During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE, making Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world.
Given the city's central position in both Israeli nationalism and Palestinian nationalism, the selectivity required to summarize more than 5,000 years of inhabited history is often influenced by ideological bias or background . For example, the Jewish periods of the city's history are important to Israeli nationalists, whose discourse states that modern Jews descend from the Israelites and Maccabees, while the Islamic periods of the city's history are important to Palestinian nationalists, whose discourse suggests that modern Palestinians descend from all the different peoples who have lived in the region.
The contents cover the history of Jerusalem for the time period as below :
1. Ancient period
1.1 Proto-Canaanite period
1.2 Canaanite and New Kingdom Egyptian period
1.3 Independent Israel and Judah (House of David) period
1.4 Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires period
1.5 Persian (Achaemenid) Empire period
2. Classical antiquity
2.1 Hellenistic Kingdoms (Ptolemaic/Seleucid) period
2.2 Hasmonean Period
2.3 Roman Jerusalem
2.4 Roman Aelia Capitolina period
2.5 Post-Crisis Roman and Early Byzantine Empire period
3. Middle Ages
3.1 Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates period
3.2 Fatimid Caliphate period
3.3 Kingdom of Jerusalem (Crusaders) period
3.4 Ayyubid, Bahri Mamluk and Burji Mamluk period
4. Early modern period
4.1 Early Ottoman period
.5 Modern era
5.1 Decline of the Ottoman Empire
5.2 British Mandate period
5.3 Partition between Israel and Jordan
6.Division between Jordan and Israel (1948–1967)
7. State of Israel
Selama sejarahnya yang panjang, Jerusalem telah diserang 52 kali, ditangkap dan merebut kembali 44 kali, dikepung 23 kali, dan menghancurkan dua kali.Pertama bagian tertua dari kota itu menetap di milenium ke-4 SM, membuat Yerusalem salah satu kota tertua di dunia .
Mengingat posisi sentral kota di kedua nasionalisme Israel dan nasionalisme Palestina, selektivitas diperlukan untuk merangkum lebih dari 5.000 tahun sejarah dihuni sering dipengaruhi oleh bias ideologis atau latar belakang. Misalnya, periode Yahudi sejarah kota yang penting bagi nasionalis Israel, yang menyatakan wacana bahwa orang Yahudi modern berasal dari Israel dan Makabe, sedangkan periode Islam sejarah kota yang penting bagi nasionalis Palestina, yang wacana menunjukkan bahwa Palestina modern berasal dari semua bangsa yang berbeda yang telah tinggal di wilayah tersebut.
Isi mencakup sejarah Yerusalem untuk jangka waktu sebagai berikut:
1. Periode Kuno
Periode 1.1 Proto-Kanaan
1.2 Kanaan dan Kerajaan Baru Mesir periode
1,3 Independen Israel dan Yehuda (House of David) periode
1.4 Neo-Asyur dan periode Neo-Babilonia Empires
1,5 Persia periode (Achaemenid) Empire
2. kuno Klasik
2.1 Helenistik Kingdoms (Ptolemaic / Seleucid) periode
2.2 Periode Hasmonean
2,3 Yerusalem Roman
periode 2,4 Romawi Aelia Capitolina
2,5 Pasca Krisis Romawi dan awal periode Kekaisaran Bizantium
3. Abad Pertengahan
3.1 periode Rasyidin, Umayyah dan Abbasiyah kekhalifahan
Periode 3.2 Kekhalifahan Fatimiyah
3.3 Kerajaan Yerusalem (Tentara Salib) periode
periode 3,4 Ayyubiyah, Mamluk Bahri dan Burji Mamluk
4. periode modern awal
4,1 periode Ottoman Awal
0,5 era modern
5.1 Penurunan Kekaisaran Ottoman
5.2 periode Mandat Inggris
5.3 Partisi antara Israel dan Yordania
6.Division antara Yordania dan Israel (1948-1967)
7. Negara Israel