Ubeidiya (other)
Ubeidiya commonly refers to: * Ubeidiya prehistoric site * Ubeidiya, West Bank * Ubeidiya, Tiberias See also * Abd (Arabic) ʿAbd ( ar, عبد) is an Arabic word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the ayin, denoting a voiced pha ...

Ubeidiya Prehistoric Site
'Ubeidiya ( ar, العبيدية, `Ubaydiyya; he, עובידיה), some 3 km south of the Sea of Galilee, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the early Pleistocene, years ago, preserving traces of one of the earliest migrations of '' Homo erectus'' out of Africa, with (as of 2014) only the site of Dmanisi in Georgia being older. The site yielded hand axes of the Acheulean type, but very few human remains. The animal remains include a hippopotamus' femur bone, and an immensely large pair of horns belonging to a species of extinct bovid. The site was discovered in 1959 and was first excavated between 1960 and 1974. The site is distinct from nearby Tell Ubeidiya. Etymology The prehistoric site is named for the historical Palestinian village of Ubeidiya, which was centered on Tell 'Ubeidiya. The name Ubeidiya comes from the Arabic word '' obeid'', meaning "little slave", while a connection with the biblical name Obadiah cannot be ruled out. ...
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Ubeidiya, West Bank
Al-Ubeidiya ( ar, العبيدية) is a Palestinian town located east of Bethlehem. The town is a part of the Bethlehem Governorate in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Ubeidiya had a population of over 14,967 in 2019. History and archaeology Background: Roman and Byzantine periods A Roman period pool, built in order to collect water, is situated in the center of al-Ubeidiya. Two Greek Orthodox monasteries were first established during the Byzantine period in the late fifth century, and are now standing within the municipal jurisdiction of Ubeidiya. The Monastery of St. Theodosius, known in Arabic as Deir Ibn 'Ubeid (lit. 'Monastery of the Son of 'Ubeid') or as Mar Dosi ('Saint Theodosius'), named after its founder; and Mar Saba Monastery, or simply Mar Saba, founded and named after Saint Sabbas ('Mar Saba'). Ottoman period: Ubeidiya The area, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 15 ...
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Ubeidiya, Tiberias
Al-'Ubaydiyya ( ar, العبيدية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 3, 1948. It was located 11 km south of Tiberias, situated close to the Jordan River. Today the site is a desolate hill named Tel Ubeidiya. History Ottoman period It was mentioned in the Ottoman defter for the year 1555-6, as ''Mezraa'' land, (that is, cultivated land), located in the ''Nahiya'' of Tabariyya of the '' Liwa'' of Safad. The land was designated as ''Sahi'' land, that is, land belonging to the Sultan. Pierre Jacotin called the village ''Abadieh'' on his map from 1799. In 1838 Robinson's ''Biblical Researches in Palestine'' noted it as a Muslim village, ''el-'Öbeidiyeh'', in the Tiberias District, located south of lake Tiberias. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described ''El Abeidiyeh'': "Stone and mud houses, built on a round tell, close to the Jorda ...
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