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Surprising fact: Gaza’s wine once sailed so far, its jars surface across the Mediterranean.

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For 3,000 years, this city sat on the Via Maris—the land bridge of empires.

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Caravans moved incense and grain; deals struck in Aramaic, the region’s trade tongue.

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Stones remember: Philistine walls, Roman streets, Byzantine mosaics, markets that endure.

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Besieged, rebuilt, resilient—Gaza remains a crossroads of culture and exchange.