Jericho
Jer·i·cho
J0031800 (jĕr′ĭ-kō′)Jericho
(ˈdʒɛrɪˌkəʊ)Jer•i•cho
(ˈdʒɛr ɪˌkoʊ)n.
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释义 | JerichoJer·i·choJ0031800 (jĕr′ĭ-kō′)Jericho(ˈdʒɛrɪˌkəʊ)Jer•i•cho(ˈdʒɛr ɪˌkoʊ)n.
JerichoJericho,uninc. town (1990 pop. 13,141), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. Chiefly residential, Jericho has some light industries.Jericho(jĕr`ĭkō) [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of the Dead Sea; nearby is the site of the ancient city of Jericho. Jericho is an oasis watered by a number of springs, and the town is surrounded by orchards and intensive market gardening; a large part of the population is engaged in agriculture. Jericho was the first Arab town in the West BankWest Bank,territory, formerly part of Palestine, after 1949 administered by Jordan, since 1967 largely occupied by Israel (2005 est. pop. 2,386,000), 2,165 sq mi (5,607 sq km), west of the Jordan River, incorporating the northwest quadrant of the Dead Sea. ..... Click the link for more information. to become (1994) autonomous under the agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The town saw increasing development after the agreement; a casino opened in 1998, and the nearby Mount of Temptation (the traditional site of Jesus' temptation by Satan) is now accessible by cable car. The economy suffered, however, when Palestinian-Israeli violence again flared beginning in 2000. According to the biblical book of JoshuaJoshua BibliographySee J. Garstang and J. B. E. Garstang, The Story of Jericho (1948); K. M. Kenyon, Digging Up Jericho (1958) and Excavations at Jericho, Vol. 1 (1960). Jerichoone of the oldest cities in Palestine, situated in what is now Jordan. Its remains are located 22 km northeast of Jerusalem at the modern site of Tell-es-Sultan. Excavations were conducted in 1867, 1907–08, 1930–36, and 1952–56. The oldest settlement on the site of Jericho dates from the prepottery Neolithic period (seventh to sixth millennium B.C.). It had houses made of pisé and mud brick, sanctuaries, and stone fortifications. The population was engaged in farming and stock-raising. Cultic decorated heads modeled in unfired clay over human skulls have been found. In the early Bronze Age (third millennium B.C.), a citylike settlement was located here. Jericho reached its period of highest development during the 18th to the 16th centuries B.C. , when it was surrounded by massive double walls. Tombs with group burials and a rich inventory date from this period. At the end of the second millennium B.C. , Jericho, which was inhabited by the Canaanites, was destroyed by the Israelites who had invaded Palestine. According to Biblical tradition, the walls of the city collapsed at the sound of the conquerors’ trumpets (“the trumpets of Jericho”). In the middle of the ninth century B.C. , Jericho was partially restored. In the Roman period (first century A.D.), the city was reconstructed southwest of ancient Jericho according to the typical Hellenistic-Roman plan. The old city site served as a necropolis. REFERENCESMasson, V.M. “Dokeramicheskii neolit Ierikhona.” Sovetskaia arkheologiia, 1958, no. 3.Pritchard, J.B. The Excavation at Herodian Jericho, 1951. New Haven, Conn. , 1958. Kenyon, K.M. Digging Up Jericho. London, 1957. JerichoJERICHO
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