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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War (2013) compares Jerusalem to 20 major world cities; pp 325–46. Lemire, Vincent. Jerusalem 1900: The Holy City in the Age of Possibilities (U of Chicago Press, 2017). Mazza, Roberto. Jerusalem from the Ottomans to the British (2009) Millis, Joseph.
A geographical and historical contextual description of the Land of Israel appears at the top left side, on top of the Mediterranean Sea surface. Both vertical sides of the map contain small images, depicting landscapes of holy cities as Jerusalem and Nazareth, and scenes within religious places. The dimension of the map is 97.8 by 125 centimeters.
The Jerusalem Law was condemned by the international community, which did not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 478 on 20 August 1980, which declared that the Jerusalem Law is "a violation of international law" , is "null and void and must be rescinded forthwith" .
The cartography of Jerusalem prior to modern surveying techniques is focused only on the Old City, shown here.The expansion of the city from the mid-nineteenth century coincided with the production of the first modern map (see the Ordnance Survey map in the list below).
26 July: West Jerusalem is proclaimed territory of Israel. 17 September: Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations' mediator in Palestine and the first official mediator in the UN's history, is killed by Lehi assassins. 1949: Jerusalem is proclaimed the capital of Israel. The Knesset moves to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
By 11 June the Arab forces were routed and all parties had accepted the cease-fire called for by UN Security Council Resolutions 235 and 236. Israel gained control of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the formerly Jordanian-controlled West Bank of the Jordan River. East Jerusalem was annexed by Israel. [329]
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See Cartography of Jerusalem, which covers historical of maps of Jerusalem, for the main article on this topic. Pages in category "Old maps of Jerusalem" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.