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Map of Jerusalem
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In this seventeenth-century map, Jerusalem is depicted as a fairly dense city within a wall, with only a few structures outside. Men in Arab dress stand in small groups conversing with one another in…

Contributor:

George Braun, Franciscus Hogenberg

Places:

Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (Cologne, Germany)

Date:

1612

Subjects:

Print, Art, Jerusalem, Cities, Artists

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, History, Print & Book Culture
Print of walled city surrounded by hills, and two figures in forefront, with Latin text above and below image.
The Current Expenses of Jerusalem
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The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Firsthand Accounts
Shalshelet ha-kabalah (The Chain of Tradition): History of Late Antiquity
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In the days of Antigonus, in about 3160 of creation, roughly 52 of the second rule of Ptolemy II over Egypt…

Contributor:

Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya

Places:

Alessandria, Duchy of Milan (Alessandria, Italy)

Date:

1587

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Sectarianism, Cities, War, Jerusalem

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
The Current Situation in Jerusalem
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At present there are approximately three hundred homeowners, and almost twelve hundred people, in Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and reestablished. This about the situation you will find at any point in…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Arab-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Firsthand Accounts
The People Who Rebuilt Jerusalem
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Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests set to and rebuilt the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and set up its doors, consecrating it as far as the Hundred’s Tower, as far as the Tower of…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Priest/priesthood, Cities

Categories:

History, Lists & Catalogues, Literature