Editing Tel Dor (section)

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[[File:Tulipa agenensis sharonensis 1.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Tulipa agenensis]] sharonensis'', Dor-Habonim beach]]

'''Tel Dor''' ({{langx|he|דוֹר}} or {{Script/Hebrew|דאר}}, meaning "generation", "habitation") or '''Tell el-Burj''', also '''Khirbet el-Burj''' in [[Arabic]] (lit. Tell, or Ruin, of the Tower), is an [[archaeological site]] located on the [[Israeli coastal plain]] of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] next to modern [[moshav]] [[Dor, Israel|Dor]], about {{convert|30|km|mi|sp=us}} south of [[Haifa]], and {{convert|2.5|km|mi|sp=us}} west of [[Hadera]]. Lying on a small headland at the north side of a protected inlet, it is identified with D-jr of Egyptian sources, Biblical Dor, and with Dor/Dora of Greek and Roman sources.<ref>Gibson, S., Kingsley, S. and J. Clarke. 1999. "Town and Country in the Southern Carmel: Report on the Landscape Archaeology Project at Dor," ''Levant'' 31:71-121.</ref>

The documented history of the site begins in the [[Canaan#Late Bronze Age (1550–1200 BC)|Late Bronze Age]] (though the town itself was founded in the [[Canaan#Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 BC)|Middle Bronze Age]], c. 2000 BCE), and ends in the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusader]] period.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The city was successively ruled by [[Canaanites]], [[Sea Peoples]], [[Phoenicians]], [[ancient Assyrians|Assyrians]], [[Persian Empire|Persians]], [[Greeks]], [[Jews]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]]. The port dominated the fortunes of the town throughout its 3,000 year history. Its primary role in all these diverse cultures was that of a commercial [[entrepôt]] and a gateway between East and West. The remains of the pre-1948 [[Palestinian Arab]] village of [[Tantura]] lie a few hundred meters south of the archaeological site. A [[kibbutz]] and the resort of [[Nahsholim]] were built on the site of the village.