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Jerusalem: History of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, 1913.
  • Chronological Timeline (4500 BCE - Present)
  • The Unexpected History Behind Jerusalem’s Street Names
  • Four Periods in Jerusalem's History
  • Muftis of Jerusalem (1890-Present)
  • Mayors of Jerusalem (1899-Present)
  • Jerusalem in the Bible
  • Ancient Canaanite City
  • King David and Jerusalem (~1000 BCE)
    • Water Systems of Biblical Times
  • The First Temple (~900 - 586 BCE)
    • Jerusalem in the First Temple Period
  • The Second Temple (516 BCE - 70 CE)
  • The Great Revolt (66-70)
  • The Destruction of the Second Temple (70)
  • The Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132-135)
  • Antiochus' Sack of Jerusalem (614)
  • Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin (1187)
  • Richard the Lionheart Accepts Saladin's Peace (1192)
  • British Mark Capture of Jerusalem from Turks (1917)
  • General Edmund Allenby Enters Jerusalem (1917)
  • Supreme Moslem Council Recognizes Jewish Temple Mount (1930)
  • The Bombing of the King David Hotel (1946)
  • The Battle For Gush Etzion (1948)
  • The Battle For Jerusalem (1948)
  • Jerusalem Facing Danger of Destruction (1948)
  • Jerusalem Declared Israel-Occupied City (1948)
  • Israel Claims Jerusalem (1948)
  • Jerusalem's Military Government Abolished (1949)
  • Jordanian Annexation of the West Bank (1950)
    • Jordan’s Desecration of Jerusalem (1948-1967)
  • British Warn of Escalation Over Israeli Actions in Jerusalem (July 5, 1956)
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