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The Port of Gaza is a small port near the Rimal district of Gaza City.〔Dick Doughty, Mohammed El Aydi (1995) Gaza: legacy of occupation--a photographer's journey Kumarian Press, ISBN 1-56549-044-4 p. 13〕 ==History== In antiquity, Gaza port was the principal port on the Mediterranean serving the Incense Road. Strabo and Ptolemy referred to it as ''Gazaion limen''. The port was distinct from the city, which was located opposite it.〔(The Children of Noah: Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times, Raphael Patai )〕 Under Constantine the Great, the settled area around the port was granted city status and named Konstaneia. Under the emperor Julian, it was downgraded and the name was changed to Maioumas ("harbor place").〔 It became associated at this time with a pagan festival.〔Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony and Arieh Kofsky (2004) Christian Gaza in late antiquity BRILL, ISBN 90-04-13868-4 p 3〕〔Gerald Butt (1995) Life at the crossroads: a history of Gaza Published by Rimal Publications, ISBN 1-900269-03-1 p 9〕〔Glen Warren Bowersock, Peter Robert Lamont Brown, Oleg Grabar (1999) Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-51173-5 p 553〕 The Port of Gaza was at the end of the Nabataean spice road where trade was conducted in herbs, spices incense, drapery, glass and food. Goods arrived in the port on the backs of camels from Southern Arabia (the Kingdom of Sheba) through Petra, the Arava Valley and crossing Negev Desert via Avdat. At the port of Gaza, these goods were dispatched to the European markets.〔(Hecht Museum ) The Nabateans in the Negev Curator: Renate Rosenthal-Haginbottom〕〔(Israeli MFA )〕 Alexander Jannaeus' conquest of Gaza (99 BCE) that denied the Nabateans access to the port and trade with Rome led to Obodas launching a military campaign against the Hasmonean King.〔Hanan Eshel (2008) The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 0-8028-6285-3 pp 117-133〕 Gaza Port was rebuilt after it was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 63 BCE under the command of Pompey Magnus and trade routes were reopened. In 2011, eight Roman columns believed to be the remains of a church were swept ashore during a storm.〔(Gaza's archaeological treasures at risk from war and neglect )〕 In 2013, the Palestinian naval police found ancient artifacts that included poles and baked clay.〔(Gaza naval police excavate archaeological site off the Gaza coast )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port of Gaza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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