When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan)

The First Jewish–Roman War began in the year 66 CE, originating in the Greek and Jewish religious tensions, and later escalated due to anti-taxation protests and attacks upon Roman citizens

They destroyed the Great Temple, the center of the Jewish religion In AD 70, Roman troops retook Jerusalem from Jewish rebels, destroyed the Great Temple, and razed the city Hundreds of thousands died in the slaughter

After Jesus, the two most significant figures in Christianity are the apostles Peter and Paul/Saul Paul, in particular, takes a leading role in spreading the teachings of Jesus to Gentiles (non Jews) in the Roman Empire

In April 70 ce, about the time of Passover, the Roman general Titus besieged Jerusalem Since that action coincided with Passover, the Romans allowed pilgrims to enter the city but refused to let them leave—thus strategically depleting food and water supplies within Jerusalem

After Herod’s death the country was ruled alternately by Herod’s direct descendants and by Roman procurators As a result of the Jewish revolt that broke out in ad 66, the city of Jerusalem was destroyed (ad 70) The name Judaea is still used to describe approximately the same area in modern Israel

The Roman general Pompey in his eastern campaign established Roman Syria in 64 BCE and conquered Jerusalem shortly after, in 63 BCE Julius Caesar conquered Alexandria c 47 BCE and defeated Pompey in 45 BCE

Judea or Judaea, and the modern version of Judah (/dʒuːˈdiːə/; from Hebrew: יהודה‎, Standard Yəhūda, Tiberian Yehūḏā; Greek: Ἰουδαία, Ioudaía; Latin: Iūdaea) is the ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous Latin, and the modern-day name of the mountainous southern part of the region of Israel and part of the

The name Judea, when used in Judea and Samaria, refers to all of the region south of Jerusalem, including Gush Etzion and Har Hebron The region of Samaria, on the other hand, refers to the area north of Jerusalem

Galilee, Hebrew Ha-galil, northernmost region of ancient Palestine, corresponding to modern northern Israel Its biblical boundaries are indistinct; conflicting readings leave clear only that it was part of the territory of the northern tribe of Naphtali

Nazareth, Arabic an-Nāṣira, Hebrew Naẕerat, historic city of Lower Galilee, in northern Israel; it is the largest Arab city of the country In the New Testament Nazareth is associated with Jesus as his boyhood home, and in its synagogue he preached the sermon that led to his rejection by his fellow townsmen

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Star of David – The Jewish symbol of King David, which the Star of Bethlehem is often associated with having been a miraculous appearance of

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The date of birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical reference, but most theologians assume a year of birth between 6 and 4 BC