Show JERUSALEM MOST FOUGHT FOR CITY IN THE WORLD seat of christian religion bell g ion wrested from M moslem boslem aft after er 1200 years rule CROSS DISPLACES CRESCENT rown through th the agea age the holy city ise has been prey of half the race of the W world lid and has been destroyed and rebuilt MY many times TI a tho the capture pill a of jerusalem by the lg chish f tones ces marks arks the end it with will I 1 two brief Inter interludes interned led ot of more than twelve hundred years possession ot of the seat cut of 0 the christian religion b by the mo me Bilan th the net last Chri christian tuter ruler of jerusalem was the german clo emperor perm frederick IT I 1 whose but short lived daml nation it lasted from 1229 to 1244 in sentiment and 1122 romantic bill aspect the a capt capture n re of jerusalem tap far I 1 exceeds do even the tha fall of table fable cro crowned vacal bildad sl since the 11 days when david wim wrested I 1 d it from re the head hands in of cb s to to make c it U the of the jewish race jeru malem h has lae been th the prey ot of half bait the races ot of the we world III it be has passed sue see cessie lv into the he hands of 11 the ill assy ra babylonians imbel lid greeks romans azy persians persian arab arabs tot turks the crusaders finally to tall fall before the descendants sr 0 ot f that richard the lion hia hearted d who strove in vain tor for its possession plo esses ion more are j the mora seven hundred years year ago go 1 T the it a bi historic bitoria has box been bace d destroyed aud and rebuilt times bolas without number only to in finally finall tall fall far fail the second island time ion into the hands of christian great gre t moral victory thea the gigantic gont te britt british encircling ll m a strat t calell it tah call coy took 1 in on the south t h the little chrt town tow of bethlehem B liere ber e christ we was be born 2017 vears ago there seems to be no doubt that the capture capt of jerusalem Is one of at the mos doue dolls moral victories le turbot of the me war campen it Is a unique fact that british lead TS ere and ad british armies now as in the centuries inches past are abill the tenacious fee foes of a people in the twelfth century mcenniry ble richard hard coeur do da lion la in penitence tor far fancied sins 1 td decided to absolve himself of mundane ad taints raiders a sa an altruistic nit f it com cam pain for the deliverance of jerome lem to christian control in a series ot at campaigns he fought the mighty through wool sanguinary babil battles t to a t truce ile he found it imps elble his to maintain a maximum flah fighting tim atre strength 1 gin through the extreme line of r coi amual idera disease and lasssor tune mae reduced his bis armies to nomadic bands which were some come of them chich taken ats slaves by the M others roamed the continent for eor eop ears ein engaged in mar mercenary wars wherever es r fro found n d chieftains chieftain willing trilling to employ PY them am richard himself became a fugitive we was arrested by enemies while brag gim glang his way my through austria and only released when iman friends ln a britain raised loo enormous lumus ransoms interesting I 1 campaign it la Is an interesting camp campaign ign that he has just jt b been successful see ful in restoring res jerusalem A 91 glame ma at the geo raph is A E H H allenby commander been a th isih I 1 to that captured jo Z biml nature of the land over olar natch aich the british ad advanced need train from gaza to jana jaffa to jerusalem Is if l intensely IY interesting palestine an almost regular rec me tangle single rally may be tot into tour fear equal parts par a for this burp purpose ahe crip strip along the Modi terr n sea to ta flat country a 0 continuous plain the next strip to the east 1 Is thou tm ou it re in gentral character the catel country of new york state it except that the little sad and im mountains or are not or sm ho heavily wooded the 1 third it rd at strip r ta P from the nest coast la is a great depression de its 0 through which halh the riter riler jordan now flows the is the th plateau land which rise rinea beyond the jordan by taking tailing in the cant coa dal route met the mom era able to advance with attle I 1 trouble from natural to obstacles a some distance above Ask eloot the in fading arav forked oue b h continuing g up the coast at to jaffa slid and the other turning northwest ward toward jerusalem stitch ile lies 1 in the hill I 1 country m story of jerusalem the tell el at amagna tablets reveal there was 1 1 BD important lose loan on the sir site of jerusalem in the fifteenth cen a turi B C mald ursalla the ear flost blest mention it of the place piece in scrip ture 1 in gen 14 8 where Mal ealr delc dek i la s called KIRK of salem etnest it neit appears appear