1. Religion & Spirituality  Discuss in my forum  Jerusalem:
Profile of the City of Jerusalem - History, Geography, Religion
Jerusalem Today  Jerusalem Today  What is Jerusalem?:  Jerusalem
is a key religious city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The earliest habitation that has been identified is a walled
settlement on the eastern hill that had a populace of around
2,000 people during the 2nd millennium BCE in an area known
today as the "City of David." Some evidence of settlement can be
traced back to 3200 BCE, but the earliest literary references
appear in Egyptian texts from the 19th and 20th centuries BCE as
"Rushalimum."  Various Names for Jerusalem:  City of David
Yerushalayim (Hebrew) al-Quds (Arabic)  Has Jerusalem always
been a Jewish city?:  Although Jerusalem is primarily associated
with Judaism, it wasn't always in Jewish control. Some time
during the 2nd millennium BCE, the Egyptian Pharaoh received
clay tablets from Abd Khiba, ruler of Jerusalem. Khiba makes no
mention of his religion; th