Ashkelon: All Data
Ashkelon is a city in Israel and Palestine. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Ascalon: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1199 BC
Capital of Philistine Confederation
711 BC
Capital of Philistine Confederation (Assyria)
711 BC
Mentioned in Event: Campaigns of Sargon II
604 BC
Mentioned in: Siege of Ashkelon
1099 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Crusade
1099 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ascalon, part of First Crusade
1153 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ascalon (1153), part of Crusades
1154 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siege of Ascalon
1154 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Ascalon, part of Siege of Ascalon
1192 AD
Mentioned in Event: Third Crusade
1247 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ayyubid campaign against the crusaders (1247)