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Some 6,000 years ago, ancient peoples settled the hills around the Gihon Spring (located just east of Jerusalem's Old City walls today). The city they founded remained as it was for centuries – a hilltop agricultural backwater, in the periphery of the powerful Egyptian empire. It was called Rusalimum (or Urusalimum), which some believe means “dwelling-place of Shalim,” the Canaanite god of dawn. The invasion around 3,500 years ago of the “Sea Peoples” – or Philistines, as they are called in the Bible – destabilized the region and Egypt, causing it to lose its grip over Canaan. Some time in the early first millennium B.C.E. (i.e., some 3,000 years ago), a small kingdom called Judea was established – by King David, according to the Bible – with Jerusalem as its capital. _________________________________________ ♥ Connect with us on Social Media ♥ ➤Instagram:   / officialambervoice   ➤Facebook:   / amberrvoice   ➤Twitter:   / amberrvoice   _________________________________________ #ambervoice #jerusalem #historyofjerusalem #masjidalaqsa #alquds #solomontemple #baitulmuqaddas