Startseite
Podcasts
History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast Podcast
What is Jerusalem?

What is Jerusalem?

History for Kids / History's Not Boring: The Kids History Podcast vor 3 Monaten

0:00

18:03

Welcome to History's Not Boring by Kidopoly.com! Join Mira and
Finn as we travel back in time over three thousand years to
explore a tiny ancient city with a massive story! What is
Jerusalem, and why is it the most fought-over city in history?
Discover the wild saga of this walled city! We'll meet King David
who captured it and made it the capital of the Israelites, and
his son King Solomon who built the dazzling First Temple using
glittering gold and sweet-smelling cedar wood from Lebanon! But
the peace didn't last! Watch out for the powerful Babylonians who
smashed it to the ground and carried the Jewish people off into
exile, and the Persian king Cyrus the Great who let them return
to rebuild! Then came the Romans who destroyed the Second Temple,
leaving only the Western Wall still standing today. Fast forward
to knights in armor during the Crusades, and the clever Muslim
sultan Saladin who took the city back without ruining it! Today,
this incredible place is sacred to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim
people all over the world, sharing four unique quarters packed
inside ancient stone walls. With 3,000 years of kings, epic
sieges, and amazing temples built, destroyed, and built again,
Jerusalem's history is an unbelievable adventure you don't want
to miss! Tune in now to uncover its epic secrets!

(the audio in this show has been updated)