The ENTIRE History of JERUSALEM | Conquered 44 Times

#TheEntireHistoryOfJerusalem #jerusalem #ancienthistory Jerusalem has no river, no harbor, and barely any water, yet armies have captured it forty-four times. How did a dry limestone ridge, far from every major trade route, become a city that three religions and dozens of empires refuse to give up? This documentary follows the complete history of Jerusalem through its strangest turning points: a Canaanite fort with its water supply outside the walls, King David's capture of the city, a hand-carved tunnel that beat an Assyrian siege, a pig sacrificed on the temple altar, and a wooden ladder that nobody can move. In this video: ▸ How David's men reportedly broke into a fortress whose defenders mocked them from the walls ▸ The hand-carved tunnel, close to eighteen hundred feet long, that saved Jerusalem from Assyria ▸ Why Rome burned the temple in the year seventy but could not knock down its retaining wall ▸ How Saladin retook the city in 1187 and let its residents ransom themselves From the Babylonian exile and a wall built in fifty-two days to Herod's Temple Mount, the Dome of the Rock, the Crusader kingdom, Suleiman's walls, the British Mandate, and the divided city of 1948 and 1967, this is the entire history of Jerusalem, from five thousand years ago to today. Jerusalem's story did not end in some ancient century. The same hill, the same walls, and the same disputed status still make headlines today, with three religions and competing national claims centered on one narrow ridge. Once you know how a hill nobody needed became a place nobody can give up, the news from this city reads very differently. Sources: ▸ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography, 2011 — political and religious history ▸ Eric H. Cline, Jerusalem Besieged, 2004 — sieges and conquests of Jerusalem ▸ Karen Armstrong, Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths, 1996 — religious history of Jerusalem ▸ Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, c. 75 AD — eyewitness account of Titus's siege ▸ Amy Dockser Marcus, Jerusalem 1913, 2007 — origins of the modern conflict #jerusalemhistory #domeoftherock #kingdavid #romanempire #crusades #ottomanempire #worldhistory #historydocumentary