Why Has The Ancient City Of Jerusalem Been Fought Over For Centuries? | Lost Treasures | Timeline

Jerusalem is one of the most hotly contested cities in all of human history. From the Romans to the crusades, to the modern day, the city has rarely not been a geo-political hot point. Discover the ancient history of the city and what makes it so special.

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[ravenheartwraith]

These documentaries bring me back to my young child self, loving to watch documentaries like this on history channel.

[podroomstudio]

Background music is waaay to loud, please fix it.

[edoardozingariello]

Beautiful history up until Titus, but the documentsry then jumps to the Palestine exploration fund while barely aknowledging the youngest Abrahamic religion or the people who lived (and live) in the area for 2000 years.

Especially given the current geopolitical situation, this oversight means that the documentary fails to answer " Why has ... Jerusalem been fought over for centuries."

I appreciate that the authors might not have wanted to include bait for trolls but theres almost 2000 years of relevant history missing from documentary. I trust this is in good faith but it could be seen as propagandistic.

Whhen i saw the jump from Titus to Victoria, i couldnt help but picture Faysal's jaw dropping at his Cairo meeting with Allenby and Lawrence.

[stevecooper]

Tribe Judah had forsaken the Lord and were worshipping Baal at the time of the Babylonian invasion and captivity, just as the ten northern Israelite tribes had forsaken the one true God for the worship of Baal before their own earlier dispersion by the Assyrians.

The remnants of the Benjiminites and Judahites taken into the 70 year Babylonian captivity therein adopted the 'traditions of the elders' (the Babylonian Talmud) and thereby came to be the world's first Jews. These newly caste Jews were the first people to practice their new Babylonian inspired Jewish religeon. It is important for our own deeper understanding to realise this fact.

[stevecausey]

The ancient Romans could never understand why folks fought over this sand pit. I agree

[chipsun]

What are the odds that all 3 events happened in the same place? Sounds like no one is telling the truth

[freddypyotr]

Jerusalem is the eternal city, more so than Rome imo. I would argue that Constantinople is also ahead of Rome.

[richardgillogly]

18 inches
The cubit, generally taken as equal to 18 inches (457 mm), was based on the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and was considered the equivalent of 6 palms or 2 spans. In some ancient cultures it was as long as 21 inches (531 mm).

Cubit | Ancient, Length, Unit - Britannica

[wooltron]

Because religious zealots are not rational people?

[spikedpsycho]

Cuz MY imaginary Friend IS BETTER THAN YOUR IMAGINARY FRIEND

[TheMrRee]

God bless you God is good Jesus is Lord.

[andrewd]

Sorry but thumbs down . You talked about all the wars and invasions of Jerusalem and left out when the Muslims took over. You skipped around +or- 1800 years.

[johney]

this will all be about when they start the time line right?

[davidbaggs]

The Christians and Jews are NOT fanatical!!
Jerusalem has been Jewish for thousands of years. That’s where the first temple was built, with exception of the mobile one as they journeyed.

[Gettingback]

Just starting to watch this. The opening flute music seems not from the area but from India

[sunnydavidson]

I wouldn't go there- too distant, too hot, too many people.

[jeffnichols]

Great content. Only the bibles manuscripts and authors who wrote many of these pages are the beginning of what Jesus expected of us. The old testament is making way for the new testament. Both coincide with each other. What makes the bible fascinating is the facts that come from the writers who wrote these accounts. It's history and it's got lots of proof that backs all these things up. Many will find reasons to say there is no God. I have not witnessed any evidence to support these claims. I've heard many arguments but I'm not here to argue but simply say that many who do argue, only argue to justify what they're doing. Sin is sin. We're not free from it but it's a choice to live that way. There will be no excuse given to God when we all are judged.

[JOHNBANNON-ibcj]

JESUS/ GOD IS REAL!! SEEK HIM OUT WHILE HE MAY BE TIME IS SHORT, GET READY NOW!!! God Bless Canada

[paulglusic]

Too many ads get lost! I was interested but waste someone else's time!

[Jesse-cxsi]

We’re all in Jerusalem if you think about it.