Glossary of Jerusalem
Term | Description |
|---|---|
Golgotha | |
9th of Av | The anniversary of the destruction of the Temple. |
Aelia Capitolina | |
Gihon | |
Constantine | |
Gospels | |
Antiochus IV | |
Qiblah | The direction of Muslim prayer, originally Jerusalem but changed to Mecca once the الكعبة Kabah had been cleansed of pagan idols. |
Caliph al-Hakim | |
Madaba Map | |
Book of Revelation | |
Council of Nicea | |
Caliph Walid | |
Vespasian | Vespacian was a general appointed by Rome to take Canaan in order to quash revolt, and Jerusalem itself was taken by his son Titus. |
Church of the Anastasis | |
Robinson’s Arch | |
Ottoman | |
Hadrian | |
Helena | |
Herod the Great | |
Horns of Hattin | |
Theodor Herzl | |
Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik | |
Battle of Milvian Bridge | |
Umayyad | |
Paul | Paul was an early Christian evangelist who was pivotal for the spread of the new religion and its divorce from Jewish tradition. |
Zionism | |
Acts of the Apostles | |
True Cross | |
Flavius Josephus | |
al-Aqsa Mosque | |
Western Wall | |
Hajj | |
Cardo Maximus | |
Edict of Milan | |
Royal Stoa | |
Salah ad-Din | |
Jaffa Gate | |
Justinian | |
Crusades | |
Ayyubid | |
Urban II | |
Titus | Titus, the son of Vespasian, was a Roman general who catastrophically destroyed and sacked Jerusalem in CE. |
Synagogue |