richards | July 8, 2015
Alternative title: Ashkenazim Ashkenazi,plural Ashkenazim, from Hebrew Ashkenaz (Germany), member of the Jews who lived in the Rhineland valley and in neighbouring France before their migration eastward to Slavic lands (e.g., Poland, Lithuania, Russia) after the Crusades (11th13th century) and their descendants.
simmons | July 8, 2015
The end of the Middle Ages brought little change in Jews position in Europe, and the Catholic Reformation renewed anti-Jewish legislation and reinforced the system of ghettoized segregation in Roman Catholic countries. Jews remained subject to occasional massacres, such as those that occurred during wars between Eastern Orthodox Ukrainians and Roman Catholic Poles in the mid-17th century, which rivaled the worst massacres of Jews in the Middle Ages. Periodic persecutions of Jews in western Europe continued until the late 18th century, when the Enlightenment changed their position, at least in the West
simmons | July 8, 2015
Gaza,Arabic Ghazzah, Hebrew Azza, GazaOneArmedMancity and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine.
admin | July 8, 2015
Farms in the Golan Heights Arabic names are Jawln[22] and Djolan (Arabic: ).[23] In the Bible Golan is mentioned as a city of refuge located in Bashan: Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, 1Chronicles 6:71.[24] Nineteenth-century authors interpreted the word "Golan" (Hebrew: ) as meaning "something surrounded, hence a district".[25][26] The Greek name for the region is Gaulanitis (Greek: ).[22] In the Mishna the name is Gabln similar to Aramaic language names for the region: Gawlna, Guwlana and Gubln.[22] Arab cartographers of the Byzantine period referred to the area as jabal (mountain), though the region is a plateau.[27] The Muslims took over in 7th century CE.[22] The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia refers to the region as Gaulonitis.[28] The name Golan Heights was not used before the 19th century.[24] The Golan Heights borders Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. According to Israel, it has captured 1,150 square kilometres (440sqmi)
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