They did not draft such a letter to the British Parliament as the colonists viewed the Parliament as the aggressor behind the recent Intolerable Acts. Lastly, not fully expecting the standoff in Massachusetts to explode into full-scale war, the Congress agreed to reconvene in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775.
Ephesus from Izmir Half Day, includes a visit to the ancient city Ephesus which used to be the most important commercial center of the western Anatolia and the Temple of Artemision which is known as one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
Ashdod was the farthest N of the three of these Philistine cities which were on or near the coast, being inland about three m. and about ten m. N of Ashkelon. Actually, by NT times there may have been two towns by the name of Azotus, for Josephus speaks of a coastal (Antiq. XIII.