Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-04
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buildings, fragments of..which remain
incorporated with the mosque, but
these and the otheE. Christian build
ings were ruined in about 614 by the
destroying King Ch6sroes IL
Justfnian 4 Builder.
A short breathing space was allowed
the Christians after this storm, and
then the young strength of Islam swept
over them. In 637 Omar conquered
Jerusalem after four months siege
| Under the comparatively easy rule of
the Ommiad caliphs Christians did not
suffer severely. Though excluded
from the temple area, they We're free
to use portions Of the Holy Sepulcher.
This, however, could not last under
the fanatical Fatimate caliphs. who
succeeded them, and the suffering Of
the Christians then led to that ex-
traordinary series of invasions com
monty called the Crusades. The Cru
saders were a semireligious and
semi-military movement. They repre-
sented the passions and ideas of Eu-
rope in the twelfth and thirteenth cen
turies-its ahivalry, its hatred of Mo
hammedanisp and its desire to pos
sess the spots hallowed by the suffer-
ings of our Lord. Their long continu-
ance shows the intensity of the senti- |
ments which possessed them. During |
this period Palestine was harried for |
about a hundred years and the indy |
ing tradition of which no doubt re- |
tarded the final triumph of Christian
ity over the Arab. In 1247 Jerusalem !
became subject to Egypt for go years
until the Ottoman sultan, Selim l, con-
quered Syria in 1917, and Turkish
possession has continued to the pres
ent day and under rule practically
without a history.
Singularly. Situated.
In 1887 Jerusalem fell to SaIadin.
who rebuilt its walls. From 1929 TO
1241 the German Christians held Je-
rusaiem, but in 1914 a fearful mas
sacre swallowed up the last relics of
Christian occupation. In 1917 it was
by the Sultan Selim I and
since then it has been a Turkish city.
Selim's successor. Suleiman the Mag
lificent, restored the Notifications.
which since that time have been little
Uttered.
The situation of Jerusalem is in
several respects singular among the
titles of Palestine. Its elevation is re-
occasiored not from its be-
ng on the summit of one of the nu-
nerous hills of Judea, like most of
he towns and villages. but because il
5 on the edge of one of the highest
ablelands OF the country
Although to a certain extent the
OUR hills on which it is built-Zion.
Ioriah, AGRA and Bezetha-may still y
e distinguished, their actual bound I
ries cannot be traced. The contour !
these hills has been changed by the I
of debris of past centu-
es. Jerusalem is connected with irs
Drt, Jaffa. by carriage road II j
lies and by a meter-gauge railway 81
lies, which was completed in 1892
Id worked by a French company.
Prior to 1858, when the modern "
Hiding period commenced, Jerusalem
y wholly within It's sixteenth-century :,
nlls, and even as late as 1875 there
ere few private residences beyond :
cir limits. AT present Jerusalem
thout the walls covers larger area
an that within.
The last census gave the population
60,O00-Moslems 1000, Christians
900, Jews 10000. During the pill
image season it is increased By
out $1,000 travellers.