Identifier: palestinesyriawi01karl (find matches)
Title: Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm) Socin, A. (Albert), 1844-1899 Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935 Peters, John P. (John Punnett), 1852-1921
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Publisher: Leipzig : Karl Baedeker London : T. Fisher Unwin New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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ken by Emir David of Kerak, but fouryears later it was again given up to the Christians by treaty. In 1244the Kharezmians took the place by storm, and it soon fell under thesupremacy of the Aiyubides. Since that period Jerusalem has beena Moslem city. In 1517 it fell into the hands of the Osmans. Topography of Ancient Jerusalem (comp. adjoining Plan). Theearliest city occupied the S. part only of the present city; but onthe S. it extended beyond the present city-wall to the edge of therocky plateau, where remains of the old fortifications have beendiscovered (p. 70). The E. scarp of the plateau was once muchmore abrupt than it is at present. Through the accumulation ofthe rubbish of thousands of years, the lowest part of the KidronValley (p. 80) is now 30 ft. farther to the E. than it used to be,while at the S.E. corner of the Temple Hill it was formerly 36 ft.deeper than it now is. The actual site of the city was also muchless level than at present; what is now recognizable only as a
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Engr ave d *-printed Ijt Wa gner ,1-06156 3,161) Topography. JERUSALEM. 4. Route. Bl shallow depression was formerly a distinct valley, running fromthe vicinity of the present Damascus Gate first towards the S.E.and then towards the S. This depression (p. 50), called by JosephusTyropoeon, i.e. Valley of Dung (wrongly translated the Cheese-mongers Valley), hut not mentioned in the Bible, attained a depthof about 60 ft. below the present level (p. 66) and separated thenarrow and abrupt E. hill from the W. hill, which was 110 ft.higher. Both hills were also cross-sectioned by other depressions. Tradition, probably with justice, places the City of David on theW. hill and accordingly calls this Mt. Zion (2 Sam. v. 7). Severalauthorities, however, look for it on the E. hill. In his strongholdDavid also kept the national shrine, the ark. When Solomon builtthe Temple on the E. hill and also removed liis royal residence toit, the name of Zion was likewise transferred thither; this is thedwelli

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