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3300 BCE
Judaism
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3000 BCE
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in Western Asia, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. -
1000 BCE
Haifa
Haifa is a northern Israeli port city built in tiers extending from the Mediterranean up the north slope of Mount Carmel. The city’s most iconic sites are the immaculately landscaped terraces of the Bahá'í Gardens and, at their heart, the gold-domed Shrine of the Báb. At the foot of the gardens lies the German Colony, with shops, galleries and restaurants in 19th-century buildings. -
610 BCE
Islam
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1118
The Crusader Castle
The Knights Templar therefore established a fort or police post, the ruins of which are still visible. -
The Byzantines Churces
Their combination of the basilica and symmetrical central-plan (circular or polygonal) religious structures resulted in the characteristic Byzantine Greek-cross-plan church, with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. The most distinctive feature was the domed roof. -
Independence
Israel's Declaration of Independence took place on May 14, 1948 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, at number 16 Rothschild Boulevard, coinciding with the legal termination of the British Mandate for Palestine, the longed-for Land of Israel of the Jews. -
Sinai War
Sinai War in Israel,was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain control of the Suez Canal for the Western powers and to remove Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalised the foreign-owned Suez Canal Company, which administered the canal. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. -
Six Days War
