Jerusalem

The Fatimids at the beginning, the Crusaders at the end.

Sensory deprivation, or Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (REST), is a technique by which sensory input (sound, light, smell, etc.) is minimized. This practice encourages an extremely deep level of relaxation.

The Muslims have the Dome of the Rock Shrine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque which form a single holy site together.

Holy sites are the biggest attractions in Jerusalem. Here are some popular places: the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, the site of Jesus' crucifixion, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulcher, Mount Zion, the Mount of Olives, Tomb of Samuel the Prophet, and the Little Wall, as well as the Jerusalem museums. Here is a website that will give you detailed information about these places: http://www.jerusalem-insiders-guide.com/. It also provides information on Jerusalem history, other destinations, and Jerusalem travel resources.

We have no reliable records of where Mary and Joseph were born, but can reasonably assume that they were probably born in the town where they continued to live in later life. This was either Bethlehem or Nazareth. According to the Gospel According to St Matthew, the home town of Mary and Joseph appears to have been Bethlehem, near Jerusalem in Judea. But, Luke's Gospel says that their home town was Nazareth in Galilee.

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The three Abrahamic religions, judaism, Christianity and Islam are all the same doctrine and all the prophets preached the same teachings. It is through the centuries that the teachings were changed, then God would send another prophet. Until the final prophet (peace be upon him and all the prophets) God preserved His final book through the angel Gabriel, which to this day hasn't changed. Read the Quran the final testament.

Jerusalem contains many physical features. They pretty much contain all of the main ones you can think of:

THE GREAT SEA

THE COASTAL PLAIN

THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS PLATEAU

THE DEEP JORDAN VALLEY

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN

THE GREAT DESERT

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

THE ROCKY HILLS

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The mosque itself resides on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.It's the distinctive

golden dome that's featured prominently in virtually every photograph that includes

the Old City of Jerusalem. As I write this, there's a beautiful photo of it displayed

right here, at the top of this web-page on Answers.com .

The true answer is because both the Jordanian waqf and Israeli police do not want non-Muslims inside the Dome of the Rock.

The Jordanian waqf, not Palestinian officials, govern the Temple Mount. Israeli police provide security. The Waqf want only Muslims, because it is comfortable for them and they feel good about exercising power over others. They would be happiest with a situation akin to Mecca or Medina, where only Muslims are allowed to breathe the air.

The Israelis defer to the Waqf and do not want to risk World War 3 over some religious fanatic causing trouble.

The Israeli government is implicated in this utterly discriminatory policy. It is a true outrage.

The best answer is actually from a quote by Josephus which states the circumference of Jerusalem in his day as 33 stadia, which equals 4.5 English miles. That would make the area within the walls of Jerusalem about 960 acres, 1.5 sq mi. Many archeologists believe that the walls of Jerusalem were about the same in both Nehemiah's day and Jesus' day.

Israel controlled the city of Jerusalem since there Independence in 1948. Jerusalem is Israel Capitol to

If the question is asking as to which two countries desperately claim Jerusalem to be theirs, the answer is: Israel and Palestine.

However, Jerusalem was never designed to belong to two countries. Like all cities, it was designed to be a unified city. Every city that has been divided, from Berlin, to Vienna, to Nicosia, to Rome has suffered from having its urban structure divided between two different countries.

Syria is east of the northern part of the Jordan River and Jordan is east of the Jordan River from the southern end of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)

Jerusalem is not a country at all. It is the capital city of Israel, a country
whose citizens have the right under the law to practice any religion.

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, but it certainly not the largest city in Asia; it is not even the largest city in Israel (which is Tel Aviv). The largest city in Asia is the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area; the two cities bleed into one another.

