4081 x 6144 px | 34,6 x 52 cm | 13,6 x 20,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
24 settembre 2009
Ubicazione:
Ceasarea Israel
Altre informazioni:
Bosnian Minnaret Herod began construction of a deep sea harbor and built storerooms, markets, wide roads, baths, temples to Rome and Augustus, and imposing public buildings.Caesarea also flourished during the Byzantine period. The city was chiefly a commercial centre relying on trade. The area was only seriously farmed during the Rashidun Caliphate period, apparently until the Crusader conquest in the eleventh century Over time, the farms were buried under the sands shifting along the shores of the MediterraneanIn 1251, Louis IX fortified the city. The French king ordered the construction of high walls and a deep moat. However strong the walls were, they could not keep out the sultan Baybars, who ordered his troops to scale the walls in several places simultaneously, enabling them to penetrate the city
