Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Jerusalem

by Slavik, Diane; Webb, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780822532187
• ISBN10: 0822532182
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group

Summary

This series, Cities Through Time, explores daily,life during the key historical periods that most,shaped each city's personality. in this volume,readers will watch builders working on King,Solomon's magnificent palace and temple, will,visit a splendid mosque and will make a pilgrimage,to Jerusalem with medieval Christians, learning,through these adventures about the religious,history and divide of Jerusalem and its,inhabitants.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(6)
Ancient History
Tents to Farms	6	(2)
A Trade Center	8	(2)
Israelites Capture Jerusalem	10	(2)
King Solomon's Temple	12	(2)
Sacrifices and Celebrations	14	(2)
Jerusalem Is Destroyed	16	(2)
Greek and Roman Times
Life in Greek Jerusalem	18	(2)
The Torah	20	(2)
Jerusalem Becomes a Roman City	22	(2)
Daily Life under Herod	24	(2)
Tense Times in Jerusalem	26	(2)
Rebellion and Destruction	28	(2)
Aelia Capitolina	30	(2)
The Middle Ages
A Quiet Invasion	32	(2)
Worship at a Mosque	34	(2)
Crusader Life	36	(2)
Medieval Pilgrims	38	(2)
The Ottoman Era
Suleyman the Great	40	(2)
Ottoman Family Life	42	(2)
Decline of the Ottoman Empire	44	(2)
Modern Jerusalem
Pilgrims and Jewish Settlers	46	(2)
The British Mandate and the Holocaust	48	(2)
The Two Wars	50	(2)
A Divided City	52	(2)
The Old City	54	(2)
Children in Jerusalem	56	(2)
The Rhythm of Life	58	(2)
Jerusalem Timeline	60	(2)
Books about Israel and Jerusalem	62	(1)
Index	63	(1)
About the Author and Illustrator	64