In 1291, after a long siege, Akko fell to the Saracens.
The Ottomans took possession of it in 1517.
Napoleon Bonaparte's effort to advance up the Mediterranean coast from his base in Egypt
was halted by the British at Akko in 1799.  Akko was captured by British troops in 1918
and included in the British mandate of Palestine (1922-1948).
The town was taken by the Israeli army in 1948 and incorporated into the state of Israel in 1949.
It is now the center of the Israeli steel industry.  Population 45,035 (1998 estimate).

Akko Sea Wall with St. John's church behind.  9/03/2000

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