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Jerusalem

Type Object Region Levant Time -1000

Jerusalem, holy city of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, situated in the Judean hills, long held by the Fatimids in the first half of the 11th centu…

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  1. 970–1080Jerusalem · PalestineAfter 970 the Fatimids restored control of Jerusalem; the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque became centers of Islamic pilgrimage, while Christian pilgrims could still visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre under strict management.
  2. 1081–1090Jerusalem · PalestineBetween 1081 and 1090, Jerusalem under a Fatimid governor maintained religiously plural coexistence, but Seljuk-Byzantine conflict in Anatolia and Syria worsened Levantine security; Western pilgrim reports and papal appeals laid the groundwork for crusade mobilization after 1095.

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