Amik Valley

 ( Geography Of Hatay Province ) 

The Amik Valley (; ) is a plain in Hatay Province, southern Turkey. It is close to the city of Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes River). Along with Dabiq in northwestern Syria, it is believed to be one of two possible sites of the battle of Armageddon according to Islamic eschatology. Amik Ovası ve Armageddon Savaşı IŞİD’in nihai hedefi Büyük savaş melhamei kübra

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Archaeological significance It is notable for a series of Archaeology sites in the "plain of Antioch".

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The primary sites of the series are Tell al-Judaidah, Chatal Höyük (Amuq) (not to be confused with Çatalhöyük in Anatolia), Tell Tayinat, Tell Kurdu, Alalakh, and Tell Dhahab.

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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 the University of Chicago in the 1930s.

There is also archaeological evidence for in this valley (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Vallino and Guazzo Albergoni, 1978).

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Islamic eschatology In a hadith, Abu Hurayrah (a sahabi of the Islamic Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad) reported that Muhammad said:

and hadith commentators suggest that the word "Romans" refers to Christians.

The hadith further relates the subsequent Muslim victory, followed by the peaceful takeover of Constantinople with invocations of takbir and tasbih, and finally the defeat of the Masih ad-Dajjal following the return and descent of Jesus Christ.

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Other hadiths relate the appearance of Imam Mahdi immediately before the Second Coming of Jesus.Sonn (2004) p. 209

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External links

• Oriental Institute, Chicago: Amuq survey and related projects
• Palestine Exploration Fund: The Amuq valley

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