• 1) Jerusalem is the center of Judaism. It is important to Jews because it was the site of the Akeidah (Binding of Isaac, in Genesis ch.22) and was later the seat of the Davidic Kings, when King David, Israel's greatest king, founded the dynasty that ruled Judah for much of its history, making Jerusalem the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel during his reign and that of his son, King Solomon. Most importantly, it was the location of the First and Second Temples, where offerings were made to God and where His presence dwelt in the Holy of Holies and was manifested in a number of miracles (Mishna, Avos ch.5). Jerusalem is called the holy city by the prophets (Isaiah 52:1). It was where Jews would go three times a year to celebrate the holiest festivals (Deuteronomy ch.16). Even after the destruction of the Temple, the Temple Mount and adjacent Western ("Wailing") Wall, which still stands, is the holiest site in Judaism. It is hoped and prophesied (Ezekiel ch.40-44) that one day a third temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and that the Messiah will come to it.
• 2) As a result of the historical connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem, it was seen as an intrinsically holy city and a place where God's presence rested. Jerusalem has become representative of the connection with the Divine. In addition, Jerusalem is seen as the source of Divine Law, as demonstrated in many Jewish prayers: "Ki miTziyon tetze Torah udvar Hashem maYerushalayim - From Zion comes the Torah and the Word of God from Jerusalem"; Isaiah 2:3. Jerusalem is also representative of the Redemption of the Jewish people from their physical and spiritual exile, because this exile causes the melancholy that the Jewish people experience by being apart from God's presence. The Redemption, which Jews believe will be brought by the Messiah, will result in the Jewish people returning to Jerusalem.
• 3) According to ancient Hebrew tradition, Jerusalem is the site where God took the very earth from which Adam, the first man, was formed. Read Genesis carefully; Adam was not created in the garden of Eden; he was TAKEN there. Jerusalem, because it is the first place on Earth where the spirit of God dwelt, is considered sacred, and a direct link to God.
• 4) Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion and Jerusalem has been its only holy site for 3000 years, ever since King Solomon built the first Jewish Temple there. The temple was destroyed by invading Babylonians and rebuilt at the same site (known as the Temple Mount) about 2500 years ago. It was then destroyed again when the Romans conquered Judea about 2000 yrs ago, killing a million Jews, expelling another million and enslaving the remaining million. All Jews who value their heritage feel ties to the holy land, where so many of their people struggled for the freedom to practice Judaism. At the same time, Jews believe that all people should be welcome there, regardless of faith.
• 5) Jerusalem is the eternal Jewish city, and a symbol of a future time of peace. Jerusalem is also the focal point of prayer of the Jews. When they pray, wherever they are, they face towards Jerusalem (Talmud, Berakhot 30a), with love and longing. The sentiment is aptly expressed in Psalm 137: "By the waters of Babylon, there we sat and wept as we remembered Zion...." It continues to say: "If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its wisdom." For thousands of years we remembered our exile and prayed for its end. Now at least we can do so from "up close."

I believe Odysseus destroyed the city of troy

The actual events that are the Stations began when Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate. The tradition of celebrating the Stations of the Cross began after Jesus' death, when people started walking his journey to Golgotha. Markers were then set up in the town at the places where the Stations took place. We celebrate the stations in churches now to remember what Jesus went through.

This question is nebulous. Jerusalem has been built or modified over 26 times and razed to the ground 13 times. There were many walls involved in this process and it would be mindless to try to cover all of them. Please narrow your focus.

Black, but not black like and African-American lighter in colour.

The main language spoken in Jerusalem is Hebrew. In addition, Arabic is spoken by the Arab minority there, and English is the most widely spoken foreign language.

Street signs are in Hebrew and Arabic (and sometimes English as well).

In the year 70 CE, at the the closing stages of the First Jewish War, The Romans finally entered Jerusalem. Unable to knock down the substantial stonework of the outer Temple wall, the general Titus gave orders to set fire to the gate.

Once the gate was destroyed, a Roman soldier entered the courtyard and, contravening a decision of Titus, threw a burning torch into a room of the Temple. In the general confusion that followed, other soldiers set fire to the whole of the inner sanctuary.