as the abu the of the chieh aich long held out against the israelite invaders with ag king david e a new cepter opens pen for it was wa h he w who be uncle mide the fuel concu conquest t of t the he in fortress for treis a the lower joe I 1 with mith the citadel of mount von the first temple there was built by solomon salomon bad and the sto story of B its construction and ad tho the articles used bit 1 as I on outlined tied lu in the scripture story give agomo me idea bles of its magnificence after bi the a revolt of Te roboam the city wai mom mr alval attro attacked ked bl b thal king of eget 93 wa B C the philistines and aias ato B C acho adm i according cc to asap josephs I 1 amounted dl to have above a milli million souls soul and the captives 1 to almost at a hundred thousand B in IM MA A t U the rebellion of ear bar cochna mal ami the signal tor for another t it d devastation but 1 in m hadrian an shut rebuilt ill the ot mtv elf called liest it arlia aella and generally penalized it I 1 W hen the ro P man empire eventually became chris flan the acquired the right to visit jerusalem annually to lament introit ner met the he ruins of their loved city in the chat church of the rely holy sen went was founded in june jusina attempted to rebuild the temple but was prevented the rest important special waa beat about aco when the helpless Em Hel press embid eudocja cited palestine and expended large sums on the improvement of the city A church A ana as built abla the pool of at bloam siloam and after having comP lOrY 11 for far centuries it 11 by F J bile when mile making him hie exploration of jerusalem T the I 1 or empress also erected a inre I 1 church in town honor ot of st sit stephen north of the damascus gets gate the site of 0 this hureh church was sea discovered in 1874 and it lus has slam since been rebuilt 1 in 52 7 erected elected IP important tant sy w ra 7 r x pre 7 gar jat 0 a S AKI y at ff ji masai Mt sai mar as 3 3 ty P ws 11 iva J it is T r r t yr I 1 y i sy ve 1 robrt I 1 so 7 I 1 A b af I 1 I 1 II 11 N ali I 1 till I 1 ii 4 1 I 1 IL 11 sl p lit or jac heart of modern jerusalem so king of israel it C all ot of whom amen inflicted more a or less damage in B C sonnee still laid siege to jerusalem but was a forced to with draw I 1 in B and ad more a a frac effectually trallY in bob babylon took P possession session of the elev sacked eked it and ad deported the elite cut I 1 at f its inhabitants to in babilon jerusalem was vas then reduced to the position of an i insignificant town love A new chapter begins I 1 with ilk the re taft of the c exiles under erub bibe that and joshua D n 0 A new temple was mom ben begun in 53 and after a long de lay caused by the machinations of the st S t mos waa completed in r azra with mith another bind ot of captives returned there then in and established the law while bile nehemiah rebuilt the I 1 nail and it gain again became the s bill ine of 0 israel lapse 1 in watery history we knew p practically finally nothing of its ictor history for more than a century until in alexander the ceat C eat 1 compared the gates of were ware opened to him and he left the tons jena la in occupation the revolt of 0 the Micca bees brought howel however a tiesh flesh succession of troubles upon it it was as besieged bv be th the G greeks Us 1 in H 65 and ad 63 IT B C and the temple was mom pillaged in 55 B C the immon dom domination mallon un on der rend herod bri brought an Intel sat al of pen peace a rend herod built a palace restored tho the citadel antonio antonea and lid 1 in 19 B C beg began the erection of the third temple emple its jet jerusalem Is very cl closely clely ely identified mith ith the earthly life of jesus christ it was IRS to the great jewish festival there he waa taken take by his parents he here they lost last him and ou on returning found him naver mg with it the wlee wise it me waa to the cov he looked when olum he uttered hit ill plaintive or v rill 0 J jegu mu set thou that the prophets and d them sent unto onto thee face on fin ashing by predating its doom which occurred just over seventy seat eari later bile it was to jor jerusalem alem lie ile went for the last week of id his afe if the pat passion aih w week ask I 1 as we I 1 teim cial it I 1 and on an sale entering the im city Y on an use ass III alie thron thronging gloa crowds crowd cast due down branches bihl of pat lulin tress trees hailing him an s king we walk ik to golgotha his mock it trial 1 in pilate s hall and ad walk mallk to in outside the ills whon whan its cross so in alie worlds marble redeemer me was crucified add most least pro found failed interest to jerusalem ame it was within of the city ait with the ill it dl elph willand around him the that t christ a cem 1 I to heaven leaving tor for his hia tol III I 1 im lowers