[DOC] [TLE] Maccabean Revolt - Wikipedia [PAR] The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion, lasting from 167 to 160 BC, led 
by the ... his son Judah Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory 
over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first ... A large Seleucid 
army was sent to quash the revolt, but returned to Syria on the death of Antiochus 
IV. [DOC] [TLE] Maccabees - Wikipedia [PAR] The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees were the leaders of a Jewish rebel 
army that took ... Jason subsequently drove out Menelaus and became High 
Priest again. ... death about one year later in 166 BCE, his son Judas Maccabee 
led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla 
warfare,... [DOC] [TLE] The Revolt of the Maccabees: The true story behind Hanukkah ... [PAR] Dec 10, 2014 ... Judas and his band of rebels staged guerrilla warfare against Hellenized ... I of 
Parthia attacked the Seleucid Empire and captured the city of Herat, ... Lysias set 
out to destroy Jerusalem and crush the Maccabean revolt ... But as soon as 
Lysias left, fighting broke out again between Judas' ... Keep me posted [DOC] [TLE] History Crash Course #29: Revolt of the Maccabees - Aish.com [PAR] Jun 16, 2007 ... The Maccabean revolt against the Greeks sets a precedent as the world's first 
religious war. ... it is also a civil war  Jews, who were loyal to Judaism, fighting 
other ... In the hills, they organize a guerilla army, led primarily by the oldest of ... 
Greek armies besiege Jerusalem and attempt to re-conquer the City. [DOC] [TLE] Maccabees | priestly Jewish family | Britannica.com [PAR] Since Judas held the initiative in the long war against the Syrians, he was ... 
Throughout the 2nd century BCE;, the city-state of Jerusalem-Judah lay ... as he 
is described in the Book of Daniel in the Bible, he set out to seize Judaea (or .... 
The guerrilla war that followed was as much a civil war as a war of national 
resistance. [DOC] [TLE] Antiochus IV Epiphanes | Seleucid king | Britannica.com [PAR] Greek God Manifest Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom who 
reigned ... His attempts to suppress Judaism brought on the Wars of the 
Maccabees. .... leader of the anti-Greek Jews, led the aroused Hasideans in a 
guerrilla war and ... founded the city of Antioch on the Persian Gulf, set out on an 
expedition to the... [DOC] [TLE] History & Overview of the Maccabees | Jewish Virtual Library [PAR] Seleucus grabbed Syria and Asia Minor, and Antigonus took Greece. ... but in 
167 BCE the Jews rose up behind Mattathias and his five sons and fought for 
their ... By the end of the war, Simon was the only one of the five sons of 
Mattathias to... [DOC] [TLE] The Miracle of Chanukah - Jewish History [PAR] First, they forced Jews to finance their war through collection of taxes. Then they 
forced ... They ran to the caves and organized an army  not to fight an open war, 
but a guerilla war. ... An enormous Syrian-Greek army, numbering almost 50,000 
men, marched into Judea. ... Judah Maccabee was killed in the third great battle. [DOC] [TLE] Antiochus IV Epiphanes - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] 1 Succession; 2 War with Egypt; 3 Antiochus and the Jews ... been exchanged for 
the son and rightful heir of Seleucus IV, the later Demetrius I of Syria. ... This led 
to the beginning of the Jewish revolt of the Maccabees. .... joined by many pious 
Jews hasidim, or am-ha-arez, he started a guerrilla war against the Seleucids. [DOC] [TLE] The Jewish Roman World of Jesus | The Jewish World of Jesus: An ... [PAR] Indeed, Greek ways soon entered the city of Jerusalem, while Babylonian 
astronomical, ... Eventually civil war broke out among the various rival factions. ... 
The response to these events was the Maccabean Revolt in 167 B.C.E.. ... (who, 
in this case resided at Antioch), and Roman troops were stationed to keep order. [DOC] [TLE] The Revolt of

Question: The Maccabees fought a guerrilla war to keep the Syrians out of this city
Answer: Jerusalem