CNN Jerusalem City of Faith and Fury December 25, 2021 00:19:00
She is able to trade with them. >> all of these trade routes coming in from the far east go down into what is now modern syria, modern lebanon, and israel. and they all kind of meet together. so, if you want to take goods, either east or west, jerusalem is an incredibly important place to be. >> but above all, jerusalem, of course, was part of judaea and judaea had once been part of egypt back in the 3rd century bc. and so, cleopatra viewed the territory that herod had been given as her birthright. >> it was her job, her mission, as the divinely ordained monarch of egypt to reunite and to rean...