Ft 15 Western Galilee South

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Ein Afek

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1. Located in Acre Valley

2. Green lung of the valley

3. Largest wetland nature reserve in Western drainage basin

4. Officially declared in 1979

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Tel Afek

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SOUTH HILL

1. Middle Bronze Age city (2200-1550) through Iron age

2. Destroyed 734 tiglat pillisar III

NORTH HILL

3. Hellenistic city through Byzantine and Roman

4. Crusader fortified with two crusader castles remaining

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Baha'i Gardens

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1. Staircase of 19 terraces to top of Har Carmel

2. About a kilometer in length

3. Golden dome shrine to prophet Bab (resting place)

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Prophet Bab

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1. Persian origin

2. Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi

3. Executed 6 years after starting his religion

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Baha’u’llah and his son, Abdul-Baha

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1. Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri= Baha'u'llah

2. 1868 put in Acre prison (Ottoman)

3. Abdul-Baha furthered father's work

4. The 3 of them became canonized as religions top 3

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Baha'i faith

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1. 7 million followers

2. Youngest monotheistic religion

3. Must make 1 pilgrimage to Akko and Haifa

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Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum

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1. Founded 1949

2. Only Holocaust museum founded by survivors

3. Focuses on strength bravery and Zionism

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Center for Humanistic Education

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Teaches about Holocaust through joint learning and dialogue

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Yad Layeled Children’s Memorial Museum

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1. Commemorates the 1.5 million children who died

2. Celebrates those who lived

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Yehiam Weitz

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1. Palmach fighter who fell attacking Achziv bridge June 17 1946

2. Named kibbutz after him

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Yehiam Fortress

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2. Part of Kings fortress settlement in Mi'ilya

3. Sold to Teutonic Order

1. Home to the first kibbutznicks

2. Part of Kings fortress settlement in Mi'ilya

3. Sold to Teutonic Order

4. 1265 Baybars capture and destroy

5. Zahir Al Amr (Bedui Sheik) revamped the site

4. 1265 Baybars capture and destroy

6. Called Gidin

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Reserve Yehiam

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1. Nahal Yehiam

2. Oaks and Pistachio

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Rosh Zayit

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1. Fortress to protect deal between King Solomon and King Hiram

2. Zvika Gal found 3 meter high walls and 30 intact jugs

3. Arab village of Cabul preserves ancient biblical name of area