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This is a timeline of major events in the history of Jerusalem; a city that had been fought over sixteen times in its history. [1] During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. [2]
The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in the year 636–637/38. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu Ubayda, besieged Jerusalem beginning in November 636.
Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) Siege of Jerusalem (1099) Siege of Jerusalem (1187) Siege of Jerusalem (1244) Siege of Jerusalem (1834)
The siege took place on 15 July, and the city fell rapidly. The Khwarazmians plundered the Armenian Quarter , where they decimated the Christian population and drove out the Jews. [ 3 ] In addition, they sacked the tombs of kings of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and dug out their bones, in which the tombs of Baldwin I and ...
Capture of Jerusalem by Atsiz ibn Uwaq (1073 and 1077), Turcoman mercenary commander; Siege of Jerusalem (1099) by the Crusaders in the First Crusade; Siege of Jerusalem (1187) by Saladin, resulting in the capture of the city by the Ayyubid Muslims; Siege of Jerusalem (1244) by the Khwarezmians, resulting in the recapture of the city from the ...
The protracted siege of Arqa forces Raymond to seek assistance from Godfrey and Robert II of Flanders. [44] c. April 10. Byzantine envoys inform the crusaders about Alexios I's plan to invade Palestine in late June. [45] Early May. Ignoring Raymond's protests, the crusaders depart for Jerusalem before the arrival of the Byzantine army. [46]
The war had profound and far-reaching consequences for the Jewish people. Many were killed, displaced, or sold into slavery. The loss of Jerusalem and the Temple led to a significant reformulation of Jewish political and religious life. In Jewish history, these events mark the transition from the Second Temple period to the Rabbinic period.
The fall of Outremer describes the history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from the end of the last European Crusade to the Holy Land in 1272 until the final loss in 1302. The kingdom was the center of Outremer—the four Crusader states—which formed after the First Crusade in 1099 and reached its peak in 1187.