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Israeli control 1 967-today
Jordanian control 1948 -19 67
British Mandate 1 917-194 8
Ottoman 15 17-191 7
Ayyubid and Mamluk 118 7-1 517
Crusader 1099 -11 87
Early Islamic (Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid) 638 -1 099
Byzantine 3 24- 638
Herodian and Roman 63 B.C.- A.D. 324
Persian, Hellenistic, Hasmonean 538 B.C .- 63 B.C.
Iron Age (Israelite, Assyrian, Babylonian)ca 1200 B.C .-538 B.C.
Bronze Age (Canaanite, Jebusite)before 1200 B.C.
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Fortifications to protect the city have been built and torn down over mil-
lennia. Ayyubid Mthe walls in 1219 for easy recapture uslims destroyed
if Jerusalemsaders; Ottom was lost again to cru-an-era ramparts now
enclose 224 acres of the Old City.
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mthe an-era structure foundations ofl ie
King Herod’s palace.
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fearlier towers built bortifications stand overy
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pdlaefyense ed a role in the citfor 2,500 years.y’s
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cJesus Christ was crucihurch is honored as the site fied and buriedwhere ,
and then rose from the dead.
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ings reveal lifestyles of the wealthy before the Romans
laid waste to the city.
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ings reveal lifestyles of thewealthy before the Romwwealthy before the Romiings reveal lifestyles of the nealthgs reveal liy before the Romfestyles of theans ansans
laid waste to the city.llaid waste to the city.aid waste to the city.
NComea Cmhissioneurchd by Byzantine emperor
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was covered by newer construction.
SHIFTING
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SACRED MOSAIC
JERUSALEM’S ERAS OF BUILDING
The embattled Old City of Jerusalem has grown over the centuries
into an architectural patchwork reflecting the styles, beliefs, and
priorities of conquerors past. The rulers who rebuilt or repurposed
these structures are long gone, but evidence of their ambitions
remains—both above and deep below the bustling metropolis.
Color represents latest period of construction
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