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    Created during the Crusades in 1119 A.D Jerusalem‚ the Knights Templar served to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. As a result‚ the Knights Templar gained power‚ respect and wealth that threatened Philip IV‚ King of France. Philip was influenced by his top adviser‚ William De Nogaret‚ to spread seditious stories about the knights‚ accusing them falsely of committing satanic practices and then torturing them into confessing that they had. Although the Knights were founded for the

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    were make lots of money at their expense‚ after all‚ they had to buy the sacrifices with Temple money!] The Court of Women Women and children were not allowed to beyond this area. It was a favourite meeting place for families when they came to Jerusalem on pilgrimage. [This was probably where Mary would have been looking for Jesus when he was 12 years old.] The Court of Israelites Only Jewish men were allowed to enter here. They would see the altar of sacrifice and the offers being made to

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    that a Muslim shrine‚ called the Dome of the Rock‚ occupies the site (Rich‚ 2012). During Jesus’ day‚ Jews were spread throughout many areas in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa. Jerusalem remained their spiritual center even though they were in different areas of the ancient world. The Temple of Herod‚ which was located in Jerusalem‚ was truly the spiritual center of Judaism during Jesus’ day; although Synagogues grew in

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    Arguments from Silence The popular idea for theologians and archeologists is to be “scientific”. One popular result of that is to base everything on “evidence”. At times there should be room for an argument from silence. In science great discoveries have come from silent instruments when results were expected. Everyone “knew” light traveled through the “ether” until it could not be found‚ which led to relativity. Following the data can‚ has‚ does‚ continues to‚ lead us to misunderstanding

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    Assess the reasons for the failure of the second crusade (1147-1149) In 1147‚ the Pope called for the second crusade‚ fully 200 thousand men answered his call. By 1149 the crusade beat a hasty and disgraced retreat. Just 1 year after being called it had failed. The failure happed straight after the disastrous siege of Damascus. The causes of the failure of the second crusade‚ are debated wildly by historians‚ such as Jonathan Riley Smith‚ Steven Runciman and Hans Mayer. Many Historians agree

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    the Old City of Jerusalem at the western side of the Temple Mount. The western wall is part of the Jewish temple. The wall has great meaning for different religious‚ and has been an important worship place/ avenue for pilgrims in the history. It is the most holly site recognized by the Jewish faith. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple. Structure details 19 BCE Herod the Great Hordes built the second Jewish temple on Moria mount in Jerusalem. In his project

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    Crusades to travel to Jerusalem to get rid of the sins of his and his late

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    Olmec The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.‚ the __ people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture‚ wide-ranging trade‚ ceremonial centers‚ and monumental construction. The __ had great cultural influence on later Mesoamerican societies‚ passing on artistic styles‚ religious imagery‚ sophisticated astronomical observation for the construction of calendars‚ and a ritual ball game. (p. 75) Chavín __ The first major urban

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    Although the sacredness of Jerusalem is mostly defined through the time of David in this paper‚ it wasn’t the beginning of it in Jerusalem. Before David’s time‚ Abraham‚ one of the first three patriarchs of Judaism‚ experiences an appearances of hierophany through his son. The biblical text of Abraham’s story serves as the beginning of sacredness in the city of Jerusalem. Through the biblical text from Genesis‚ we learn that Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his only son. Although God initially

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    This isn’t always the case as some poor people carry onto university or college and become independent persons by becoming in full time employment. The same goes for Region and bombings with Islamic state going back to the BC there has always been Jerusalem Vs Israelis and vice versa which wars bring migration movements and poverty in counties whom was caught up in conflicts‚ going back to the first world war just after the war there was a migrant movement which was phenomenal and there on to world

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