Plato refers to Gibraltar as one of the Pillars of Hercules along with Jebel Musa or Monte Hacho on the other side of the Strait.

Jebel Musa, which is adjacent to Mount Catherine, was equated with Sinai, by Christians, only after the 15th century.

* Jebel Musa, Morocco, a similarly named mountain in Morocco

A corresponding North African peak not being predominant, the identity of the southern Pillar has been disputed through history, with the two most likely candidates being Monte Hacho in Ceuta and Jebel Musa in Morocco.

One part of the split mountain is Gibraltar and the other is either Monte Hacho or Jebel Musa.

Jebel Musa is said to be named after Musa bin Nusayr

The Moroccan peak Jebel Musa is named for Musa bin Nusayr according to the 14th-century Berber Muslim geographer Ibn Battuta.

The name is that given in Scripture for Mount Sinai where the Jews encamped for a year in biblical times ( Exodus 3: 1 and Psalms 106: 19 ), now the modern range called the Jebel Musa (" Mount of Moses " in Arabic ).

The Rock of Gibraltar was one of the Pillars of Hercules and was known to the Romans as Mons Calpe, the other pillar being Mons Abyla or Jebel Musa on the African side of the Strait.

** Jebel Musa, Morocco, north tip of Morocco, opposite Gibraltar

Jebel Musa (,, in Berber Adrar Musa ), Mount Moses when translated literally into English, is the name given to a mountain located in the northernmost part of Morocco on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Jebel Musa, viewed in telephoto lens from the shore of Cadiz

Jebel Musa is high.

Jebel Musa is opposite the Rock of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.

Migratory birds use the updraughts and thermals from Jebel Musa to gain height before attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Monte Hacho is positioned on the Mediterranean coast at the Strait of Gibraltar opposite Gibraltar, and along with the Rock of Gibraltar is claimed by some to be one of the Pillars of Hercules ( the other candidate for the southern pillar being Jebel Musa ).

* Jebel Musa ( Morocco ), a mountain known as one of the pillars of Hercules

The name comes from the Rock of Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq ( meaning " Tariq's mountain ") named after Tariq ibn Ziyad.

Fahud is a permanent oil camp and oil field in the middle of the central plain area of Oman, named after the nearby Jebel Fahud believed to mean " Leopard Mountain " from the time when wild leopards used to roam the area.

Nyala was the headquarters of the Daju empire, which was established around Jebel Um-Kurdós, until the fall of the Daju rule at the end of the 15th century, according to an account of sultan Daju Kassi Furok or Kassifrogé who mounted the Antelope from Darfur then perished in Dar Sila.

Shenwa, also spelled Chenoua ( autonym Haqbaylit ̠), is the Berber language of Jebel Chenoua in Algeria, just west of Algiers in the provinces of Tipasa ( incl Cherchell ) and Chlef.

Nakheel's portfolio of real estate include the Palm Islands ( Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Deira ), The World Islands, The Universe Islands, Dubai Waterfront, The Gardens, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Discovery Gardens, Lost City, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Heights ( a residential complex within Jumeirah Islands ), Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park, Al Furjan, International City, Jewel of the Palm, The Golden Mile ( which is in the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah ), Nakheel International Hotel and Tower, another project on the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah, and Ibn Battuta Mall.

The Ibn Battuta Mall is a large shopping mall on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai close to Interchange 6 for Jebel Ali Village.

Tariq bin Ziyad crossed the strait with approximately 7, 000 Berbers and Arabs, and landed at Gibraltar ( from Jebel Tariq, meaning Tariq's mountain in Arabic ).

The hostilities were put down in 1955, but the longer conflict would evolve into the Jebel Akhdar rebellion, where Sultan Said bin Taimur relied heavily on continued British military support.

According to all sources, the earliest being Paul the Deacon, Ṭāriq left from Ceuta ( Septem ) and landed at the Rock of Calpe, the later Gibraltar, which Arabic sources derive from Jebel Tariq, " Rock of Ṭāriq ".

Drilling of the first oil well began at Jebel Dukhan in October 1938 and, over a year later, the well struck oil in the Upper Jurassic limestone which, unlike the Bahraimi strike, was similar to Saudi Arabia ’ s Dammam field discovered three years before .< ref >" The Qatar Oil Discoveries " by Rasoul Sorkhabi < http :// www. geoexpro. com / history / qatardiscoveries ></ ref > Production was halted between 1942 and 1947 because of World War II and its aftermath.

In Carthage and North Africa Baʿal Hammon was especially associated with the ram and was worshiped also as Baʿal Qarnaim (" Lord of Two Horns ") in an open-air sanctuary at Jebel Bu Kornein (" the two-horned hill ") across the bay from Carthage.

In the Mandaean scriptures, the ark was built of sandalwood from Jebel Harun and was cubic in shape, with a length, width and height of 30 amma ( the length of an arm ); its final resting place is said to be Egypt.

One highlight of the tour was on December 5, 1998, when Darius Rucker broke into an a cappella solo of the National Anthem during the lowering of colors on board, which was docked in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.

It was not until 1924, when Ahmed Hassanein undertook a expedition with a camel caravan that the first accurate maps were drawn and the mountain of Jebel Uweinat with springs at its base was discovered.

By the 1970s the term was used for any early modern human wherever found, as was the case with the far-flung Jebel Qafzeh remains in Israel and various Paleo-Indians in the Americas.

The Imam's revolt in Jebel Akhdar was suppressed in 1955 with the help of the United Kingdom, but this, in turn, earned Taimur the animosity of Saudi Arabia, which supported the imam, and of Egypt, which regarded British involvement in suppressing the revolt as unconducive to the cause of Arab nationalism.

The other extreme is the view that the “ homeland ” of the Amorites was a limited area in Syria ( Jebel Bishri ).

There is a flourishing free trade zone, mimicking the success of the Dubai Free Zone Authority which was established around Jebel Ali Port.

In about 1209, the region around Tlemcen was devastated by retreating Almoravid forces, not long before their final defeat by the Almohads at the Battle of Jebel Nafusa in 1210.

The importance of the town gradually increased from the beginning of the Meroitic Period, especially from the reign of Arrakkamani ( c. 280 BC ) when the royal burial ground was transferred to Meroë from Napata ( Jebel Barkal ).

Jebel Ali port was established in 1979, and the customs free zone Jebel Ali Free Zone ( JAFZ ) was built around the port in 1985.