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<p>The Building History series presents the fascinating stories behind the construction of some of the world's most aweinspiring structures, from the pyramids of Giza to the Panama Canal. Each book in the series interweaves compelling stories of human endeavor -- both triumphant and disastrous -- with the scientific and technological principles required to build each structure.</p><h3>Judy Chernak - Children's Literature</h3><p>The fabled city of Jerusalem, crossroads of the world revered by three major religions, pillaged and rebuilt numerous times, renamed, rejuvenated, always residing in the hearts of mankind is well-treated in this new volume in Thompson-Gale's "Building History" series. Divided into five chapters named King Herod's Jerusalem, Roman Jerusalem, Muslim Jerusalem, Christian Jerusalem and Modern Jerusalem, the book is an even-handed chronicle of this ancient hilltop city from its earliest beginnings as a Jebusite town conquered by King David to the modern metropolis of today. It is a joyous and sorrowful tale, full of magnificent highs and devastating lows, the city's many layers telling of repeated glorious constructions and just as repeated inglorious destruction

Author

Lüsted, Marcia Amidon

Publisher

Detroit: Lucent Books

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590180280

Subjects

Art, Children'S, History