King Cyrus and the Persians quickly conquered the Babylonian Empire, then they turned their attention to the Greeks. The Persians met with defeat twice, at the beach of Marathon and later in o...

21 minutes, 48 seconds
Published 6 days ago

King Cyrus established the Medo-Persian Empire, then came against and destroyed the Kingdom of Lydia. This brought the Persians in contact with the Greeks. Meanwhile, the Jews lived in exile ...

19 minutes, 12 seconds
Published 14 days ago

This is the start of a new topic- a look at the ancient Jewish state, started by the Hasmonean family. We'll be taking a look at the Chanukkah story, along with most of ancient history- the Pe...

15 minutes, 18 seconds
Published: 8/8/2008

Israel had survived. The Jews declared independence and fought for their new state, and when the shooting stopped, Israel was still there. The Arabs vowed revenge, but in 1967 Israel won an e...

23 minutes, 50 seconds
Published: 7/22/2008

When the cease-fire expired, Israel quickly gained the upper hand and the Arabs asked for another cease-fire. The Israelis made one last attack on the gates of the Old City but failed to break...

22 minutes, 53 seconds
Published: 7/11/2008

Israel brought in tons of supplies during the cease-fire. The terrorists of the Irgun also tried to bring in their own weapons on the ship SS Altalena. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion would n...

18 minutes, 24 seconds
Published: 7/7/2008

The situation had become desperate for Israel. The Jews in Jerusalem were on the verge of starvation, and they would soon be forced to accept whatever terms the Arabs demanded. Israel accepte...

20 minutes, 11 seconds
Published: 6/29/2008

The Israelis tried again to dislodge the Arabs from Latrun, so they could food to the starving Jews in Jerusalem. Military power couldn't do the job, so they started to build a new road around...

20 minutes, 58 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

After two weeks of intense combat, the Jews in the Jewish Quarter finally surrendered. The Arabs destroyed the Hurva synagogue, the last stronghold of the Jewish fighters. The Jews lost all c...

19 minutes, 21 seconds
Published: 6/8/2008

The Jews in Jerusalem were starving, so David Ben-Gurion ordered the Haganah to attack the strong Arab Legion positions at Latrun. The Haganah commander wanted to wait, but Ben-Gurion persiste...

22 minutes, 13 seconds
Published: 6/2/2008