---Israel---

#LEADER LIST (Calgacus)

Moses ben Amram
Joshua ben Nun 
Samuel ben Elkana
Saul
David
Solomon
Judas Maccabeus
Herod
Bar Kochba
David ben Gurion
Ariel Sharon


#CITY LIST (IceBlaZe)

Jerusalem
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Haifa
Rishon LeZiyyon
Beer Sheva
Holon
Petah Tiqwa
Ashdod
Netanya
Bat Yam
Bene Beraq
Ramat Gan
Ashqelon
Rehovot
Herzeliyya
Kefar Sava
Hadera
Raanana
Lod
Ramla
Nazareth 
Givatayim
Qiryat Gat
Qiryat Atta
Akko
Nazerat Illit
Nahariyya
Qiryat Yam
Elat
Tiberias
Karmiel
Afula
Qiryat Motzkin
Qiryat Bialik
Ramat HaSharon
Dimona
Hod HaSharon
Umm Al-Fahm
Rosh HaAyin
Bet Shemesh
Yavne
Rahat
Tayibe
Shefaram
Pardes Hanna-Karkur 
Or Yehuda
Zefat
Migdal HaEmeq
Nes Ziyyona
Qiryat Ono
Ofaqim
Arad
Maale Adummim
Tamra
Qiryat Shemona
Sakhnin
Nesher
Yehud
Qiryat Malakhi
Sederot
Netivot
Maalot-Tarshiha
Tirat Karmel
Mevasseret Ziyyon
Baqa Al-Gharbiyye
Tire
Mughar
Arrabe
Modiin 
Bet Shean
Or Aqiva
Judeide-Maker
Ariel
Kafar Kanna
Yafi
Kafar Qasem
Qalansawe
Yoqneam Illit
Reine
Arara 
Qiryat Tivon
Daliyat Al-Karmel
Kafar Manda
Kafar Qara
Zikhron Yaaqov
Betar Illit
Givat Shemuel
Makkabim-Reut
Modiin Illit
Yirka
Shoham
Majd Al-Kurum
Ganne Tiqwa
Abu Sinan
Givat Zeev
Gedera
Maale Iron
Azor
Gan Yavne
Turan
Iksal
Ibillin
Yeroham
Tel Sheva
Jisr Az-Zarqa
Qiryat Eqron
Isifya
Kefar Yona
Arara - BaNegev
Ein Mahel
Hazor HaGelilit
Beit Jann
Fureidis
Nahef
Even Yehuda
Beer Yaaqov
Jatt
Kabul
Majdal Shams
Deir Al-Asad
Kafar Yasif
Rekhasim
Rame
Qadima
Deir Hanna
Dabburye
Bene Ayish
Mazkeret Batya
Bueine-Nujeidat
Qiryat Arba
Efrata
Bine
Jaljulye
Qazrin
Zur Yigal
Omer
Mashhed
Bir El-Maksur
Kisra-Sumei
Kuseife
Qarne Shomeron
Ilut
Pardesiyya
Metar
Binyamina
Zarzir
Tel Mond
Kokhav YaIr

#CIVILOPEDIA (TETurkhan)

#RACE_ISRAEL
^The Israelites are $LINK<commercial & religious=GCON_Strengths>.  They start the game with the discoveries $LINK<Ceremonial Burial=TECH_Ceremonial_Burial> and 
$LINK<Mysticism=TECH_Mysticism>. They can build $LINK<???>.
^
^    The history of the Jews begins with the patriarch Abraham. Abraham was the first to forsake the polytheism and idol worshipping of his people for a 
belief in one God. In 1580 B.C.E. the Pharaoh of Egypt felt threatened by the Jews and made them into slaves. Moses led the Jews out of Egypt and into the 
desert where they spent 40 years wandering. While in the desert, Moses ascended Mt. Sinai and, according to tradition, returned with the Ten Commandments 
from God as well as the Torah. Following the death of Moses, the Jews were led by Joshua into the Promised Land, then inhabited by the Canaanites. 
After capturing Jericho, the Israelites systematically conquered the rest of Israel. The Israelites first king was Saul (1020-1000 B.C.E.), then followed by David, who 
was famous as the warrior that had slain the giant Goliath. During King Davids reign, that the Israelites captured Jerusalem and made it both their religious 
and secular capital. The heir to King David's throne was Solomon, the son of the King and Bath-Sheba. King Solomon's reign (961-922 B.C.E.) was peaceful. 
He was noted for lavish building projects, including the First Temple in Jerusalem. In 598 B.C.E., King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. Much of 
the population of the Israelites was sent into exile in Babylonia and Jerusalem was destroyed. The destruction of the First Temple is commemorated by the 
Fast of Tishah be-Av, the ninth of the Jewish month of Av. In exile, the Israelites found themselves to be able to participate in the economic and social 
life of their new land, while maintaining their culture. When the Persians conquered Babylon in 538 B.C.E., the Persian King Cyrus permitted all conquered 
peoples to return to their homelands. About 50,000 Jews returned to Judah, although many stayed in Babylon, having established a new life there. After 
several decades of delays, the Second Temple was built and dedicated in 516 B.C.E. In the following centuries the Land of Israel while under Egyptian and then
later Syrian rule was relatively peaceful and calm. However when Antiochus IV Epiphanes began his rule, he sought to forbid the practice of Judaism, which ignited a 
revolt. The leader for the Jews was Judah Maccabee, he defeated the Syrians in several battles. Following his Miraculous victories, Judah reentered the 
Temple, cleansed it of its desecrations, and rededicated it. The Festival of Hanukkah commemorates these victories.

#DESC_RACE_ISRAEL
^    Triumph over the Syrians was short-lived. The Roman Empire engulfed the area, and with brief exceptions, controlled what became known as Palestine for 
almost 700 years. The Jews revolted against Roman rule in 70 C.E. After a siege, the Second Temple was destroyed (once again, on the 9th of Av of the 
Jewish calendar) and resistance was crushed. Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the fourth century. 
^
^    Palestine was conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century. Many Jews served in the Arab armies, which conquered the Iberian Peninsula and settled in Spain. For centuries, 
Jews flourished in Spain and North Africa, and recorded achievements in science, medicine, music, philosophy and culture.  Jewish life in the Middle Ages 
was for the most part a story of social and economic isolation, persecution and massacres. Yet they filled an important niche. Christianity outlawed usury, 
the lending of money.  Jews were permitted to fill this vacuum by acting as moneylenders and financiers. Those governments unwilling to even tolerate Jews 
expelled them. At one time or another, all Jews were expelled from England (1290), France (1306 and 1394), Austria (1420), and Spain (1492).  Jewish culture 
developed for 2,000 years in pre-World War II Europe.  Jews of both Western and Eastern Europe created a culture of religious practice, arts and music, 
language (principally Yiddish), and education. In WWI, British forces defeated the Turks in Palestine and governed the area under a League of Nations mandate. 
As part of the 19th-century Zionist movement, Jews had begun settling in Palestine as early as 1820. During the 1930s the Nazis sought to make the entire 
Jewish culture extinct.  Jews persecuted by the Hitler regime poured into Palestine. The postwar acknowledgment of the HolocaustHitler's genocide of 
6 million Jewsincreased international interest and sympathy for the cause of Zionism. However, Arabs in Palestine and surrounding countries bitterly opposed 
prewar and postwar proposals to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish sectors. The British mandate to govern Palestine ended after the war, and, in 1947, 
the UN voted to partition Palestine. When the British officially withdrew on May 14, 1948, the Jewish National Council proclaimed the State of Israel.