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| Alternative name | Az-Zeeb (الزيب) |
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| Location | Israel |
| Region | Northern District |
| Coordinates | 33°02′57″N 35°06′08″E / 33.04917°N 35.10222°E / 33.04917; 35.10222 |
| History | |
| Events | Battle of Casal Imbert (1232), part of the War of the Lombards |
Achziv ') is an ancient site on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, between the border with Lebanon and the city of Acre. It is located 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) north of Acre on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, within the municipal area of Nahariya. Today it is an Israeli national park.
Excavations have unearthed a fortified Canaanite city of the second millennium BCE. The Phoenician town of the first millennium BCE is known both from the Hebrew Bible and Assyrian sources. Phoenician Achzib went through ups and downs during the Persian and Hellenistic periods. In Roman times Acdippa was a road station. The Bordeaux Pilgrim mentions it in 333-334 CE still as a road station; Jewish sources of the Byzantine period call it Kheziv and Gesiv. There is no information about settlement at the site for the Early Muslim period. The Crusaders built a new village with a castle. During the Mamluk and Ottoman periods a modest village occupied the old tell (archaeological mound). This village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The only permanent resident of Achziv is an Israeli Micronationalist who has been welcoming visitors to a small stretch of beach where he has lived since 1975.
The legally disputed micronation of "Akhzivland" is located in the immediate vicinity.
Etymology
Mentioned in the Bible by its ancient name "Achzib", evidence of human settlement at the site dates back to the 18th century BCE. In classical literature it was known as Ecdeppa, Ecdippon. By the early Middle Ages, the Arab name for the village "Az-Zeeb", or "al-Zib" (Template:Lang-ar meaning 'trickster') was locally in common usage.
History
By the 10th century BCE, Achziv was a prosperous and fortified Phoenician town. Conquered by the Assyrian empire in the 8th century BCE, it was subsequently ruled by the Persians. During the rule of the Roman Empire.
Bronze Age
Achziv was the first fortified settlement found at the site by archaeologists. It was a large Canaanite port city from the Middle Bronze Age IIB (1800-1550 BCE). The massive ramparts, some 4.5 m (15 ft) high, protected the city proper and a large area of port facilities. To the north and south the city extended to the two nearby rivers, which the Canaanite engineers connected by a fosse, thus transforming Achzib into an island. A substantial destruction level from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age proves that even these fortifications were eventually not sufficient.
Iron Age
According to the Hebrew Bible, the area including the Phoenician city of Achzib was assigned to the tribe of Asher, but the Asherites did not manage to conquer it from the Phoenicians:
- And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher ... and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib. (Joshua 19:24–29Template:Bibleverse with invalid book)
- Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, ... or of Achzib ... (Judges 1:31Template:Bibleverse with invalid book)
King David added the city into his Kingdom, but King Solomon returned it to Hiram I as part of the famous pact.
During the invasions of Sennacherib the Assyrians conquered the city.
Classic era
Hellenistic period
During the reign of the Seleucids the border was established at Rosh HaNikra, just north to Achziv, making it a border city which they called Ekdippa (Έκδιππα in Ancient Greek) and put it under the control of Acre.
Roman and Byzantine periods
A maritime city named Cziv, nine miles (14 km) north of Acre, is mentioned by Josephus Flavius and later by Eusebius. Achziv (Cheziv) is mentioned in Jewish rabbinic writings, for example Midrash Vayikra Rabba 37:4. Additionally, Achziv is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, and by the relating Middle Age commentators, concerning the location of Achziv in regards to historical borders of Israel.
Middle Ages
Crusader period
During the Crusader period, the site was known as Casale Umberti, or Casal Humberti, after Hubert of Pacy who held the casale and is documented in 1108.
In 1146, the Crusaders established a settlement there protected by a castle and named "Casale Huberti" or "Casal Humberti", after Hubert of Pacy which held the casale and is documented in 1108. There are descriptions of the castle and village by Arab chroniclers in the 12th and 13th centuries, just prior to and during the rule of the Mamluks in the region. The Arab name of the village was az-Zeeb. Incorporated into the Ottoman empire in the early 16th century, by its end it formed part of the subdistrict of Akka. Its inhabitants cultivated various crops and raised livestock on which they paid taxes to the Ottoman authorities.
European farmers settled there in 1153 under Baldwin III. In 1232 it was the site of the Battle of Casal Imbert between German and French Crusaders as part of the War of the Lombards.
Mamluk period
The Arab village of Az-Zeeb was established during the Mamluk period, the houses erected using the stones of the Crusader castle.
Ottoman period
The town existed during Ottoman rule in the region.
British Mandate
The population of the village in 1945 was 12,607.
In 1946, The Jewish Resistance Movement attempted to blow up the railroad bridge over the creek at Achziv in an operation known as Night of the Bridges. A monument to the 14 soldiers killed there was erected on the site. At the time of the British Mandate in Palestine, most of the families in az-Zeeb made their living from fishing and agriculture, particularly fruit cultivation. Just before the official end to Mandate rule on May 14, 1948, az-Zeeb was attacked and captured by the Haganah's Carmeli Brigade. The town was depopulated and razed to the ground. The Israeli localities of Sa'ar and Gesher HaZiv were established on the village lands in 1948 and 1949. A domed mosque from the village has since been restored and serves as a tourist site, and the house of the last mukhtar (village headman) is now a museum.
On May 14, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the Arab villagers fled to Lebanon.
Israel
Achziv became an Israeli national park.
Archaeology
Remnants of ancient Achziv, now known as Tel Achziv, are located on a sandstone mound between two streams, Kziv on the north and Shaal on the south, close to the border with Lebanon. An ancient port was located on the coast, and another secondary port is located 700 m to the south. Archeological excavations have revealed that a walled city existed at the location from the Middle Bronze period.
See also
- National parks of Israel
- List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus
References
- ^ M. W. Prausnitz (1975). "The Planning of the Middle Bronze Age Town at Achzib and its Defences". Israel Exploration Journal. 25 (4). Israel Exploration Society: 202–210. JSTOR 27925533.
- ^ Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson (2001). Achzib (b) A Canaanite city on the Mediterranean coast. New York and London: Continuum. p. 16. ISBN 0-8264-1316-1.
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- Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- Crusader: Casel Imbert, casale Huberti de Paci, Casale Lamberti, Castellum Ziph, Qasale Imbert/Siph; Hebr. Akhziv; in Pringle, 1997, p. 110
- Pringle, 1998, pp. 384-385
- Murray, 2000, p. 210.
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External links
- Achziv Beach National Park, Israel Nature and Parks Authority website
- One-man rule in Israel's hippy micro-state, by Raffi Berg, BBC
- al-Zeeb, Zochrot
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