Qalʿat al-Burak
From Warlike
fort in Palestine
1700
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Burak Castle; Murad Castle
Palestine, Palestine, 
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Location: 31.6901, 35.1678, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
79 places
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2014 Jerusalem unrest ⓘ
period of heightened Israeli–Palestinian violence -
Battle of Ai ⓘ
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Battle of Mizpah ⓘ
battle described in the Book of Samuel -
Battle of the Kastel ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
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Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
37 BCE siege -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
63 BCE siege, part of Pompey the Great's campaigns in the East -
Campaign of Ptolemy IX Soter in Palestine ⓘ
103–102 BCE military campaign -
Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities ⓘ
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Battle of Elasa ⓘ
battle -
Battle of Adasa ⓘ
160 BCE battle -
Battle of Beth Zechariah ⓘ
battle -
Maccabee campaigns of 163 BCE ⓘ
battles in the Maccabean Revolt -
Battle of Beth Zur ⓘ
battle -
Battle of Emmaus ⓘ
battle -
Battle of Beth Horon ⓘ
battle -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of the city and its temple in the summer of 587 or 586 BC -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
conflict in 597 BC -
Assyrian siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
siege -
Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant ⓘ
ancient military conflict -
Siege of Azekah ⓘ
battle between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah -
Siege of Jebus ⓘ
According to the Bible, David besieged and conquered the Jebusite city of Jerusalem, then known as Jebus, from the native Canaanites -
Battle of Mount Scopus ⓘ
58 battle -
Battle of Beth Horon ⓘ
battle between Judean rebels and the Syrian Legion of the Roman Empire -
Battle of Gabaon ⓘ
66 battle -
Battle of Jerusalem ⓘ
66 battle during the First Jewish-Roman War -
Zealot Temple Siege ⓘ
siege of the Temple in Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70 AD) -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Roman army -
Siege of Betar ⓘ
132 siege -
Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem ⓘ
614 siege and conquest of Jerusalem by Sasanian forces -
Battle of Ajnadayn ⓘ
7th-century battle in the Levant -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
siege in 637 -
Battle of Michmash ⓘ
1025 biblical battle fought between Israelites and Philistines -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
1099 battle during which the Crusaders captured Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate -
Battle of Técua ⓘ
1139 battle -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
1187 siege that marks the end of Christian dominion over the Greater Jerusalem -
Siege of Jerusalem (1244) ⓘ
by the Khwarezmians, resulting in the recapture of the city from the Christians -
Battle of al-Jassora ⓘ
battle between the Egyptian Sultanate and Mamluk rebels -
Palestine expedition ⓘ
1775 military expedition -
Siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
1834 siege -
Battle of Hebron ⓘ
1834 battle -
Battle of Jerusalem ⓘ
1917 battle -
Battle of Nebi Samwil ⓘ
1917 battle -
Battle of Abu Tellul ⓘ
battle fought on 14 July 1918 -
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ
nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine -
Battle of Al-Khader ⓘ
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Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II ⓘ
1940 bombing campaign on British-controlled mandatory Palestine in World War Two by Fascist Italy -
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
mid-20th century armed conflict -
Battle for Jerusalem ⓘ
1947 One of the main fighting sites in Israel's War of Independence -
Saint-Simon Battle ⓘ
battle for Israel independence in 1948 -
Battle of 3 Shevat ⓘ
1948 battle -
Atarot convoy ⓘ
1948 battle -
Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
ongoing military and political conflict in the Levant -
Battles of Latrun ⓘ
series of military engagements in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War -
Battle of Khirbat Abu Lacham ⓘ
1948 battle -
Commissioner Palace in the Six Day War ⓘ
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Liberation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War ⓘ
On June 5, Jordan launched a heavy bombardment of West Jerusalem which was under Israeli sovereignty. The United Nations brokered a cease-fire agreement, but Jordan soon broke this agreement and took control of Governor's Palace. -
Battle of Ammunition Hill ⓘ
1967 battle of the Six-Day War -
Second Intifada ⓘ
2000–2005 Palestinian uprising -
Siege of Ramallah ⓘ
2002 siege -
Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ⓘ
2002 siege -
2017 Temple Mount crisis ⓘ
event in Jerusalem -
2023 Al-Aqsa clashes ⓘ
clashes -
Airstrikes on Palestinian refugee camps during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war ⓘ
2023 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank -
Pompey's Jewish War ⓘ
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Second Judeo-Seleucid War ⓘ
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Jewish–Babylonian War ⓘ
war between the Kingdom of Judah and Babylonia, from 601 to 586 BCE, ending in the conquest of Judah -
The War of Pekah and Ahaz ⓘ
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Syro-Ephraimite War ⓘ
war in 8th century BCE -
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
civil war between the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine which is the first phase of the 1948 Palestine War -
1952 raid on Beit Jala ⓘ
part of the Arab–Israeli conflict -
Centre for National Crisis Management ⓘ
Israel underground command bunker -
Ammunition Hill ⓘ
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Cypros ⓘ
ancient fort -
Latrun fort ⓘ
Tegart fort -
Military Government House in Hebron ⓘ
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Qalʿat al-Burak ⓘ
fort in Palestine -
Yad La-Shiryon ⓘ
military museum in Latrun, Israel -
Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II ⓘ
museum in Latrun
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Suliman Pool-15664
James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.7896 - Yale Center for British Art
Solomon's pools & ancient aqueducts. The upper pool from the S.E., showing caravansary in distance LOC matpc.22406
James Stephenson - Solomon^s Pools - B1977.14.7897 - Yale Center for British Art
James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.13759 - Yale Center for British Art
Jérusalem, Tombeau de Salomon, Vue générale - photograph by Auguste Salzmann (MET, 2005.100.373.62)Suliman Pool-15664Solomon's pools & ancient aqueducts. The upper pool from the S.E., showing caravansary in distance LOC matpc.22406
Solomon's pool LOC 24117601559James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.7896 - Yale Center for British Art- Qalʿat al-Burak. A Fort of the Ottoman Period South of Bethlehem - article published in 2000
