Beit She'an, Beth-shean, formerly Beisan, is a town in the Northern District of Israel.
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18 Facts About Beit She'an
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Beit She'an is believed to be one of the oldest cities in the region.
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Today, Beit She'an serves as a regional centre for the towns in the Beit She'an Valley.
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Beit She'an's location has always been strategically significant, due to its position at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley, essentially controlling access from Jordan and the inland to the coast, as well as from Jerusalem and Jericho to the Galilee.
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Beit She'an is situated on Highway 90, the north–south road which runs the length of Israel.
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The 20th Dynasty saw the construction of large administrative buildings in Beit She'an, including "Building 1500", a small palace for the Egyptian governor.
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From 301 to 198 BCE the area was under the control of the Ptolemies, and Beit She'an is mentioned in 3rd–2nd century BCE written sources describing the Syrian Wars between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties.
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Beit She'an is said to have sided with the Romans during the early phase of the First Jewish–Roman War in 66 CE.
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Beit She'an was primarily Christian, as attested to by the large number of churches, but evidence of Jewish habitation and a Samaritan synagogue indicate established communities of these minorities.
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Beit She'an's descendants were known by the family name de Bessan.
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From 1969, Beit She'an was a target for Katyusha rockets and mortar attacks from Jordan.
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Beit She'an was the hometown and political power base of David Levy, an Israeli politician.
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Beit She'an is a center of cotton-growing, and many of residents are employed in the cotton fields of the surrounding kibbutzim.
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Beit She'an had a railway station that opened in 1904 on the Jezreel Valley railway which was an extension of the Hejaz railway.
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Local football club, Hapoel Beit She'an spent several seasons in the top division in the 1990s, but folded in 2006 after several relegations.
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