The area of much of the present-day Old Citybegan to be included inside the walls of Jerusalem only about 2,200 years ago in Hasmonean and (later) Herodian times.
 Old City was an important part of Jerusalem.
mnli hypothesis:  Old City was an important part of Jerusalem. premise: The area of much of the present-day Old Citybegan to be included inside the walls of Jerusalem only about 2,200 years ago in Hasmonean and (later) Herodian times.