During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE, making Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world.
Given the city's central position in both Israeli nationalism and Palestinian nationalism, the selectivity required to summarize more than 5,000 years of inhabited history is often influenced by ideological bias or background . For example, the Jewish periods of the city's history are important to Israeli nationalists, whose discourse states that modern Jews descend from the Israelites and Maccabees, while the Islamic periods of the city's history are important to Palestinian nationalists, whose discourse suggests that modern Palestinians descend from all the different peoples who have lived in the region.
The contents cover the history of Jerusalem for the time period as below :
1. Ancient period
1.1 Proto-Canaanite period
1.2 Canaanite and New Kingdom Egyptian period
1.3 Independent Israel and Judah (House of David) period
1.4 Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires period
1.5 Persian (Achaemenid) Empire period
2. Classical antiquity
2.1 Hellenistic Kingdoms (Ptolemaic/Seleucid) period
2.2 Hasmonean Period
2.3 Roman Jerusalem
2.4 Roman Aelia Capitolina period
2.5 Post-Crisis Roman and Early Byzantine Empire period
3. Middle Ages
3.1 Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates period
3.2 Fatimid Caliphate period
3.3 Kingdom of Jerusalem (Crusaders) period
3.4 Ayyubid, Bahri Mamluk and Burji Mamluk period
4. Early modern period
4.1 Early Ottoman period
.5 Modern era
5.1 Decline of the Ottoman Empire
5.2 British Mandate period
5.3 Partition between Israel and Jordan
6.Division between Jordan and Israel (1948–1967)
7. State of Israel
Dalam sejarah yang panjang, Jerusalem telah diserang 52 kali, ditangkap dan berjaya menawan semula 44 kali, dikepung 23 kali, dan memusnahkan twice.The Bahagian tertua bandar ini telah menetap di alaf ke-4 SM, membuat Yerusalem salah satu bandar tertua di dunia .
Memandangkan kedudukan pusat di bandar ini dalam kedua-dua nasionalisme Israel dan nasionalisme Palestin, pemilihan yang diperlukan untuk meringkaskan lebih daripada 5,000 tahun sejarah didiami sering dipengaruhi oleh berat sebelah ideologi atau latar belakang. Sebagai contoh, tempoh Yahudi sejarah di bandar ini adalah penting untuk nasionalis Israel, yang negeri wacana bahawa Yahudi moden turun dari orang Israel dan Maccabees, manakala tempoh Islam sejarah di bandar ini adalah penting untuk nasionalis Palestin, yang wacana menunjukkan bahawa rakyat Palestin moden turun dari segala bangsa yang berbeza yang telah hidup di rantau ini.
Kandungan meliputi sejarah Jerusalem untuk tempoh masa seperti berikut:
1. Tempoh Ancient
tempoh 1.1 Proto-Kanaan
1.2 Kanaan dan New Kingdom tempoh Mesir
1,3 Israel bebas dan Yehuda (keluarga Daud) Tempoh
1.4 Neo-Assyria dan tempoh Neo-Babylonian Empires
1.5 Persian period (Achaemenid) Empire
2. Classical kuno
2.1 Hellenistic Kerajaan (/ Seleucid Ptolemy) Tempoh
2.2 Tempoh Hasmonea
2.3 Roman Jerusalem
tempoh 2.4 Roman Aelia Capitolina
2.5 Post-Crisis Roman dan tempoh Byzantine Empire Awal
3. Zaman Pertengahan
3.1 Rashidun, Umayyad dan Abbasid Khilafah tempoh
tempoh 3.2 Khilafah Fatimiyyah
3.3 Kerajaan Jerusalem (Crusaders) Tempoh
tempoh 3.4 Ayyubid, Bahri Mamluk dan Burji Mamluk
4. Tempoh moden awal
4.1 awal tempoh Uthmaniyyah
0,5 era moden
5.1 Kejatuhan Empayar Uthmaniyyah
5.2 tempoh Mandat British
5.3 Partition antara Israel dan Jordan
6.Division antara Jordan dan Israel (1948-1967)
7. Negara Israel