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9780472031207

Jerusalem Besieged

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    9780472031207

  • ISBN10:

    0472031201

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-31
  • Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

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"Jerusalem Besiegedis a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, and Israeli fights for possession of such a symbolic prize in a manner that is both scholarly and engaging." -Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University; author ofThe Other GreeksandCarnage and Culture "A beautifully lucid presentation of four thousand years of history in a single volume. Cline writes primarily as an archaeologist-avoiding polemic and offering evidence for any religious claims-yet he has also incorporated much journalistic material into this study. Jerusalem Besieged will enlighten anyone interested in the history of military conflict in and around Jerusalem." -Col. Rose Mary Sheldon, Virginia Military Institute "This groundbreaking study offers a fascinating synthesis of Jerusalem's military history from its first occupation into the modern era. Cline amply deploys primary source material to investigate assaults on Jerusalem of every sort, starting at the dawn of recorded history. Jerusalem Besieged is invaluable for framing the contemporary situation in the Middle East in the context of a very long and pertinent history." -Baruch Halpern, Pennsylvania State University A sweeping history of four thousand years of struggle for control of one city "[An] absorbing account of archaeological history, from the ancient Israelites' first conquest to today's second intifada. Cline clearly lays out the fascinating history behind the conflicts." -USA Today "A pleasure to read, this work makes this important but complicated subject fascinating." -Jewish Book World "Jerusalem Besieged is a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, and Israeli fights for possession of such a symbolic prize in a manner that is both scholarly and engaging." -Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University; author of The Other Greeks and Carnage and Culture

Table of Contents

Abbreviations xv
List of Maps xvii
List of Illustrations xix
List of Tables xxi
Introduction: A Lonely Ship on a Hostile Sea 1(10)
JERUSALEM UNDER SIEGE
CHAPTER 1 A Rock and a High Place 11(25)
DAVID AND THE JEBUSITES, 1000 BCE
CHAPTER 2 The End of the Beginning 36(32)
NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND THE NEO-BABYLONIANS, 586 BCE
CHAPTER 3 Oil upon Troubled Waters 68(28)
THE MACCABEAN REBELLION, 165 BCE
CHAPTER 4 In Blood and Fire 96(40)
THE FIRST AND SECOND JEWISH REVOLTS, 70 AND 135 CE
CHAPIER 5 The "Holy House" 136(28)
THE ARRIVAL OF ISLAM, 638 CE
CHAPTER 6 For God, Gold, and Glory 164(37)
THE CRUSADERS AND SALADIN, 1099 AND 1187 CE
CHAPTER 7 The Sultan and the City 201(34)
SELIM I AND THE OTTOMANS, 1516 CE
CHAPTER 8 Peace to Their Ashes, Honor to Their Memory 235(32)
ALLENBY AND THE ALLIED FORCES, 1917 CE
CHAPTER 9 Jerusalem of Gold 267(32)
THE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS, 1948 AND 1967 CE
CHAPTER 10 Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem 299(12)
THE INTIFADAS AND BEYOND
Notes 311(50)
Bibliography 361(36)
Index 397

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