by hadassah | Sep 9, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
Overview The Story- 539 BCE-632 CE, MyJewishLearning.com. The Story, 622-1666, MyJewishLearning.com. Early Modern Jewish History, MyJewishLearning.com. Overview- Ottoman Empire The Story- 1700-1914, MyJewishLearning.com. Primary sources Bible and Beyond-...
by hadassah | Sep 9, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
The Ottoman Empire was approaching its apogee at the time of the Expulsion. By the 1560s its territories included most of North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the Balkans and Asia Minor. In the commercial centers of this empire – Istanbul, Salonica,...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
Jerusalem under Persian, Greek, Roman, and Muslim Rule 539 BCE witnessed the arrival of Cyrus, the Persian emperor, in Babylon (southern Iraq), effectively inheriting the vast Babylonian empire including Palestine. Rather than employing the policies of conquest and...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
From the Golden Age in Spain through the Crusades and Expulsions Medieval Jews lived from Spain to the Sahara, from Baghdad to Britain, generally under the rule of either Muslims or Christians. (From the destruction of the Second Temple in 70AD until the founding of...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
Arrival of the phenomenon of Court Jews, Hasidism, and the Jewish enlightenment signal the arrival of modernity There is no agreed upon date or place for the beginning of modern Jewish history. Modernity came to the Jews at different times in different places....
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | The Land of Israel in Ancient Medieval and Early Modern Times
Arrival of Massive Movements including Jewish Socialism, Zionism, and Emigration Emancipation and enlightenment changed Jewish life between 1700 and 1914. The philosophies of the European Enlightenment, including rationalism (the idea that a person could govern his or...
