One of the largest ancient mounds in Israel is tel Bet Yerah, also known as Khirbat al-Karak, situated on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Known also as Al-Sinnabra, its Arabic place name, excavations have shown that the site was settled continuously from the Early Bronze Age until the early part of the Islamic Period.

A stone palette with Egyptian motifs, including an ankh, will be found during the 2009 excavations,

The discovery points to trade and political relations with the First dynasty of Egypt at approximately 3000 BCE.

Mawdud joins Toghtekin of Damascus in 1113 and their combined army aims to cross the Jordan River south of the Sea of Galilee.

Baldwin I offers battle near the bridge of Al-Sannabra.

Mawdud uses the device of a feigned flight to entice Baldwin I into rashly ordering a charge.

The Frankish army is surprised and beaten when it unexpectedly runs into the main Turkish army.

The surviving Crusaders keep their cohesion and fall back to a hill west of the inland sea where they fortify their camp.

In this position they are reinforced from Tripoli and Antioch but remain inert.

A number of Christian pilgrims newly arrived from Europe also rally to the army after Al-Sannabra.