May 19
363:
For a second day in a row, a series of earthquakes that took place along a
fault-line stretching from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba shook the region
around the Galilee. According to some, this seismic event was part of the
reason…
May 18
323BCE:
Alexander dies at the age of 32. Despite
the legend, there is no proof that Alexander ever came to Jerusalem. He did pass through Judea on his way to
conquer Egypt and on his way from the victory.
He left the Jews in p…
May 17
142
BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its
Syrian garrison and the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with them. Simon was
the last surviving Hasmonean brother.
His victories completed the fight begun by…
May 12
940: Sixty-two-year-old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm
al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy that
began with Creation and ran through the 10th century which included
a description of the Great Re…
May 12
940: Sixty-two-year-old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm
al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy that
began with Creation and ran through the 10th century which included
a description of the Great Re…
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