Kings Mountain
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Kings Mountain may refer to:
- Kings Mountain, CaliforniaKings Mountain, CaliforniaKings Mountain is an unincorporated community in San Mateo County, California, located along State Route 35 between Skeggs Point and Pise Mountain. This is about seven miles north of Woodside Road . In the U.S...
, an unincorporated community in San Mateo County - Kings Mountain, North CarolinaKings Mountain, North CarolinaKings Mountain is a small suburban city of Gastonia and Charlotte in Cleveland and Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,693 at the 2000 census....
, a city in North Carolina - Kings Mountain (battlefield), one of the three mountains of Kings Mountain National Military Park
- Kings Mountain National Military ParkKings Mountain National Military ParkKings Mountain National Military Park is a National Military Park near Blacksburg, South Carolina, along the North Carolina/South Carolina border...
near Blacksburg, South Carolina, and 7 miles southwest of Kings Mountain, North Carolina - King's PinnacleKing's PinnacleKing's Pinnacle is one of the two main peaks located within Crowder's Mountain State Park. The other peak is Crowder's Mountain. The park is located in the western Piedmont of North Carolina between the cities of Kings Mountain and Gastonia....
, a mountain in North Carolina that is 3 miles southeast of the city of Kings Mountain - Battle of Kings MountainBattle of Kings MountainThe Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive battle between the Patriot and Loyalist militias in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War...
, a battle of the American Revolutionary War - Kings Mountain State ParkKings Mountain State ParkKings Mountain State Park is a South Carolina state park located in the Piedmont region of South Carolina.This large hilly park includes the Living History Farm, which is representative of a typical early 19th century Piedmont farm...
, a state park in South Carolina that is adjacent to the National Military Park - King's Mountain, Judea - The King's Mountain, (Hebrew Har Hamalekh), was a section of the southern mountains of JudeaJudeaJudea or Judæa was the name of the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel from the 8th century BCE to the 2nd century CE, when Roman Judea was renamed Syria Palaestina following the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt.-Etymology:The...
. It was called after King Alexander JannaeusAlexander JannaeusAlexander Jannaeus was king of Judea from 103 BC to 76 BC. The son of John Hyrcanus, he inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I, and appears to have married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit", also known as Salome Alexandra, according to the Biblical law of Yibbum...
(Yannai), one of the chief rulers of the HasmoneanHasmoneanThe Hasmonean dynasty , was the ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE, the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea...
dynasty.