749 CE Sabbatical Year Earthquake - Holy Desert Quake Open site page in a new tab Open text page in a new tab Open text page in a new tab

Agapius of Manbij, while referring to the Holy Desert Quake of the Sabbatical Year sequence. wrote that "there was a violent earthquake on the coast of the sea of Palestine" and "many places were devastated and many people perished."

By Jefferson Williams