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An earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the Levant region. It was part of a sequence of four strong earthquakes in the region between 1033 and 1035. Scholars have estimated the moment magnitude to be greater than 7.0 M w and evaluated the Modified Mercalli intensity to X (Extreme).
The Walls of Jerusalem (Hebrew: חומות ירושלים, Arabic: أسوار القدس) surround the Old City of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km 2). In 1535, when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered the ruined city walls to be rebuilt. The walls were constructed between 1537 and 1541. [1] [2] The walls ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jerusalem History Timeline City of David 1000 BCE Second Temple Period 538 BCE–70 CE Aelia Capitolina 130–325 CE Byzantine 325–638 CE Early Muslim 638–1099 Crusader 1099 ...
1016 – Jerusalem, Jaffa and the region around are affected [9] [23] 1033–34 – 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake: a series of earthquakes which are felt for 40 days [clarification needed] [dubious – discuss] destroys Ramla, Jericho and Nablus [9] 70,000 deaths. [24] 1063 – a large earthquake hits the Levantine littoral. Acre is badly ...
The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized: HaKotel HaMa'aravi, lit. 'the western wall', [1] is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.
1033: Jerusalem's city walls are rebuilt. [141] December 5 – 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake. [142] 1047 – Persian poet and traveler Nasir Khusraw visits Palestine. [143] 1063 – The Fatimids strengthen or rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. [144] 1064–1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage takes place. [145]
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This article lists the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The gates are visible on most old maps of Jerusalem over the last 1,500 years. During different periods, the city walls followed different outlines and had a varying number of gates. During the era of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1291), Jerusalem had four gates, one on each ...