{"slug": "nablus", "label": "Nablus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nablus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214178", "qid": "Q214178", "description": "city in the West Bank, State of Palestine", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [70, 1927], "span_label": ["70 CE", "1927 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galilee", "label": "Galilee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tiberias", "label": "Tiberias", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bilad-al-sham", "label": "Bilad al-Sham", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-jerusalem", "label": "Kingdom of Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baldwin-ii-of-jerusalem", "label": "Baldwin II of Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mosul", "label": "Mosul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan-river", "label": "Jordan River", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 70, "year_label": "70 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Neapolis (present-day Nablus) is founded in Iudaea Province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359120161#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 70", "revid": 1359120161, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 72, "year_label": "72 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356243750#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 72", "revid": 1356243750, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 1024, "year_label": "1024 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Anushtakin al-Dizbari of Palestine leads an expedition in the mountains around Nablus to apprehend the Bedouin leader Hassan ibn Mufarrij. However, the latter, with 3,000 of his horsemen, repulses Anushtakin, who retreats to Ramla, the capital of Palestine. Hassan and his troops then arrive at Ramla and burn the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213215#July–September", "title": "1024", "revid": 1342213215, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1113, "year_label": "1113 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Battle of Al-Sannabra: The Crusaders led by Baldwin I are defeated (due to a feigned flight) by a Seljuk army under Mawdud ibn Altuntash, the Turkic governor (atabeg) of Mosul, at the Jordan River south of the Sea of Galilee. Mawdud sends raiding columns to ravage the countryside and sacks the town of Nablus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267067505#Levant", "title": "1113", "revid": 1267067505, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Council of Nablus: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Patriarch Warmund convenes an assembly at Nablus, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms \"in the cause of defense\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Levant", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1152, "year_label": "1152 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Baldwin III begins a civil war against Melisende and launches an invasion in the south. He captures the castle of Mirabel, which is defended by Manasses. Baldwin spares his life and is exiled, Nablus thereupon surrenders soon after. Melisende seeks refuge in the Tower of David with her younger son, the 16-year-old Amalric. Baldwin enters Jerusalem, he allows his mother to retain Nablus and the neighbourhood as her dower.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365584069#Levant", "title": "1152", "revid": 1365584069, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1228, "year_label": "1228 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – Frederick II puts pressure on the negotiations by a military display. He assembles his Crusader army and marches down the coast to Jaffa – which he proceeds to refortify. At the same moment, Ayyubid forces under An-Nasir Dawud, who are not participating in the revolt at Damascus, move to Nablus, to intercept Al-Kamil's supply lines. Al-Kamil breaks off the negotiations, saying that the Crusaders have pillaged several Muslim villages, and only resumes them again when Frederick pays out compensation to the victims.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360747311#Sixth_Crusade", "title": "1228", "revid": 1360747311, "section": "Events › By place › Sixth Crusade"}}, {"year": 1244, "year_label": "1244 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Khwarazmian forces (some 10,000 men) invade Syrian territory, ravaging the land and burning the villages. As Damascus is too strong for a siege, they attack Galilee, past the town of Tiberias – which they capture. The Khwarazmians attack further southward through Nablus towards Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360513044#Levant", "title": "1244", "revid": 1360513044, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1253, "year_label": "1253 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – An-Nasir Yusuf, Ayyubid ruler of Damascus, cedes Palestine, together with Jerusalem, Nablus and the coastline of Al-Sham to Aybak, Mamluk sultan of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362664638#Levant", "title": "1253", "revid": 1362664638, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The 1927 Jericho earthquake strikes Palestine, killing around 300 people; it is the largest ever recorded in this part of the Middle East. The effects are especially severe in Nablus, but damage and fatalities are also reported in many areas of Palestine and Transjordan, such as Amman, Salt, Jordan, and Lydda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#July", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › July"}}]}