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title: MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer
author: Avishai Teicher
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4371/mb-canaanite-gate-at-tel-gezer/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer

_Authored by Avishai Teicher_

## Image File

[![MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4371.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4371.jpg)

## Image Caption

A Middle [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/) Canaanite gate at the site of [Tel Gezer](https://www.worldhistory.org/Gezer/) in modern-day [Israel](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Israel/). This gate is believed to have been built—along with other fortifications—by the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/)'s Canaanite inhabitants in the Middle [Bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) Age II ca. 1850 BCE when the city was resettled after being destroyed at the end of the Early Bronze Age. The gate, along with the rest of the city was destroyed again around the end of the Middle Bronze Age ca. 1500 BCE.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Teicher, A. (2015, December 31). MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4371/mb-canaanite-gate-at-tel-gezer/>
### Chicago
Teicher, Avishai. "MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 31, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4371/mb-canaanite-gate-at-tel-gezer/>.
### MLA
Teicher, Avishai. "MB Canaanite Gate at Tel Gezer." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 Dec 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4371/mb-canaanite-gate-at-tel-gezer/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_8693_the_canaanite_gate_in_tel_gezer.jpg) by **Avishai Teicher**. Submitted by [Henry Curtis Pelgrift](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/hpelgrift/ "User Page: Henry Curtis Pelgrift"), published on 31 December 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.