Jerusalem-The City That Changed the World

描述

耶路撒冷獨具一格：它既是兩個民族的首都，亦是三大宗教的聖地。在這座城市的歷史長河中，眾多非凡人物留下了濃墨重彩的一筆，其中包括大衛王、居魯士大帝、克麗奧佩特拉（埃及艷后）、馬加比家族成員、尤利烏斯・凱撒、希律王、梅利桑德女王、薩拉丁、蘇萊曼大帝、葉卡捷琳娜二世（凱瑟琳大帝）、拿破崙、邱吉爾、本 – 古里安以及阿拉法特。
Jerusalem is unique: the capital of two peoples and the shrine of three faiths. A cast of extraordinary characters have played a part in the city’s history, including King David, Cyrus the Great, Cleopatra, the Maccabees, Julius Caesar, Herod the Great, Queen Melisende, Saladin, Suleiman the Magnificent, Catherine the Great, Napoleon, Churchill, Ben-Gurion and Arafat.
Many have claimed Jerusalem belongs only to them, but its stories belong to many. In this beautifully illustrated book, historian Simon Sebag Montefiore tells thirty of the most remarkable stories in the city’s 3,000-year history. By explaining the Middle East’s political, religious and ethnic divisions, from 1000 BCE to 2000, the book becomes an essential guide to understanding today’s world.