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    Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles...
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  • speakers of the dialect, and the language is called either ɛlɔp eluɸay or ɛlɔp ɛjamuʂay (or Ejamatay in Husuy). Kerak (Keerak, Keeraku; also Her) appears...
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  • Khirbet Kerak (Arabic: خربة الكرك Khirbet al-Karak, "the ruin of the fortress") or Beth Yerah (Hebrew: בית ירח, "House of the Moon (god)") (also Khirbat...
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    Al-Karak (redirect from Kerak in Moab)
    (Arabic: الكرك) is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the...
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    Kerak telor (English: Egg crust) is a Betawi traditional spicy omelette dish in Betawi cuisine. It is made from glutinous rice cooked with egg and served...
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  • spoken in a handful of villages south of Oussouye in Oussouye Department. Kerak may be a dialect. (Jola) Kasa, spoken around Oussouye. Bayot, spoken around...
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    The Kerak Inscription, also known as the Kemoshyat inscription, was discovered in 1958 in Jordan, near Wadi el-Kerak. It is a basalt inscription fragment...
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  • main sources are the Mesha Stele and El-Kerak Stela. Other possible Canaanite languages: Philistine language – attested by several dozen inscriptions...
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    Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
    relief of Kerak. In 1184, Saladin again besieged Kerak and once more fled before Baldwin IV's army. Knowing that all the king's troops were at Kerak, he attacked...
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  • Stephanie of Milly (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Isabella to Stephanie's son Humphrey. The marriage took place in the castle of Kerak in 1183. The ceremonies were interrupted by the arrival of Saladin, who...
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    Baldwin IV's sister, Isabella, in Kerak. Saladin unexpectedly invaded Oultrejordain, forcing the local inhabitants to seek refuge in Kerak. After Saladin broke into...
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    Montreal (castle) (category Articles with Italian-language sources (it))
    the center of the Lordship was moved to Kerak, a stronger fortress to the north of Montreal. Along with Kerak, the castle owed sixty knights to the kingdom...
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  • which is the only known extensive text in the language. In addition, there is the three-line El-Kerak Inscription and a few seals. The inscription on...
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    baronial parties. The marriage of Isabella and Humphrey was celebrated in Kerak Castle in autumn 1183. Saladin, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and Syria, laid...
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    Saladin (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    On 25 September, Saladin left Cairo to take part in a joint attack on Kerak and Montréal, the desert castles of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with Nur ad-Din...
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    Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (category Articles containing Old French (842-ca. 1400)-language text)
    incapacitated king by refusing to exchange Jerusalem for Tyre. Saladin attacked Kerak Castle in late 1183 while the wedding of Sibylla's half-sister Isabella...
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  • Karak Nuh (redirect from El-Kerak)
    Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahle in the Zahle District of the Beqaa...
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    Moab (category Articles containing Biblical Hebrew-language text)
    which is the only known extensive text in this language. In addition, there are the three line El-Kerak Inscription and a few seals. The following is a...
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    With the coming of the crusaders, the Principality of Kerak was established, after which Kerak was a center front between the Ayyubids and the crusaders...
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  • at the end of syllables, it's pronounced /ʔ/, for example, in the word kerak /keraʔ/, meaning 'walking'. /x/, represented by kh, is pronounced like /k/...
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    Amman Citadel Inscription (category Articles containing Ammonite-language text)
    Balu'ah in 1930, now in the Amman Museum, and (3) the Kerak Inscription of the ninth century found at Kerak in 1958. Even if one includes the inscriptional...
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    Bab edh-Dhra (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    Early Bronze Age city located near the Dead Sea, on the south bank of Wadi Kerak with dates in the EB IB, EB II, EB III and EB IVA. Bab edh-Dhra was discovered...
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  • Tarichaea (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
    Still in the 19th century, Robinson suggested that Tarichaea was Khirbet Kerak, a place situated to the south of Tiberias. This opinion was followed by...
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    regency in late 1183 at a council convened to deal with Saladin's siege of Kerak, where Isabella was marrying Humphrey. The council was attended by Guy,...
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    Oultrejordain (category Articles containing Old French (842-ca. 1400)-language text)
    Oultrejordain). They were defeated and exiled. In 1142, Fulk built the castle of Kerak (Crac des Moabites), replacing Montreal as the Crusader stronghold in the...
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    Canaan (category Articles containing Greek-language text)
    the Akkadian Empire in 2154 BC saw the arrival of peoples using Khirbet Kerak ware (pottery), coming originally from the Zagros Mountains (in modern Iran)...
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    Kingdom of Jerusalem (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
    Fulk used this time to construct numerous castles, including Ibelin and Kerak. After the death of both Fulk and Emperor John in separate hunting accidents...
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    2 Kings 3 (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    discovered in 1958 at el Kerak (often identified with biblical Kir Hareseth) which seems to dedicate a sanctuary of Chemosh at el Kerak, thus proving that Mesha...
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    Omelette (category CS1 Greek-language sources (el))
    served for breakfast with Indian/Irani tea and bread. In Betawi cuisine, kerak telor is a traditional spicy omelette that made from glutinous rice cooked...
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    Madaba (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    colony of native Christians is established at Madeba. They were converted at Kerak in 1880 by Jesuit missionaries from Jerusalem, and established themselves...
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