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The 70 pages that link to Jerusalem, each with the reason it gives.

• Six-Day WarRelated: Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967 and later extended its law and administration there.

• MedinaCompared with: Its religious significance offers a comparison with Medina’s distinctive ties to Muhammad.

• CrusadesRelated: Its religious significance made control of the city a central crusading objective.

• Israeli–Palestinian conflictRelated: Its status, boundaries, and holy sites remain among the most sensitive final-status issues.

• JosephusRelated: Its siege and capture form the central episode of Josephus's war narrative.

• 1948 Arab–Israeli WarRelated: The war split the city and left its political status unsettled.

• QiblaCompared with: Jerusalem is associated with an earlier prayer orientation in Islamic tradition, unlike the present qibla toward Mecca.

• Two-state solutionRelated: Competing claims to Jerusalem make its status a central final-status issue.

• Kingdom of JudahRelated: The kingdom’s institutions and royal court were concentrated in Jerusalem.

• United Nations Partition Plan for PalestineBroader topic: The plan’s proposed international city instead became divided during the 1948 war.

• IsraelCompared with: Competing sovereignty claims make the city one of the conflict’s most sensitive issues.

• Bar Kokhba RevoltRelated: Jews were barred from the refounded Roman city, with restrictions shaping later memory.

• Sacred spaceBroader topic: Its overlapping sacred claims make access and control enduring sources of conflict.

• Third CrusadeRelated: The treaty kept the city under Saladin’s rule while allowing Christian pilgrimages.

• Pope Urban IIRelated: Urban’s appeal made the recovery of this city a central goal of the expedition.

• Yad VashemRelated: Yad Vashem’s location connects Holocaust remembrance to Israel’s national landscape.

• Abrahamic religionsRelated: Its religious significance and contested political status reflect overlapping sacred histories.

• Amos TverskyRelated: Tversky was born in Haifa and grew up in Jerusalem.

• PentecostRelated: Acts locates the event and the gathered disciples in Jerusalem.

• Al-Aqsa MosqueNarrower topic: The mosque’s history is inseparable from Jerusalem’s layered religious and political past.

• Sacred geographyBroader topic: Its overlapping sacred claims show how multiple religious geographies can inhabit one city.

• AntiochCompared with: Its religious significance contrasted with Antioch's broader role as a provincial metropolis.

• Muslim conquest of the LevantBroader topic: Its negotiated transfer became one of the conquest’s most consequential episodes.

• One-state solutionRelated: A shared state would still need to determine the city's governance, access, and political status.

• Siege of Jerusalem (1187)Broader topic: Its walls, population, and sanctity shaped the defenders’ choices and Saladin’s terms.

• Temple MountNarrower topic: The compound’s religious significance is inseparable from Jerusalem’s layered sacred geography.

• Umayyad architectureRelated: The Dome of the Rock made Jerusalem a major setting for Umayyad religious and political architecture.

• Abdullah I of JordanRelated: Abdullah sought control of Jerusalem and was assassinated at its Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

• Western WallNarrower topic: The wall’s history and present-day significance are inseparable from Jerusalem.

• 1949 Armistice AgreementsRelated: The Israel–Jordan armistice line divided the city, leaving its political status unsettled.

• DavidRelated: David captures the city and makes it the center of his kingdom.

• Hebrew University of JerusalemNarrower topic: The city’s history and political geography shape the university’s campuses and public role.

• Battle of ArsufRelated: Arsuf improved Richard’s campaign position without bringing the city under crusader control.

• Christian ZionismRelated: Its religious significance and political status make it central to Christian Zionist advocacy.

• Ancient IsraelRelated: The city anchored Judah’s royal administration and temple-centered worship.

• First TempleNarrower topic: The First Temple stood on Jerusalem’s sacred hill.

• Juliusz SłowackiRelated: His eastern travels through the city and the Holy Land informed his travel writing and spiritual outlook.

• SamaritanismCompared with: Its religious primacy in Judaism contrasts with Samaritan devotion to Mount Gerizim.

• Tel AvivCompared with: Its religious and governmental role contrasts with Tel Aviv’s commercial and cultural profile.

• Aelia CapitolinaNarrower topic: Aelia Capitolina was established on the site of Jerusalem.

• Book of EzraRelated: The returning exiles rebuild their community and sanctuary there.

• Natalie PortmanRelated: Portman was born in Jerusalem before her family moved to the United States.

• Sixth CrusadeBroader topic: The treaty restored the city to Christian control, though Muslim holy sites remained under Muslim administration.

• Fifth CrusadeRelated: The campaign targeted Egypt because its leaders saw control of it as leverage over Jerusalem.

• HelenaRelated: The city is the setting for Helena’s pilgrimage and the discovery tradition.

• MagiRelated: The Magi first ask about the newborn king there, alerting Herod.

• Shoshenq IRelated: The biblical narrative names Jerusalem among the targets of Shishak’s campaign.

• Simon bar KokhbaRelated: Roman control and rebuilding of Jerusalem formed part of the revolt’s charged background.

• Ancient Israel and JudahBroader topic: Its political and religious institutions shaped Judah’s identity and later traditions.

• Book of SirachRelated: Ben Sira taught in Jerusalem, where the book locates his work.