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Plain in southern Turkey

Amik Valley
History
Amik Ovası ٱلْأَعْمَاق

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Alternative name	Amuq Valley
Location	Hatay,Turkey
Region	Ash-Shaam
Coordinates	36°20′N36°20′E / 36.33°N 36.33°E /36.33; 36.33
Type	Cluster ofTells
Periods	PPNB,Neolithic
Site notes
Condition	Ruins
Public access	Yes

TheAmik Valley (Turkish:Amik Ovası;^[1]Arabic:ٱلْأَعْمَاق,romanized: al-ʾAʿmāq) is a plain inHatay Province, southernTurkey. It is close to the city ofAntakya (Antioch on theOrontes River). Along withDabiq in northwesternSyria, it is believed to be one of two possible sites of the battle ofArmageddon according toIslamic eschatology.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Archaeological significance

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It is notable for a series ofarchaeological sites in the "plain of Antioch".^[7] The primary sites of the series areTell al-Judaidah,Chatal Höyük (Amuq) (not to be confused withÇatalhöyük in Anatolia),Tell Tayinat, Tell Kurdu,Alalakh, andTell Dhahab.^[8]Al-Mina, at the mouth of the Orontes river, was the main ancient port of the area.

Lake Amik was an ancient lake in the area, that was located in the centre of Amik Plain.

Tell Judaidah was surveyed by Robert Braidwood and excavated by C. MacEwan of the Oriental Institute of theUniversity of Chicago in the 1930s.^[9]^[10]

There is also archaeological evidence forCaspian tigers in this valley (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Vallino and Guazzo Albergoni, 1978).^[11]

Islamic eschatology

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In ahadith,Abu Hurayrah (acompanion of theIslamicNabi (Prophet)Muhammad) reported thatMuhammad said:

The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A'maq or inDabiq. An army consisting of the best of the people of Earth at that time will come fromMedina (to counteract them).
— Sahih Muslim, Volume 41, Chapter 9, Hadith 6924^[12]

Islamic scholars and hadith commentators suggest that the word "Romans" refers to Christians.^[13] The hadith further relates the subsequent Muslim victory, followed by the peaceful takeover ofConstantinople with invocations oftakbir andtasbih, and finally the defeat of theAnti-Christ following the return and descent ofJesus Christ.^[14]^[15] Other hadiths relate the appearance ofImam Mahdi immediately before theSecond Coming of Jesus.^[16]

References

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^"Amik Ovası".www.reyhanli.gov.tr. Retrieved3 November 2022.
^"MELHAME-İ KÜBRA (ARMAGEDDON) SAVAŞI". Archived fromthe original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved2015-09-11.
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^"MELHAME-İ KÜBRA / BÜYÜK SAVAŞ" (in Turkish). Archived fromthe original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved2015-09-11.
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^Robert John Braidwood; Richard C. Haines; Linda S. Braidwood (1971).Excavations in the Plain of Antioch. University of Chicago Press.ISBN 9780226621982. Retrieved24 March 2011.
^Robert John Braidwood; Richard C. Haines; Linda S. Braidwood (August 1971).Excavations in the Plain of Antioch: The structural remains of the later phases, Chatal Hüyük, Tell Al-Judaidah, and Tell Taʻyinat, by R.C. Haines. University of Chicago Press.ISBN 9780226621982. Retrieved24 March 2011.
^Joseph Ward Swain (1950).The ancient world. Harper. Retrieved24 March 2011.
^Krijna Nelly Ciggaar; David Michael Metcalf (2006).East and West in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean: Antioch from the Byzantine reconquest until the end of the Crusader principality. Peeters Publishers. pp. 323–.ISBN 9789042917354. Retrieved24 March 2011.
^Masseti, M. (2009)."Carnivores of Syria". In E. Neubert; Z. Amr; S. Taiti; B. Gümüs (eds.).Animal Biodiversity in the Middle East. Proceedings of the First Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan, 20–23 October 2008. ZooKeys 31: 229–252. pp. 229–252.doi:10.3897/zookeys.31.170.{{cite book}}:|journal= ignored (help)
^Sahih Muslim, per Abu Huraira^[usurped] from Quran/Hadith study site:The Only Quran^[usurped]. Retrieved 16 November 2014
^Farzana Hassan (15 Jan 2008).Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic Religion (illustrated ed.). McFarland. p. 41.ISBN 9780786480791.
^Farzana Hassan (15 Jan 2008).Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic Religion (illustrated ed.). McFarland. pp. 41–2.ISBN 9780786480791.
^Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman (2009).The Meaning and Explanation of the Glorious Qur'an (Vol 2) (2 ed.). MSA Publication Limited. pp. 311–12.ISBN 9781861797667.
^Sonn (2004) p. 209