ere the command to go out lot into all 11 the world and ad preach th the gal opi to or every creature star and ad to begin the file story a of th the evangel g 1 1 in jacona jerusalem le here gore 40 days later peter pre preached bed to the flor ing crowds assembled at jin auh aoi bothe the passover this war mar veloue eon sermon crime created suh a plu powerful erful Impre aslan that 3 responded to his summons in the eriv days day of the christian ere era the jove jews were ware I 1 in constant re revolt reit it against tin fit rome roman power at length titus altus bon 1 of if vespasian Vesp aslan was sent cut to take bud destroy the city in spite of a he heroic le telu lelh defense find and after a sh delige ge of daya it fell to lites 1 in 70 A D the greater part pact of the populace was waa put to 10 the sword board bud and the clatt entirely to razed it by th the plow be that according mard keg to C labit christ kroph ci li not net an om I 1 store stone remained up upon tin numbers who polished paria hed in this siide i e build buildings mrs fragments of which remain incorporated with the mosque but these and the other christian build logo ings were a ruined allied in 1 beat about by the dest destroying roving R kang g Chos roes 11 justinian a solid builder A short shor breathing space vas as allowed I 1 the he Christ christain min after this sames and then the young strength of islam swept over them 1 in omar entered conquered jerusalem after four fear months stage sic fee under lie file comparative lt a easy A y rule u 1 ot if the caliphs christiana a d aid ld not and SUIT r severely though excluded from flow the temple area they were free flat to a use portions portion if t the holy this however could not net 1 last t under th the a fanatical fatigate Fati mate onate caliphs who arm succeeded them and I 1 the be buffer suffering it of 1 the ill christians then than led it to FX C title ti nary series of invasions co coin conly called the crusades crusade the crin cm ad were a semi religious and a semi culli tely movement they depre adored the po passions elwe bud and ideas idea of vu eu ropp in the het twelfth elath and ad t thirteenth hirt emeth me cen turie tunes its chivalry its III invited hatred of mo me abid ad afta it dire d ire to possess poss s the spots hallowed believed by the sufferings of our lord their long contina contee once ance shows the of the send ments set which vilich P possessed 1 thin during this period balestine la lestine ile la was harned for about a hundred cleais 1 I and it the I 1 undy y ing ine it tradition of it which DO doubt I 1 corded the final triumph pl of it christian tring fly over the arab in 1247 jerusalem became object to for far veara until t the he ottoman sultan selle I 1 con qu cmil aria in 1517 andl and turkish passes hns he cout meed to the he prea face ent eat day and under rule practically ft elshout a history singularly situated to in Teru Milem fell to soleil atho ta rebuilt it its walls mail from 1229 to 1241 ishm the german christi christians held J je but I 1 in 12 1244 a fearful mas q baere A swallowed up the last idles of christian occupation in 1517 it va was s conquered b the stilt sultan 1 I and 1 d sinet since then it ties has been a turkish file city I 1 ineson ine son soi sibbe the be mia b ll 11 aint restored the t li bellous chih since lint git time haie but been little altered the situation of f jerusalem JeruM ilein 1 la 1 ta respects singular among the aith cetlia of palestine it its as ro m art bid m lored im d not net from its be ing on im the llie summit of one ot of the nu am I 1 am lulls 0 of juda bh ilk meet boht I 1 of bvm a hie towns mm and vil I 1 ling lagis I 1 hot but b because 1 I it t to IB on the edco di of if on conr of 0 the lilg hegt tablelands table tab lei lands an da ot of the country althous Althou Altho uh Bh to a certain extent the th for four hills a on which it Is but built it im inn mellen arn acra and ad may still be their actual blood arles cannot be I 1 traced it fhe contour content of these bills tins has men chad by the be accumulation of dabris of pat it Jerm jerusalem Jerusal adent pm la is with 11 HB port jaffa by a calli road ad 41 milts and b by Y a meter gasoi railway 54 luisi miles was waa competed in 1802 1800 and worked marked bv a company corn pan prior to v shein hen the modern ad building emoor led jerusalem lay wholly within 1 the 1 it its S a centar I 1 mr auxt til walls aud ad even as aa late at a 1875 there liters wire mra few prelate beg layout beyond thi go 13 ir r limit dimita at present jer jerusalem without the walls walla covers colors a larger large or areu than that itam tim the tat last imle gave the population so as 60 alle moslems lerm 7 t am jews during daring uie llie ull all grimage pason it 1 in by about U lare |