Christ.[14][15]Other hadiths relate the appearance ofImam Mahdiimmediately before theSecond Coming of Jesus.[16]
References
[edit]- ^"Amik Ovası".reyhanli.gov.tr.Retrieved3 November2022.
- ^"MELHAME-İ KÜBRA (ARMAGEDDON) SAVAŞI".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-12-12.Retrieved2015-09-11.
- ^Amik Ovası ve Armageddon Savaşı(in Turkish)
- ^IŞİD’in nihai hedefi(in Turkish)
- ^"MELHAME-İ KÜBRA / BÜYÜK SAVAŞ"(in Turkish). Archived fromthe originalon 2018-05-15.Retrieved2015-09-11.
- ^Büyük savaş melhamei kübra(in Turkish)
- ^Robert John Braidwood; Richard C. Haines; Linda S. Braidwood (1971).Excavations in the Plain of Antioch.University of Chicago Press.ISBN9780226621982.Retrieved24 March2011.
- ^Robert John Braidwood; Richard C. Haines; Linda S. Braidwood (August 1971).Excavations in the Plain of Antioch: The structural remains of the later phases, Chatal Hüyük, Tell Al-Judaidah, and Tell Taʻyinat, by R.C. Haines.University of Chicago Press.ISBN9780226621982.Retrieved24 March2011.
- ^Joseph Ward Swain (1950).The ancient world.Harper.Retrieved24 March2011.
- ^Krijna Nelly Ciggaar; David Michael Metcalf (2006).East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean: Antioch from the Byzantine reconquest until the end of the Crusader principality.Peeters Publishers. pp. 323–.ISBN9789042917354.Retrieved24 March2011.
- ^Masseti, M. (2009)."Carnivores of Syria".In E. Neubert; Z. Amr; S. Taiti; B. Gümüs (eds.).Animal Biodiversity in the Middle East. Proceedings of the First Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan, 20–23 October 2008.ZooKeys 31: 229–252. pp. 229–252.doi:10.3897/zookeys.31.170.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^Sahih Muslim, per Abu Hurairafrom Quran/Hadith study site:The Only Quran.Retrieved 16 November 2014
- ^Farzana Hassan (15 Jan 2008).Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic Religion(illustrated ed.). McFarland. p. 41.ISBN9780786480791.
- ^Farzana Hassan (15 Jan 2008).Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic Religion(illustrated ed.). McFarland. pp. 41–2.ISBN9780786480791.
- ^Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman (2009).The Meaning and Explanation of the Glorious Qur'an (Vol 2)(2 ed.). MSA Publication Limited. pp. 311–12.ISBN9781861797667.
- ^Sonn (2004) p. 209
External links
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- Oriental Institute, Chicago:Amuq survey and related projects
- Palestine Exploration Fund:The Amuq valley
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