# Canonical recap data for Battle of Tel Megiddo Proto-Warfare (9400)
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slug: tel-megiddo-battle
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9400/tel-megiddo-battle"
title: Battle of Tel Megiddo Proto-Warfare
subtitle: Archaeological evidence suggests early Neolithic skirmishes at fortified Megiddo site, marking among the earliest recorded inter-settlement conflict.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9400-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9400
decade: 9400
country:
name: Levant (Palestine/Israel)
slug: levant
summaryShort: Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley. During the Bronze Age, Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state, and in the Iron Age, it became a royal city in the Kingdom of Isr
summaryLong: "Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley. During the Bronze Age, Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state, and in the Iron Age, it became a royal city in the Kingdom of Israel. The site is renowned for its historical, geographical, and theological significance, especially under its Greek name Armageddon (Ἁρμαγεδών), which appears once in the Koine Greek New Testament in Revelation 16:16."
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/TEL_MEGIDO_AERIAL_C.JPG/1280px-TEL_MEGIDO_AERIAL_C.JPG"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Tel Megiddo"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo"
  title: Tel Megiddo
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edg
wikidataQid: Q208379
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701045936/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Tel Megiddo
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo"
