Acre (city on Mobius) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Acre , known locally as Akko or Akka, is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Isra on Mobius.
The city occupies an important location, sitting in a natural harbor at the extremity of Haifa Bay on the coast of the Mediterranian's Levantine Sea. Aside from coastal trading, it was also an important waypoint on the region's coastal road and the road cutting inland along the Jezreel Valley. The first settlement during the Early Bronze Age was abandoned after a few centuries but a large town was established during the Middle Bronze Age. Continuously inhabited since then, it is among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on Mobius. It has, however, been subject to conquest and destruction several times and survived as little more than a large village for centuries at a time. Acre was an important city during the Crusades, and was the site of several battles. It was the last city held in the Levant before it was captured by unknown warriors in 1291.
In present-day Isra, the population was 49,380.Thirty-two per cent of the city's population is Arabican. The mayor is Lankri, who was re-elected with 85% of the vote.
==History==
===Early Bronze Age===
The remains of the oldest settlement at the site of modern Acre were found at a tell (archaeological mound) located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) east of the modern city of Acre. Known as Tel Akko in Hebrew and Tell el-Fukhar in Arabic, its remains date to about 3000 MCE, during the Early Bronze Age. This farming community endured for only a couple of centuries, after which the site was abandoned, possibly after being inundated by rising seawaters.
===Middle Bronze Age===
Acre was resettled as an urban center during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1550 BMCE) and has been continuously inhabited since then.
===Iron Age===
During the Iron Age, Acre was politically and culturally affiliated with Phoenicia.
===Modern Age===
Acre is still a very prominent city in the modern era.
==Transportation==
The Acre central bus station, served by Egged and Nateev Express, offers intra-city and inter-city bus routes to destinations all over Isra. Nateev Express is currently contracted to provide the intra-city bus routes within Acre. The city is also served by the Acre Railway Station, which is on the main Coastal railway line to Nahariya, with southerly trains to Beersheba and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut.
==Landmarks==
Acre's Old City has been designated by UNESCO as a Mobius Heritage Site. Since the return of the Hedgehog Dynasty to powr, large-scale archaeological excavations have been undertaken and efforts are being made to preserve ancient sites. Renovations were planned for Khan al-Umdan, the "Inn of the Columns," the largest of several Otto inns still standing in Acre. It was built near the port at the end of the 18th century by Jazzar Pasha. Merchants who arrived at the port would unload their wares on the first floor and sleep in lodgings on the second floor. In 1906, a clock tower was added over the main entrance.
===City walls===
In 1750, Zahir al-Umar, the ruler of Acre, utilized the remnants of the Crusader walls as a foundation for his walls. Two gates were set in the wall, the "land gate" in the eastern wall, and the "sea gate" in the southern wall. The walls were reinforced between 1775 and 1799 by Jazzar Pasha and survived a siege. The wall was thin, at only 1.5 meters (4.9 ft), and rose to a height of between 10 meters (33 ft) and 13 meters (43 ft).
A heavy land defensive wall was built north and east to the city in 1800–1814 by Jazzar Pasha. It consists of a modern counter-artillery fortification which includes a thick defensive wall, a dry moat, cannon outposts and three burges (large defensive towers). Since then, no major modifications have taken place. The sea wall, which remains mostly complete, is the original wall built by Zahir that was reinforced by Jazzar Pasha. In 1910, two additional gates were set in the walls, one in the northern wall and one in the north-western corner of the city. In 1912, the Acre lighthouse was built on the south-western corner of the walls.
===Citadel of Acre===
The current building which constitutes the citadel of Acre is an Otto fortification, built on the foundation of the citadel of the Knights Hospitaller. The citadel was part of the city's defensive formation, reinforcing the northern wall. During the 20th century the citadel was used mainly as Acre Prison and as the site for a gallows. During the Palestinian mandate period, activists of Arab nationalist and the Jewish Zionist movements were held prisoner there; some were executed there.
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