The History of Jerusalem. David's World, Episode 01. The World History.

The History of Jerusalem.  
David's World 
Episode 01 

Jerusalem according to the world's famous historians.

The history of Jerusalem is the history of the whole world, said Benjamin Disraeli - To look at Jerusalem is to read the history of the world; Rather more than that; It is the history of heaven and earth.  

Sur Ibn Yazid said - The holy place of the world is Syria; Syria's holy place is Palestine; The holy place of Palestine is Jerusalem; The holy place in Jerusalem is the Mount; The sacred place of the mount is the place of prayer; The holy place of prayer is the Dome of the Rock. 

After all, the name of the most talked about city in the world is Jerusalem, many books have been written about Jerusalem by historical experts.  I have been studying the history of Jerusalem for the past ten years, collecting and reading the famous books written about Jerusalem.  As a result, I started writing about the history of Jerusalem.  I will try to capture the real history and image of Jerusalem from numerous reliable historical books. 

Commonly known in Jerusalem.

In the past, Jerusalem was considered the center of the world. The saying is truer today than at any time in the past.  The city is not new to the point of conflict between religions, the city is an increasingly popular pilgrimage center for Christians, Jews and Muslims.  The strategic battlegrounds of the civilizations involved in the conflict and this conflict has become more pronounced in modern times with Muslims and Jews. In front of the cameras of the world's media has become a bright stage for sensational news. Sensualism and the Internet are elements of fantasy.  Secular fascination is attractive; The battle line between atheists and theists. 

Not only that; Religious interests, political interests, and international media interests are converging to scrutinize the city more closely than in the past. 

Jerusalem is the holy city, this city is crowded with various religious groups and everyone thinks that the city is only theirs.  Everyone thinks they are the main reason for these conflicts.  The city has been coveted and prized as a gift to successive kings.  

Each tradition of this city of many names is so communal that one never agreed to make the slightest concession to the other.  Describing the sanctity of the city, the Jewish scriptures describe it in various feminine terms - ever beautiful, voluptuous, sensual. But shameless Barbonita, ever the broken-hearted princess who has been dumped by a lover.  

In short - Jerusalem is the home of one God, the place of worship of three religions, the capital of two nations.  

To fully understand the history of Jerusalem we must begin with the "world of David," the first king of the Canaanites. 

David's World 
The first king of the Canaanites. 

Jerusalem was ancient by the time David captured the citadel of Zion.  But then it was not exactly a city, but rather a small hill station. Its location is in a land known by many names such as Judea, Judah, Israel, Canaan, Palestine, the Holy Land to Christians, the Promised Land to Jews. The territory is 150 miles long and 100 miles wide.  Its location is at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River 

The thrilling image of David's city is far more vivid than any logically provable historical facts.  

Amidst the fog that hangs over Jerusalem's early history, fragments of pottery, ghostly stone-cut tombs, fragments of walls, inscriptions in ancient palaces, and biblical literature can only reveal glimpses of human life hundreds of years ago through the impenetrable obscurity.  The scattered evidence can only throw a flickering light on some random moments of a vanished civilization. 

We know nothing about how hundreds of people have lived—until some other spark reveals another image. 

Only the springs, mountains and valleys remain the same.  Even springs can change course with the blessing of climate, new things can be carved on the rocks by human effort, new ruins can be added.  Much or some of this is certain: before King David, holiness, security, and nature combined to make Jerusalem an ancient stronghold, considered impregnable. 

People lived here even before 5000 BC.  At the beginning of the Bronze Age around 3200 BC, the first city of Uruk, in what is now Iraq, was a city of 40,000 people.  Nearby Jericho was an impregnable city.  At that time, people built tombs on the Jerusalem hill and buried the dead. It was probably a walled village on the hill above the spring. After many years this village was abandoned. 

When the Pharaonic Empire in Egypt reached its peak of fame with the construction of the pyramids and the completion of the Great Sphinx, Jerusalem's existence was minimal. When the Minwan civilization flourished in Crete around 1900 BC, when the Babylonian king Hammurabi undertook to compile his laws;

When the British worshiped at Stonehenge, some pottery recovered from Luxor in Egypt, broken fragments, reveal a city called Ursalem, also known as Salem or Salem (god of the evening star). The word Ursalem may mean "Salem founded." . 

Jerusalem 

So far the empire, size, class, civilization and historical things of that time have been said. Back in Jerusalem, a settlement began to grow around the Gihon Spring: as the community cut a canal through the mountains to carry the water within the walls of their city fortress.   They fetched water through a protected underground passage. Recent archaeological excavations reveal that the fountain was guarded by a tall tower, surrounded by a 23-foot-thick wall.  Three tons of stone were used in the construction of the wall.  The tower was also used as a house of worship.  Residents there to celebrate the heavenly sanctity of the fountain.  

The priest-kings of Canaan built many temples (tower temples) like towering fortresses. The ruins of the city defense walls can be seen on top of the hill. These are the oldest parts of the city. The Canaanites established themselves as more skilled builders than others in Jerusalem. About two thousand years later, Emperor Herod arrived there.

After the Egyptians conquered Palestine in 1458 BC, their rule was established in Jerusalem. Egypt's army to protect the neighboring cities of Gaza and Jaffa. In 1350 BC, he was the feared king of Jerusalem 

 The ruler sent a plea for help to Akhenaten, the new pharaoh of Egypt. He requested to send even 50 archers to save the neighboring states and nomadic rogues. King Abdi-Hepa called his city fortress, 'Jerusalem the capital of the land'. From which the name Beit Shalmani (House of Mars) is derived. Probably from Shalman the city got its name Shalem.

In the south was the glory of the Egyptians. To the north in Hittite (now Türkiye) and to the north-west were the Mycenaean Greeks, who fought in the Trojan War. Abdi-Hepa was somewhat influential among them.

The first part of the king's name was West Semitic—the Semites of many races and languages ​​in the Middle East, possibly from Shem (son of Noah). Therefore, Abdi-Hepa may have arrived from anywhere in the northeastern Mediterranean region. His petition is found in the archives of the pharaohs.  

The application was as follows: 

The panicked and eloquent appeal is the first known message from any Jerusalemite. 

I fall at the feet of the king of 7 and 7. Telling what Milkili and Suardati have done against this country - they are leading Geezer's troops....against the king's law......  The Habiruras (nomadic rogues) occupied the king's land. And a city under Jerusalem was captured by the people of Kiltu. King please listen to your servant Abdi-hepa and send archers.  

I don't know what happened next.  But whatever befell the beleaguered king, a hundred years later the Jerusalemites began to build steep structures on the Mount of Ophel around the Gihan Fountain, which still stand today.  which was the foundation of a city fortress or Shamel Temple.  Strong defensive walls, towering towers and rows of houses were part of the Canaanite city fortress known as Zion.  King David fell and captured them. Around the 13th century BC, a sect called the Jebusites occupied Jerusalem. But the arrival of the so-called Sea People from the Aegean region shattered the old Mediterranean world.  Empires were destroyed by invaders and migrations. The Hittites fall, the Mycenaeans mysteriously perish. The situation in Egypt became turbulent with the arrival of a nation known as the Hebrews.  

Note-

At that time Pharaoh of Egypt wanted to rule Canaan. But it is not clear whether he was able to do so. They may have used clay symbols to curse their enemies or express their feelings.  The various theories regarding the recovered pottery fragments have changed many times.  This shows how archeology can be interpreted as a science in many ways.  

It was long believed that the Egyptians would break these clay pots or statues to curse the places named after them.  So they were called curse-words.  

The History of Jerusalem.  
David's World 
Episode 01 

To be continued...