Jerusalem and the Jewish People Term Paper

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Moses led them to east of the Jordan and died without reaching the Promised Land. He relinquished leadership to Joshua, who led the people across the Jordan to conquer the Promised Land.

The rule of Israelites in the land of Israel began with the conquests of Joshua (ca. 1250 BCE). The period from 1000-587 BCE is referred to as the "Period of the Kings" (Israel Science and Technology Homepage, 2004). The most noteworthy kings during this time were King David (1010-970 BCE), who made Jerusalem the Capital of Israel, and his son Solomon (Shlomo, 970-931 BCE), who built the first Temple in Jerusalem.


In 587 BCE, Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar's army captured Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and exiled the Jews to Babylon (modern day Iraq) (Israel Science and Technology Homepage, 2004). Jerusalem itself fell under siege in 586 B.C.E. And was destroyed. Th the Babylonians' attack was part of their campaign to stake claim to the former Assyrian empire. According to AISH (2001): "The Babylonian aim was to impose their rule and make what remains of Israel a vassal state. In this they largely succeeded, taking into captivity 10,000 of the best and brightest Jews.".....

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