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Jerusalem: History, Former Names & Timeline

Holy city of three monotheistic faiths and goal of the Crusades.

Map showing Jerusalem in 1000Jerusalem
Border map for 1000. See Europe in 1000.

Explore Jerusalem in the interactive map

Former names of Jerusalem

FromNameNote
1000 BCYerushalayim
AD 135Aelia Capitolina ·
AD 638al-Quds / Jerusalem

Timeline of Jerusalem

YearEvent
AD 70Titus takes Jerusalem; the Second Temple is destroyed
AD 638Caliph Umar enters the city
1099The First Crusade takes Jerusalem
1187Saladin retakes Jerusalem

Who ruled Jerusalem

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCAchaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BCEmpire of Alexander
300 BC–201 BCKingdom of Antigonus
200 BC–2 BCPtolemaic Kingdom
1 BC–99Judea
100–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Diocletianus)
400–699Eastern Roman Empire
700–799Umayyad Caliphate
800–999Abbasid Caliphate
1000–1299Fatimid Caliphate
1300–1599Mamluk Sultanate
1600–1919Ottoman Empire
1920–1937Mandatory Palestine (GB)
1938–todayIsrael

Battles and sites near Jerusalem

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