incorporated into the ottoman empire in 1517, amqa appeared in the 1596 tax registers as being in the "nahiya" (subdistrict) of akka under the "liwa'" (district) of safad, with a population of 215. all the inhabitants were muslim. the villagers paid taxes on a number of crops, such as wheat, barley, olives, cotton and fruit, and on other types of produce, such as goats and beehives.