Translations:Armageddon/3/en

Har-Magedon means “hill of Megiddo.” The Canaanite fortress of Megiddo guarded the pass to the Valley of Jezreel, through which ran the major commercial route from Egypt to Mesopotamia. Whoever controlled the pass governed the economy of Israel. Therefore, the stronghold has been the scene of many battles, ancient and modern. Thus Armageddon, both as a name and as a place, came to symbolize the final battle of the forces of Light and Darkness.