Jerusalem

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.

From http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08344a.htm : Jerusalem is situated in latitude 31° 46' 45" N. and longitude 35° 13' 25" E. of Greenwich, about 32 English miles in a straight line from the Mediterranean on the west, and 13 from the Dead Sea on the east. It stands on the crest of a chain of mountains which traverses the Land of Israel from north to south, and the highest point of which, at the northwest corner of the city, is 2577 feet above the level of the Mediterranean, and 3865 above that of the Dead Sea. Owing to this difference of level the western slope of these mountains, towards the Plain of Sephela, which extends to the Mediterranean, is gentle, while that to the east is very steep. A girdle of high hills surrounds the city, forming a sort of natural rampart. On the north is Mt. Scopus (2705 feet), next to it, on the east, the Mount of Olives (2665 feet), beyond which again is the Mount of Offence (2410 feet) (1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13). To the south is the Mount of EvilCounsel (2549 feet), which forms the eastern boundary of the Plain of Raphaim, and next, on the southwest, comes a hill (2557 feet) to which no name has been given. Towards the northwest the city is more exposed; at some distance in that direction it is dominated by the Nebi Samwil, the ancient Maspha, which has an altitude of 2935 feet. Notwithstanding the difficulty of access in its natural situation, Jerusalem is the centre of a network of ancient roads which connect it, on the east, with Jericho and the Jordan; on the south, with Hebron and Gaza; on the west, with Jaffa and Caesarea; on the north, with Samaria and Galilee. It was, however, situated beyond the great military and commercial highways between Egypt and Assyria.

It was built by him as a facsimilie of the Church Of Holy Wisdom.
Maybe because they want to build something for there gods. But they distorted the reals Gods Tempel but God will come back when it is built.

== == Jerusalem is a city in the State of Israel. East and West Jerusalem were unified under Israeli control in the Six Day War in June 1967.
Jerusalem is not a country, but rather a city in Israel.

it is a hole site fr them because that is were they say there savior will come and for the Jew they say that there saivor ardy came and that they were there befor the musluilms and they say when they got there their was no one there so they calmed it for them self.

In which year?

Without that critical information, it would be impossible to say which out of over 20 conquests/liberations of Jerusalem you are asking about.

Jerusalem is a city in Israel, which is a country that allows Hindus to practice their religion freely. Jerusalem is also a city that held a Sai meeting. The worship of Sai Baba is a practice that has divided Hindus.

There are approximately 7 mountain ranges that are located in Jerusalem. A few of the mountains are called Temple Mount, Mount of Olives, and Mount Herzl.

According to the 2011 census 263,346 people identified themselves as being Jewish in London, making the community the 5th largest in the world by estimation. There are currently 409 synagogues in the country. The United Synagogue has the largest percentage of the 409 affiliated making up 54.7 percent by average.

Jerusalem is in Israel ; the capital of that nation .

This is a complex subject but, I will try my best to explain.

One of the reasons has to do with religion, the other territorial.

The first reason is religious. According to the Bible and other religious text, God made a promise to Abrahan of a blessing. It consisted of multiplying his inheritance like the gains of sand on the seas, and that his descendants would inherit the kingdom of the heavens.

Sara was the name of Abraham's wife, and she gave him a son by the name of Isaac. Agar war Sara's slave that became Abraham's concubine and had a son by the name of Ismael.

God promise that both will be blessed, according to religious writings.

Jews believe that the promise was for Isaac, because he was the son of Sara, the legitimate wife. That they are the descendants of Isaac the son of Sara, because hi was the son of the legitimate wife, and therefore are the recipients of the promise. Also that the promise was made directly to Sara by God's angel. Which by the way is also what Christians believe.

Muslims on the other hand, believe that the promise was for Ismael, the son of Agar, because he was the first born. According to tradition the first born is the receiver of the inheritance. Also that God's angel spoke of the promise directly to Agar in the dessert. That they are descendants of Ismael the son of Agar, and therefore the recipients of the promise.

The second reason is territorial. The ancient Roman legions inflicted a genocide of the Jews in 70 AD. Due in part to the indomitable spirit of the people of Israel, that despised the Roman rule, and created an unstable control in the region.

According to the historian Josephus: "Josephus claims that 1,100,000 people were killed during the siege of Israel, of which a majority were Jewish, and that 97,000 were captured and enslaved."[4]

Those who survived where taken captive and sent to Rome to serve as slaves.

Many fled to other Mediterranean countries; such as Egypt, Turkey, Spain

(then Iberia) , Syria Jordan, North of Africa, France (then Gaul), Greece, Cyprus, Crimea, etc.

After the genocide, the Romans introduced people from different surrounding nations, (mostly Arabic) and called the area, Palestine.

If you want further information about this go to Wikipedia under:

"Siege of Jerusalem (70)".

The Jews believe the land was given to them by God through Moses, when they escape from the ancient Egyptian (Pharaohs) rule, and have God given right. The Palestinian believe they have been there for thousands of years, that they are the rightful owners of the land, and are bitter to be taken from their land.

Hence, these two events are still today the major reasons of conflict between Israel, Palestine and other (Muslim) Arabic nations.

1) They both believe to be the descendants of the son of the promise made to Abraham by God, and therefore have the right to the kingdom of the heavens.

2) They both believe to be the rightful owners of the land due to historic events.

I believe that both have a certain degree of truth in their point of view. However, I believe the two should live together in harmony and share their homeland together. As far as religion is concern, I wont comment on the subject.

I hope this is useful, you could make further research on the subject.