Zouq el Faouqa
District of Qbaïyat
Mohafazat Aakkâr - Lebanon

Mish Mish

Mish Mish, also spelled Michmich, is a village located in the Akkar district in North Governorate of Lebanon. Mish Mish is situated 1100 metres above sea level in the mountainous terrain of the north. The closest major city to the village is Tripoli 45 km to the west; the Lebanese capital Beirut is 129 km to the southwest.

Located at 34.4731, 36.2506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Populated places in the North Governorate, Akkar District

Chadra

Chadra is a Lebanese village of Akkar villages in the State of the North Lebanon. Located in a pool of villages called Al dourayb.

Located at 34.6167, 36.3167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Populated places in Lebanon

Homs Gap

The Homs Gap (also called the Akkar Gap) is a relatively flat passage in the Orontes River Valley of southern Syria. Nicknamed the "gateway to Syria," the gap separates the An-Nusayriyah Mountains and Jebel Zawiyah from the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. The small Nahr al-Kabir river runs down the Gap to the Syrian coast to the Mediterranean Sea.

Located at 34.7, 36.343 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Valleys of Syria, Trade routes, Homs Governorate, Mountain passes of Syria

Amurru kingdom

Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory of modern Lebanon during the 14th–12th centuries BC The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire. His son Aziru made contact with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and eventually defected to the Hittites. The Amurru kingdom was destroyed by the Sea Peoples around 1200 B.C.

Located at 34.5697, 36.2319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Amarna Period, History of Lebanon

847 Damascus earthquake

The 847 Damascus earthquake occurred (probably on 24 November) in AD 847. Recent scholarship suggests that the earthquake was part of a multiple earthquake stretching from Damascus to the south, to Antioch in the north and to Mosul in the east. There were an estimated 20,000 casualties in Antioch according to the 13th-century historian and writer Al-Dhahabi, and 50,000 in Mosul. It is thought to be one of the most powerful earthquakes along the Dead Sea Transform.

Located at 34.4, 36.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Hatay Province, History of Antioch, Earthquakes in Syria, 847, 9th-century earthquakes