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Akra (other)
Akra may refer to: Places *Acra (fortress), a Seleucid fortress in Jerusalem *Akra, hamlet in Greene County (see Cairo, New York) where Jack "Legs" Diamond is rumored to have had a home *Akra, Bannu, an archaeological site south of Peshawar in Pakistan * Akra, Maheshtala, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India **Akra railway station * Akra Peninsula, a peninsula in Antarctica *Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, a township in North Dakota, USA * Akra Leuke, ancient city founded by Greeks, modern Alicante, Spain * Akra, Crimea, a submerged ancient Greek city in Crimea People *Yasser Akra (born 1985), Syrian footballer See also *Aakra or Åkra (other) *Accra, the capital of Ghana *Acra (other) *Acre (other) *Akre (other) *Aqra (other) Aqra, properly ʿAqra, is a diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church Aqra may also refer to: * Jebel Aqra (properly Jebel al-ʾAqraʿ), a mountain on the Turco-Syrian coast that was a center of pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acra (fortress)
The Acra (also spelled Akra, from grc, Ἄκρα, he, חקרא ,חקרה ''Ḥaqra(h)''), with the meaning of "stronghold" (see under "Etymology"), was a place in Jerusalem thought to have had a fortified compound built by Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, following his sack of the city in 168 BCE. The name Acra was also used at a later time for a city quarter probably associated with the by-then destroyed fortress, known in his time to Josephus (1st century CE) as both Acra and "the lower city". The fortress played a significant role in the events surrounding the Maccabean Revolt, which resulted in the formation of the Hasmonean Kingdom. The "upper city" was captured by Judas Maccabeus, with the Seleucid garrison taking refuge in the "Acra" below, and the task of destroying this last enemy stronghold inside Jerusalem fell to Simon Maccabeus surnamed Thassi. Our knowledge about the Acra is based almost exclusively on the writings of Josephus, which are of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
