Editing Armageddon (section)

{{Short description|Biblical apocalyptic battle site}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Redirect|Battle of Armageddon|the hymn|The Battle of Armageddon}}
[[File:תל מגידו.JPG|thumb|[[Tel Megiddo]] with archaeological remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages]]
[[File:JPF-TelMegiddo.JPG|thumb|Ruins atop Tel Megiddo]]
{{Christian Eschatology}}

'''Armageddon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɑːr|m|ə|ˈ|g|ɛ|d|ən|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-armageddon.wav}} {{respell|AR|mə|GHED|ən}}; {{Langx|grc|{{Wikt-lang|grc|Ἁρμαγεδών}}|{{grc-transl|Ἁρμαγεδών}}}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bibletranslation.ws/trans/revwgrk.pdf |title=Bibletranslation.ws |website=bibletranslation.ws |access-date=2009-09-23 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112352/http://www.bibletranslation.ws/trans/revwgrk.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://biblehub.com/revelation/16-16.htm |title=Revelation 16:16 And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. |website=biblehub.com |access-date=2019-04-01 |archive-date=2012-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027132808/http://scripturetext.com/revelation/16-16.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> {{langx|la|label=[[Late Latin]]|Armagedōn}};<ref>''Collins English Dictionary'', HarperCollins, 3rd ed., p. 81</ref> from {{langx|he|הַר מְגִדּוֹ|Har Məgīddō}}) is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the [[Eschatology|end times]], according to the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[New Testament]] of the Christian [[Bible]]. Armageddon is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location, although the term has since become more often used in a generic sense to refer to any [[eschatology|end-of-the-world]] scenario. In [[Schools of Islamic theology|Islamic theology]], Armageddon is also mentioned in [[Hadith]] as the Greatest Armageddon or [[Al-Malhama Al-Kubra]] (the great battle).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hadith - Book of Tribulations - Sunan Ibn Majah - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/36/147 |access-date=2020-12-24 |website=sunnah.com |archive-date=2020-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011312/https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/36/147 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The "mount" of [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] in northern Israel is not actually a [[mountain]], but a [[Tell (archaeology)|tell]] (a mound or hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding at the same spot)<ref>[http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/travel/16family.html "Amateur Archaeologists Get the Dirt on the Past"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308111520/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/travel/16family.html |date=2021-03-08 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> on which ancient forts were built to guard the [[Via Maris]], an ancient [[trade route]] linking [[Egypt]] with the northern empires of [[Syria]], [[Anatolia]] and [[Mesopotamia]]. Megiddo was the location of various ancient battles, including [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|one in the 15th century BC]] and [[Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|one in 609 BC]]. The nearby modern [[Megiddo, Israel|Megiddo]] is a [[kibbutz]] in the [[Kishon River]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloganavazquez.com/tag/anales-tutmosis-iii/ |title=Maps and pictures of Megiddo mountain and the surrounding plain (in Spanish) |website=www.bloganavazquez.com |access-date=2010-06-22 |archive-date=2017-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614105632/http://www.bloganavazquez.com/tag/anales-tutmosis-iii/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>