Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Israel, England, and France go to war and force Egypt to end the blockade of Aqaba, and open the canal to all nations. 1964 Jewish-Christian relations are revolutionized by the Roman Catholic Church's Vatican II. 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax refuses to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. [50 ...
The Kingdom of Judah was located in the Judean Mountains, stretching from Jerusalem to Hebron and into the Negev Desert.The central ridge, ranging from forested and shrubland-covered mountains gently sloping towards the hills of the Shephelah in the west, to the dry and arid landscapes of the Judaean Desert descending into the Jordan Valley to the east, formed the kingdom's core.
687–691: The Dome of the Rock is built by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan during the Second Fitna, becoming the world's first great work of Islamic architecture. [3] 692: Orthodox Council in Trullo formally makes Jerusalem one of the Pentarchy (disputed by Roman Catholicism). 705: The Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I builds the Jami'a al-Aqsa.
The earliest documented mention of "Israel" as a people appears on the Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian inscription dating back to around 1208 BCE. Archaeological evidence suggests that ancient Israelite culture evolved from the pre-existing Canaanite civilization.
Second Temple period; Yehud (Persian province) Maccabean revolt; Hasmonean dynasty; Herodian dynasty; Roman Judaea; Jewish-Roman Wars. First Jewish-Roman War
Meanwhile, Jews from Arab countries began moving into Palestine overland. Despite British efforts to curb immigration, during the 14 years of the Aliyah Bet, over 110,000 Jews entered Palestine. By the end of World War II, the Jewish population of Palestine had increased to 33% of the total population. [244]
Judea or Judaea (/ dʒ uː ˈ d iː ə, dʒ uː ˈ d eɪ ə /; [1] Hebrew: יהודה, Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yehūḏā; Greek: Ἰουδαία, Ioudaía; Latin: Iudaea) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Palestine and Israel.
[1] [2] Pompey had followed the successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War with the creation of the Province of Syria and had spent the years of 64 and 63 BC in bringing law and order to the region. [3] Events in Judea prompted Aemilius Scaurus, Pompey's legate in Damascus, to arrive in Jerusalem.