Complex sentence: In early Christian times Lydda (today Lod) was a prosperous Jewish town, located on the intersection of the North-South and the Egypt to Babylon roads, it was made wealthy on the trade that passed through it.
Split into simpler sentences: In early Christian times Lydda (today Lod) was a prosperous Jewish town, located on the intersection of the North-South and the Egypt to Babylon roads. It was made wealthy on the trade that passed through it.