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Masa‘ot erets Yisra’el (Travels in the Land of Israel)
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Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…

Contributor:

Moses Basola

Places:

Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)

Date:

1521–1523

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Economic life, Synagogue, Israel/Israelis, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
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:

Historical writing