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Do not fill this in! {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:14 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:140 right:100 left:10 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:-2000 till:{{CURRENTYEAR}} TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-2000 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-2000 Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(1,1,1) id:y value:yellow legend:Non-Abrahamic id:b value:blue legend:Jewish/Samaritan id:r value:red legend:Christian id:g value:green legend:Muslim id:l value:black legend:Division Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:Rulers Legend = orientation:ver position:bottom columns:1 PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:m shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:Rulers from:-2000 till: -1550 color:y text:"[[Canaan|Canaanite]]" from:-1550 till: -1178 color:y text:"[[New Kingdom of Egypt|Egyptian (New Kingdom)]]" from:-1178 till: -1000 color:y text:"[[Jebusites|Jebusite]]" from:-1000 till: -930 color:b text:"[[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Israelite (United Monarchy)]]"<!-- This existance of the United Monarchy is controversial, it might be better to combine this line with the Kingdom of Judah as an "Israelite-Judah" era. I'm not sure that adding the term biblical would be useful though for a secular historical timeline --> from:-930 till: -732 color:b text:"[[Kingdom of Judah|Israelite (Judah)]]" from:-732 till: -627 color:y text:"[[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian]]" from:-627 till: -609 color:y text:"[[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian]]" from:-609 till: -605 color:y text:"[[Late Period of ancient Egypt|Egyptian (Late Period)]]" from:-605 till: -539 color:y text:"[[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian]]" from:-539 till: -332 color:y text:"[[Achaemenid Empire|Persian (Achaemenid)]]" from:-332 till: -140 color:y text:"[[Syrian Wars|Diadochi (Ptolemaic / Seleucid)]]" from:-140 till: -63 color:b text:"[[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmonean]]" from:-63 till: 325 color:y text:"[[Roman Empire|Roman]]" from:325 till: 614 color:r text:"[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]"<!-- 325CE is the date of the [[First Council of Nicaea]], confirming the status of Aelia Capitolina as a patriarchate. A significant wave of Christian immigration to the city begins. This is the date on which the city is generally taken to have been renamed Jerusalem. New Rome was founded in 330CE, marking the start of the Byzantine Empire.--> from:614 till: 629 color:y text:"[[Sasanian Empire|Persian (Sassanid)]]" from:629 till: 638 color:r text:"[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]]" from:638 till: 661 color:g text:"[[Rashidun Caliphate|Rashidun]]" from:661 till: 750 color:g text:"[[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]]" from:750 till: 878 color:g text:"[[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]]" from:878 till: 904 color:g text:"[[Tulunids|Tulunid]]"<!-- Though they were vassals, the Tulunids and Ikhshidids were effective owners of Jerusalem --> from:904 till: 944 color:g text:"[[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]]" from:944 till: 969 color:g text:"[[Ikhshidid dynasty|Ikhshidid]]" from:969 till: 1073 color:g text:"[[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]]" from:1073 till: 1098 color:g text:"[[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk]]" from:1098 till: 1099 color:g text:"[[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]]"<!-- The second period of Fatimid control was brief, but it is important for understanding who the crusaders captured the city from --> from:1099 till: 1187 color:r text:"[[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Kingdom of Jerusalem (Crusaders)]]" from:1187 till: 1229 color:g text:"[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid (1187β1229)]]" from:1229 till: 1244 color:r text:"[[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Kingdom of Jerusalem (1229β1244)]]" from:1244 till: 1260 color:g text:"[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid (1244β1260)]]" from:1260 till: 1517 color:g text:"[[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk (Cairo)]]" from:1517 till: 1917 color:g text:"[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]" from:1917 till: 1948 color:r text:"[[British Empire|British]]" from:1948 till: 1967 color:b text:"[[West Jerusalem|Israel (West)]]" from:1948 till: 1967 color:l text:"[[East Jerusalem|Jordan (East)]]" from:1967 till: {{CURRENTYEAR}} color:b text:"[[Reunification of Jerusalem|Israel]]" barset:skip }}<noinclude> {{documentation|content= <!-- Enter template purpose and instructions here. --> The Graphical timeline shows the historical periods of Jerusalem as defined by the ruling sovereign power. Main article: [[Timeline of Jerusalem]]. }} [[Category:Graphical timeline templates|Jerusalem]] </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page