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Jerusalem became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a feudal state, of which the King of Jerusalem was the chief.
Jerusalem became the capital of a 'Latin Kingdom' with a Latin church and a Latin Patriarch, all under the authority of the Pope.
Jerusalem is situated in 31°46′45″ N 35°13′25″ E, upon the southern spur of a plateau the eastern side of which slopes from 2,460 ft. above sea-level north of the Temple area to 2,130 ft. at the southeastern extremity.
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 Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in 1950, and it is the location of its presidential residence and parliament, but this status is not internationally recognized and most countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which lasted until 1291, although Jerusalem itself was recaptured by Saladin in 1187.
East Jerusalem was captured by the Israelis in the Six-Day War of 1967, along with the Wailing Wall and the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif.
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According to Israeli Jerusalem Law, Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel, and is the center of Jerusalem District; it serves as the country's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital.
Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in the Torah and Tanakh (Bible or "Old Testament") which is the Written Law basis for the Oral Law (Mishnah, Talmud and Shulkhan Arukh) studied, practiced and treasured by Jews and Judaism for three millennia.
The sacredness of Jerusalem has never lapsed for Jews and Judaism, and this is illustrated by the fact that Jews consider the Temple Mount to be sacred ground to the very present as it is remembered and acknowledged as the exact spot of the Holy Temples.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/jerusalem   (5899 words)

  
 Jerusalem - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The modern history of Jerusalem began in the mid-nineteenth century, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
Jerusalem is situated in 31° 46′ 45″ N 35° 13′ 25″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=31_46_45_N_35_13_25_E_), upon the southern spur of a plateau the eastern side of which slopes from 2,460 ft. above sea-level north of the Temple area to 2,130 ft. at the southeastern extremity.
Later Jerusalem was thus built upon four spurs.Today, neighboring towns are Bethlehem and Beit Jala at the southern city border, and Abu Dis to the East.
www.grohol.com /wiki/Jerusalem   (8614 words)

  
 Jerusalem biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Although the Koran does not mention the name "Jerusalem", Islamic tradition holds that it was from Jerusalem that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven in the Night Journey, or Isra and Miraj.
After the conquest of Jerusalem by the armies of the second Caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, parts of the city soon took on a Muslim aspect.
In the context of proposals to radically reinterpret early Islamic history, certain Orientalists, eg John Wansbrough, have proposed that Muhammad's Night Journey to Jerusalem - the Isra and Miraj, one of the principal foundations of Jerusalem's sanctity in Islam - was a later invention intended to account for an otherwise obscure verse.
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 Jerusalem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The city was ruined yet again when a civil war accompanied by a revolt against Rome in Judea led to the city's repeated sack and ruin, by the hands of Titus at 70 AD.
In 1980, the Israeli Knesset confirmed Jerusalem's status as the nation's "eternal and indivisible capital", by passing the Basic Law: Jerusalem - Capital of Israel.
The US Constitution reserves the conduct of foreign policy to the President and acts of Congress which make foreign policy are invalid for that reason.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/je/Jerusalem.htm   (6040 words)

  
 Jerusalem - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy" and a pomegranate branch.
A fragment from the Arch of Titus, Rome.
Dome of the Rock in center of Temple mount.
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