Word: esdraelon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Palestine, Professor James H. Breasted of the University of Chicago laid the plans for exploring Armageddon, battlefield of humanity described in the Apocalypse. The site is a mounded plain on a mountain shelf overlooking the Plain of Esdraelon, near Mount Carmel. Funds were furnished by John D. Rockefeller...
...days later, Lord Balfour left Jerusalem for a tour of the Esdraelon colonies to the north. Of the Arabs, who had stood quietly aloof during the whole visit, many regretted their stand, for they said they held the Earl in high regard and would have liked to extend their traditional courtesies. But, they pointed out, the only pacific means at their disposal for giving vent to their disapproval of British policy was to follow the course adopted in the hope of awakening sympathy for their cause...
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