Who Controlled Jerusalem the Longest?

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CREDITS:
Charts & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman

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[kivikallo]

Mom said it's my turn to control Jerusalem

[theascendunt]

It's insane to think that the Mongols tried to fight for Jerusalem! Speaks volumes about how vast their empire and the reach was. Damn!

[lorrainegatanianhits]

Imagine being an archeologist or geologist studying jerusalem. Must be fascinating to have so much cultural change embedded in the ground/remains.

[samuelspace]

Archeologists: Every 2 feet you dig is another empire

[susannemontagnemslmtryt]

Based on this presentation, Italy should administrate Jerusalem. Muslims can use the Dome on Friday, Jews on Saturday, and Christians on Sunday. Monday thru Thursday it is open to tourists.

[belialord]

0:23 I always thought Jerusalem was the most besieged city in history, but it's actually Constantinople... 34 times

[eb]

I'd love to see more of these city charts, maybe for places like Rome, Istanbul, or London. It's interesting to see how broader historical events can impact specific places.

[Puptoon]

It’s kinda funny how the nations that dominated Jerusalem the longest are in opposite order that the religions are in.

[DrEvoProducer]

He made this a year ago, not knowing how applicable and essential it will be in Oct. Of 2023 👏👏 Bravo 🎉

[Oscar.Carmona]

I'm amazed at the amount of misinformation on media. Well it should not surprise me. So many look at history since 1900s and don't understand the amount of conflict this land has had. This is an important video! Thank you

[SarudeDanstorm]

Going into this video I kindof rolled my eyes at the thought of "yet another YouTube video which would probably devolve into bias", but was pleasantly surprised to see nothing glossed over in early history and a fairly objective view of the whole matter. Well done!

Edit: Do not delve into the replies to my comment if you value your sanity. To the commenters, never change.

[honesty_-nohe]

Religion is not ethnicity. Many Jews were Arab and many Christians were Arab too.

[HistoryandHeadlines]

It's amazing how important one city could be to so many people!

[HikmaHistory]

Balian of Ibelin: What is Jerusalem worth?
Saladin: Nothing... Everything!

[mabs]

I think it's really interesting that the city has been totally destroyed several times and also most of it's citizens killed, and still it's been rebuilt by new people over and over.

[who]

I disagree with the count of the control by religions, I find it inaccurate for the Arab Empire segment. 
The period of Jerusalem under the Rashidiun till the 1st Crusade was still a mostly Christian city, although under Islamic rule. Jews were banned from the city under Roman law since the Bar Kochba revolt (other than in the brief Persian period), and so the city had a Christian population beforehand. When the Rashidiun conquered the city and the region in general, they did not replace or forcefully convert anyone, rather Jews and Christians ("Ahl al Qitab", people of the book) lived under a set of Islamic laws.
In general, after the Arab conquest of this region, the conversion of locals to Islam was particularly slow and not on large scale at all, unlike places such as Persia which converted almost in an instant.

[comb]

Can you do a video on the various sects and schisms within Judaism? Especially the second temple period? Also, I would like to know the differences between the rabbinical Judaism and the Pharisees and where they differed in regards to theology (cuz we all know they that Rabbinical Judaism offshooted from the Pharisees Sect, but they weren't identical)

[bakubread]

I'm glad you counted the Byzantines as the Romans, because while the distinction is important, it'd feel disingeuous to call the direct continuation of the same empire a "different" owner

Edit: ware the replies, people here LOVE to pretend that romans aren't romans because their capital city moved

[msam]

I think that Greece Turkey Italy and Egypt should reclaim Jerusalem 😂😂