- Siege of Jerusalem
A number of
siege s have the name Siege of Jerusalem:*
Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaohShoshenq I , called Shishaq in the Bible
*Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) by Sennacherib, fighting a revolt against the Neo-Assyrian Empire
*Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) byNebuchadrezzar II , which crushed a rebellion in the Kingdom of Judah and resulted in deportation of King Jehoiachin to Babylon
*Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) by Nebuchadrezzar II, who fought pharaoh Apries's attempt to invade Judah. It ended in the destruction of the city andFirst Temple , and the exile of prominent citizens to Babylon.
*Siege of Jerusalem (70) by Titus, ending the major portion of Great Jewish Revolt. It ended in the destruction ofHerod's Temple .
*Siege of Jerusalem (614) by Shahrbaraz (Sassanid general) capturing the city from the Byzantines, part of the Roman-Persian Wars
*Siege of Jerusalem (637) by Umar, capturing the city from the Byzantine Empire
*Siege of Jerusalem (1099) by the crusaders, a part of the First Crusade
*Siege of Jerusalem (1187) by Saladin, resulting in the recapture of the city by the Muslims
*Siege of Jerusalem (1244) by theKhwarezmians , again resulting in the recapture of the city from the Christians, to whom it had been returned by treaty
*Battle of Jerusalem (1917) involved the capture of the city in the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I by British and Commonwealth forces
*Siege of Jerusalem (1948) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli WarIn literature:
* "
Siege of Jerusalem (poem) ", 14th-century Middle English alliterative poem depicting the events of 70 AD.
* "The Siege of Jerusalem ", 1771 poetical drama by Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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