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 36 | Herodian Kingdom of Judea | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 139 | Hasmonean Kingdom | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 929 | Kingdom of Judah | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 Jerusalem unrest | intifada | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Ai | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Mizpah | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of the Kastel | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Unknown | Israelites, battle, Amalek | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 36 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 62 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 102 | Campaign of Ptolemy IX Soter in Palestine | military campaign, Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom of Cyprus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 140 | Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 159 | Battle of Elasa | Seleucid Empire, battle, Maccabees | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 160 | Battle of Adasa | Judah Maccabee, battle, Nicanor | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 161 | Battle of Beth Zechariah | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 162 | Maccabee campaigns of 163 BCE | Jonathan Apphus, Judah Maccabee, Simon Thassi, military campaign, Timothy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 163 | Battle of Beth Zur | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 164 | Battle of Emmaus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 165 | Battle of Beth Horon | Seleucid Empire, battle, Hasmonean dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 588 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 596 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Assyrian siege of Jerusalem | battle, siege, Sennacherib, Hezekiah | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant | Sennacherib, Hezekiah, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Siege of Azekah | Kingdom of Judah, siege, Neo-Assyrian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1050 | Siege of Jebus | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 58 | Battle of Mount Scopus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Beth Horon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Gabaon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 68 | Zealot Temple Siege | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 70 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 132 | Siege of Betar | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 614 | Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem | Jewish people, Sasanian Empire, siege, Byzantine Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 634 | Battle of Ajnadayn | Byzantine Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 636 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1025 | Battle of Michmash | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1099 | Siege of Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1139 | Battle of Técua | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1187 | Siege of Jerusalem | Knights Templar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, siege, Knights Hospitaller, County of Tripoli, Order of Saint Lazarus, order of Mountjoy, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1244 | Siege of Jerusalem (1244) | Kingdom of Jerusalem, siege, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1280 | Battle of al-Jassora | battle, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Palestine expedition | Ottoman Empire, military expedition, Al-Zayadina | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1834 | Siege of Jerusalem | Palestinians, Egypt Eyalet, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1834 | Battle of Hebron | battle, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Jerusalem | Ottoman Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Nebi Samwil | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Abu Tellul | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1936 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1936 | Battle of Al-Khader | battle, British Empire, Palestinians | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine | Irgun, insurgency, British Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1947 | Battle for Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Saint-Simon Battle | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battle of 3 Shevat | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Atarot convoy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | armed conflict, ethnic conflict, All-Palestine Protectorate, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian National Authority, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battles of Latrun | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battle of Khirbat Abu Lacham | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Commissioner Palace in the Six Day War | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Liberation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War | Jordan, battle, Israel | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Battle of Ammunition Hill | battle, human settlement | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2000 | Second Intifada | Iraq, Israel, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Fatah, intifada, Palestinian National Security Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2002 | Siege of Ramallah | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2002 | Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2017 | 2017 Temple Mount crisis | armed conflict, political crisis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes | armed conflict, Palestinians, Israel Police | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | Airstrikes on Palestinian refugee camps during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war | Israel Defense Forces, airstrike, chain of events | Wikidata |
| event | war | 73 | Pompey's Jewish War | war, Roman Republic, Hasmonean Kingdom | Wikidata |
| event | war | 164 | Second Judeo-Seleucid War | Seleucid Empire, Maccabees, war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 600 | Jewish–Babylonian War | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 732 | The War of Pekah and Ahaz | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 735 | Syro-Ephraimite War | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1947 | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | civil war, Haganah, Army of the Holy War, Yishuv | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1952 | 1952 raid on Beit Jala | war | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 2002 | Centre for National Crisis Management | deep bunker, Ministry of Defense, command post, military base | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ammunition Hill | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Cypros | archaeological site, citadel, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Latrun fort | tegart fort, building, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Military Government House in Hebron | tegart fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1700 | Qalʿat al-Burak | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1982 | Yad La-Shiryon | military museum, cenotaph, building | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2017 | Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II | military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Suliman Pool-15664 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.7896 - Yale Center for British Art | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Solomon's pools & ancient aqueducts. The upper pool from the S.E., showing caravansary in distance LOC matpc.22406 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Stephenson - Solomon^s Pools - B1977.14.7897 - Yale Center for British Art | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.13759 - Yale Center for British Art | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Jérusalem, Tombeau de Salomon, Vue générale - photograph by Auguste Salzmann (MET, 2005.100.373.62) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Suliman Pool-15664 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Solomon's pools & ancient aqueducts. The upper pool from the S.E., showing caravansary in distance LOC matpc.22406 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Solomon's pool LOC 24117601559 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Stephenson - Solomon's Pools - B1977.14.7896 - Yale Center for British Art | Commons | ||
