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==Wikipedia EN== | ==Wikipedia EN== | ||
A [[pentapolis]] (from Greek πεντα- penta-, 'five' and πόλις polis, 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the Cinque Ports in England. | |||
* In the biblical Holy Land, Genesis 14 describes the region where five cities — [[Sodom]], [[Gomorrah]], [[Zoara]], [[Admah]] and [[Zeboim]] — united to resist the invasion of Chedorlaomer, and of which four were shortly after destroyed. | * In the biblical Holy Land, Genesis 14 describes the region where five cities — [[Sodom]], [[Gomorrah]], [[Zoara]], [[Admah]] and [[Zeboim]] — united to resist the invasion of Chedorlaomer, and of which four were shortly after destroyed. | ||
* The Philistine Pentapolis: Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza, all combined to make Philistia. | * The Philistine Pentapolis: Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza, all combined to make Philistia. | ||
