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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Video: Chinese documentary on Israel, Part 3 of 12

Here's Part 3 of that Chinese documentary on Israel.
Episode 3: Timeless Masada
In 930 BC, the united Hebrew Kingdom was split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah, which were successively conquered by the Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The Jews suffered their first Diaspora in history. In the Persian Empire period the Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem. However, after Alexander the Great conquered Jerusalem in 331 BC, the Jews were persecuted and dispersed again. In 64 BC, the Romans replaced the Greeks as ruler, and formally named this region Palestine. The Jews rebelled against the suppression. The most grand but tragic were the rebels in Masada Fortress. The Romans finally put down the rebellion, and drove the Jews out of Jerusalem. The Jews subsequently entered the third Diaspora, lasting up to 1800 years.
Let's go to the videotape.

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