Jerusalem

when did Jews return to Jerusalem?

13th century onward

Laurence Gamder says that a group of Frenchmen retrieved the Ark of the Covenenant from the El-Aqsa mosque. What is the name of this group?

Knights Templars

according to Muslims, who did muhammad meet in Jerusalem?

Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets

who captured Jerusalem for the Roman Empire?

Alexander the Great

among the sites that Christian pilgrims visit in Jerusalem, there are four sites that are associated with major events in Jesus' life. What are the four sites and what even took place at each?

Bethlehem, where Jesus was born; Golgatha, the site of his death; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which marked teh site of the Resurrection; the Mount of Olives, where Jesus ascended to heaven

What did Christians build to mark the site of the Resurrection?

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

who allowed the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem from their exile in Babylon?

Cyrus of Persia

What was built by Arab conquerors at the site?

Dome of Rock

what are three things Jerusalem is known as to the Jewish people?

Holy City, the site of Solomon's Temple, and the eternal capital of the Israelite nation

the kiblah is the direction of prayer for Muslims. After the hijrah to Medina, where did Muhammad tell his followers to make the kiblah?

Jerusalem

what happened in 1980?

Jerusalem was officially made the capital of Israel

why did the Romans destroy the Second Temple in 70AD?

Jews revolted against Roman oppressors

who built the First Temple of the Jews?

King David's son, Solomon

where is the kiblah for Muslims today?

Mecca

after the Christian Kingdom's rule, the city was recaptured by____, then ruled by_____, then_____until the 1800s

Muslims; Mamlukes; Turks

who was responsible for the destruction of the First Temple?

Nebuchadrezzar II

During the Byzantine Empire, what did the Empress Helena claim to find in Jerusalem?

a new city, Aelia Capitolina

what did the Muslim Caliph Umar build on the site of the First and Second Temples?

a small mosque

where did Muhammad's Night Journey take him from and to? who went with him? on what did they ride?

from Mecca to Jerusalem; Archangel Gabriel; rode on horse-like creature, El Burak

what happened to the Ark of the Covenant?

it disappeared because it wasn't thought as a sacred object

What caused the Crusades?

prohibition of Christian pilgrimage by the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt

for Christians, what are four important events in Jesus' life that took place in Jerusalem?

young Jesus impressed the sages at the Jewish Temple, where he spend the last days of his ministry, where the Last Supper took place, and the crucifixion and resurrection took place