when the
Syrian General
Bacchides built a number of forts to strengthen the defences of the area around Jericho against the revolt by the
Macabees.
[44] One of these forts, built at the entrance to
Wadi Qelt, was later refortified by
Herod the Great, who named it
Kypros after his mother.
[45]
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Jericho - Wikipediaof Alexander the Great between 336 and 323 BCE after his conquest of the region.[citation needed] In the middle of the 2nd century BCE Jericho was under Hellenistic rule of the Seleucid Empire, <span>when the Syrian General Bacchides built a number of forts to strengthen the defences of the area around Jericho against the revolt by the Macabees.[44] One of these forts, built at the entrance to Wadi Qelt, was later refortified by Herod the Great, who named it Kypros after his mother.[45] Hasmonean and Herodian periods After the abandonment of the Tell es-Sultan location, the new Jericho of the Late Hellenistic or Hasmonean and Early Roman or Herodian periods was establi Summary
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