The Elisha Spring fountain, also known as Ein as-Sultan, is a natural fountain near Jericho, just south of the Ein as-Sultan camp which is named for it.
History
The first permanent settlement built near ancient Jericho was at Tell es-Sultan, by the Ein es-Sultan spring, between 8000 and 7000 BC, and consisted of a number of walls, a religious shrine, and a 23-foot (7.0 m) tower with an internal staircase. After a few centuries, it was abandoned for a second settlement established in 6800 BC close by.[1]
To Jews and Christians, the Ein es-Sultan spring is known as the "Spring of Elisha", after its supposed purification by the prophetElisha. The Byzantines built a domed church nearby dedicated to Saint Eliseus (Elisha in Greek).[2]
The Crusaders improved the water mills at Ein es-Sultan to crush sugar cane in tawahin es-sukkar (sugar mills) and exported the sugar to Jerusalem.[3][4] The Crusaders are credited with introducing sugarcane production to the city.[5]
↑Ring, Trudy; Salkin, Robert M.; Berney, K. A.; Schellinger, Paul E. (1994). International dictionary of historic places. Taylor & Francis. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN. p. 367–370.
↑Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley, Janet L. Abu-Lughod (2007) Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Шаблон:ISBN p 205
↑Abraham L. Udovitch (1981) The Islamic Middle East, 700-1900: Studies in Economic and Social History Darwin Press, Шаблон:ISBN p 122
↑Hull, Edward (1855). Mount Seir, Sinai and Western Palestine. Richard Bently and Sons.
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