1834 Meyer print JERUSALEM, #47

Description: Universum02_47 1834 Meyer print JERUSALEM, #47 Nice view titled Jerusalem innere Ansicht beym jetzt verschutteten Teiche von Bethesda, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 25 x 18.5 cm, approx. image size is 14.5 x 10 cm. From Meyer's Universum, published by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen Germany. Jerusalem, Hebrew YERUSHALAYIM, Arabic BAYT AL-MUQADDAS, or AL-QUDS, ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly in the possession of Israel. Since 1949 the city has been claimed by Israel as its capital. Jerusalem has been inhabited since 1800 BC and is one of the principal holy places of the three great monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war Jerusalem was divided between Transjordan (later Jordan), which annexed the Old City and the rest of East Jerusalem, and Israel, which held West Jerusalem. East Jerusalem was taken by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967. Israel has declared Jerusalem to be its eternal and indivisible capital, and the status of the city has become a major point of contention between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbours. Jerusalem is located near the centre of Israel, about 15 miles (24 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (56 km) east of the Mediterranean Sea, in the watershed between the Mediterranean coastal plain and the Great Rift Valley of the Jordan River. The city has a mixed subtropical, semiarid climate with warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters. For Jews, Jerusalem is the repository of the holiest of memories, the focus of religious reverence and nationhood; for Christians, the scene of their Saviour's agony and triumph; and for Muslims, the goal of their Prophet's mystic night journey and the site of the thirdmost sacred shrine in Islam. The city was the capital of the ancient Hebrews and of their Jewish descendants until the 1st century AD. During that century the city witnessed the ministry and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Prophet Muhammad is believed by Muslims to have ascended to heaven from a site in Jerusalem. The main source of employment in modern-day Jerusalem is government and public service (including academic and clerical professions). The city is also a centre of banking, finance, and insurance. There is little heavy industry; the dominant light industries are diamond cutting and polishing, as well as printing and publishing. Jerusalem's cultural climate is richly diverse. The Old City, still surrounded by a massive town wall from antiquity, contains Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Armenian quarters. The Old City is dominated by the raised platform of the Herodian Temple Compound, the site of the First and Second Temples of the Hebrews and Jews; the compound includes the Islamic holy places of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Its Western (Wailing) Wall is the most sacred of Jewish shrines. The Old City is distinguished by its many churches and mosques and by the ancient synagogues and study houses of the Jewish Quarter. The modern portion of Jerusalem, which spreads out from the Old City, includes residential neighbourhoods, commercial and governmental buildings, and several educational institutions. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1918) is Israel's foremost institution of higher learning. The Hadassah Medical Centre is renowned for medical research and health care. Extensive archaeological research in the region has contributed material to the Near Eastern archaeology and ethnology collections of the Israel, Rockefeller, and Islamic museums in the city. The Old City is ringed by major avenues. Access roads link Jerusalem with Tel Aviv-Yafo and Lod Airport to the west; Nabulus and Jerusalem (International) Airport to the north; Amman, Jordan, to the east; and Beersheba, Hebron, and Bethlehem to the south. A rail line runs from Jerusalem to the coast at Tel Aviv-Yafo. Area city, 42 square miles (109 square km).

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