Orr - Shalem BC | ||
| Al-Ma'mon College Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 20, May 2018, Pages 90-100 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdul-Alkader H. Ali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Ur-Shalem (the present Makdis) was established by the Jebusites in the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C , at the time of their king [ Maliki Sadiq] who was the grand priest at about the nineteenth century B.C. The historical references , including the Torah, state that Palestine is the homeland of the Canaanite tribes who were displaced from the Arabian Peninsula and settled on the hills in the middle of Palestine city Jeru-Saleem or Bru- Shalem , the origin of God Saleem or Shalem before the arrival of the Hebrews to the land of Canaan. The city has been known as Jebus in accordance with the Jebusites, early Arabs who fled with the other Canaanite tribes into the Levant Ur –Shalem, is located in its current location and was built on four mountains ; Mount Moriah, Mount Zion (mount Prophet David) & Mount Accra where the church of the Resurrection can be found . The city is surrounded by many mountains such as Ras Abu Amar, Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus. In addition , there are many valleys in the north east and around the city , the most important of which are the valley of Himmom “ called Hell Valley” , Al Joz valley and many other valleys that were there since the establishment of the city. Ur – Shaleem was occupied by many invaders, the most dangerous of which were the Assyrian and Chaldean who were preceded by the Egyptian occupation , then Romanian and Greek invasion and finally by the Islamic conquest at the time of adult Successor ,especially during the succession of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab in the 7th century, A.D. | ||
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