The garrison of the Akra had been starved by a close blockade into submission, and beyond the boundaries of Judaea "he took Joppa for a haven and made himself master of Gazara and Bethsura.
He had already made Jerusalem his capital and fortified the Temple mount: the Syrian garrisons had already been withdrawn with the exception of those of the Akra and Bethzur.
We find this, for instance, in the Akra people of the Gold Coast of West Africa.
Akra does not boast a khan, but our zaptiehs had already decided for us at what house we were to spend the evening.
None of the houses in Akra can be called in any way palatial, and probably the malmudir's lodging was a typical residence of the better class.
Our final impressions of Akra were gleaned in the bazaar, and induce us to rank it more highly as a centre of sport than of business.
Akra displays itself most imposingly to a traveller approaching from the westward, and indeed forms a striking spectacle from whatever point it is viewed.
They were told the guns could go on their own carriages, as it would be a stiff pull over Akra Dagh, but plain sailing after that!
If he is not daunted at Akra he may quite fairly count on winning through.
A disorderly tribe of Kurds, the Surchi, thought that so good an opportunity of making trouble ought not to be missed, and undertook a raid in the Akra district.
Akra formed a part of the Abbassides' ancestral principality before they attained to the Khalifate; and when their dynasty was overthrown by the Seljuk Sultans in 1050, it was to their ancient patrimony that they retired again.
For among the inhabitants ofAkra is an old gentleman of the bluest blood in Asia--the last living descendant of the Khalif Harun al Raschid the hero of the Arabian Nights.
To Akra; a very long march; they arrive atAkra in the evening: here the water is of a most offensive smell.
Between Akraand Houra lies El Hank, a valley without water.
There was Hesper, with most of his Gibborim gathered, preparing to proceed to the defense of the First Wall in Akra against which the Roman would hurl himself in the morning.
They passed down into Akra and approached the straight column of pungent smoke towering up from a charred heap that the Ephesian in spite of his haste inspected curiously.
Somewhere in the city a voice that was heard even by the fighting-men on the wall in Akra cried: "The Sacrifice has failed!
His steps, finely balanced, passed over obstructions where most of his followers stumbled, and when he turned across Akra and faced the Old Wall, the excitement became painful.
Somewhere near Akra pale columns of pungent, wind-blown smoke still rose from a colossal heap of fused matter that the Ephesian could not identify.
Cyril Hands had always lived up in Akra among the Europeans, but much of his time was necessarily spent in the Muristan district.
As he left the European heights of Akra and dived deep into the eastern central city, the well-remembered scenes and smells rose up like a wall before him and the rest of life.
But all this activity went on behind the scenes, and nothing of it was yet allowed to transpire generally.
The interview was excessively painful, as I had anticipated," he began.
At a very large writing-table, on which stood two shaded electric lights, an elderly man, heavily built and bearded, was writing on small slips of paper.
On the shoulders of us four people hangs an incredible burden.
The place was very quiet, save for the distant clicking of a typewriter and the thud of a "column-printer" tape machine as the wheel carrier shot back for a new line.
After thus speaking, Sakra disappeared on the spot, and the king, with his townsmen and landsmen, desisted from the vice of drinking strong liquors.
The Bodhisattva, however, displayed his high-mindedness and his constant practice of charity, when he answered Sakra in this manner: 11.
Upon this Sakra was somewhat irritated, and highly astonished he thus spoke to him: 'Do not speak so, sir.
By these persuasive words of Sakra and his strong arguments the king became aware of the sinfulness of drinking intoxicating liquors.
If this trait is an old one, Sakra is here represented as a digambara, as he in fact is.
After so speaking, Sakra reassumed his own brilliant figure and made himself known to the Bodhisattva.
Having thus appeased him, Sakra disappeared on the spot.
Then Sakra bowed to him, circumambulated him from left to right, and disappeared on the spot.
It is curious to see this Sakra of the Buddhists making profession in this manner of his Buddhistical faith.
But Sakra was transported with admiration and satisfaction, seeing the king's unshaken intention of attaining Supreme Wisdom (Sambodhi).
Sakra said: 'Thy Reverence is a mine of jewels of well-said sentences.
Having said these words, Sakra disappeared on the spot.
Footnote 175: It is noticeable that Thagyâ comes from the Sanskrit Śakra not the Pali Sakka.
Syrians kept possession of the Akra for twenty-three years more, until they were finally dislodged by Simon the Maccabee in 142 B.
In the Maccabaean period the city was divided into three parts--the city proper, the temple, and the Akra or citadel.
Observe that the [S']akra or wheel is equally a Vaish[n.
S]akra (Indra), known in the Veda as god of the atmosphere.
On the opposite side is a deep valley dividing the Akra hills from a second and loftier range.
It would then be clear that Akrawas co-extensive with the city of David, which is Zion, and the absence of all mention of the upper city at this siege would be explained.
They then took off part of the height of Akra and reduced it to be of less elevation than it was before, that the temple might be superior to it.
It seems to us overlooked, that before the Akra was cut down it may have been higher than the western hill.
If so, it would be the upper city in David's time, and Josephus's statement that David look the lower city and the Akra would have new light thrown upon it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "akra" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
