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    Abila, Quwaylibah, distinguished as Abila in the Decapolis, Abila Dekapoleos, and also known for a time as Seleucia, was an ancient city in the Decapolis. It is occupied by two tells (Tell al-Abila and Tell Umm al-Amad) and the village of Hartha, north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan. Excavations indicate that the site was inhabited in the early Bronze Age, and appears to have been continually used by man since then. The site was in use until the Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Abila City (Modern Qweilbeh).
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Abila
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    Abila

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2001

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Jordan

    Irbid Governorate

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    Third Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

    Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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