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The bumpy life history of Jews

For more than 0/000 years BC, Jews mainly lived in Palestinian areas in the Middle East. As a small country, surrounded by big countries, they are bullied and live in the cracks. Later, it was divided into north and south countries. One disappeared after being destroyed by Assyria in more than 700 BC, and the other was destroyed by Babylon around 600 BC. Jews were exiled to Babylon, known as "prisoners of Babylon" in history. Jews were not assimilated in Babylon, but formed the organizational model of Jewish community, and later formed a Jewish cultural center comparable to Jerusalem in Babylon.

More than 500 years BC, the Persian emperor Ju Lushi destroyed the Babylonian state and liberated the Jews to return to Palestine. After the reunification, Jews reflected on the national destiny and established the Jewish monotheism systematically and comprehensively, and the Old Testament was written at this time. During the Greek period, Alexander Crusader defeated Persia, and Jews began to be ruled by Greeks, resisting the powerful Greek culture in culture. In 63 BC, the Romans began to rule the Jews in Palestine, and the high-handed policy eventually led to the resistance of the Jews. After the Jewish uprising was suppressed, the Roman government began to disperse the Jews, and the period of 1800 years of great diaspora began.

After being expelled from Palestine, Jews flocked to the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and other regions and began the Jewish history in the Middle Ages. In medieval Europe, Jews were oppressed by Christianity, forbidden to own land, and often slandered, slaughtered and expelled. In the Islamic world in the Middle Ages, Jews were relatively free while paying heavy taxes and observing various restrictions.

In modern times, Jews began to walk out of the ghetto. Although they are emerging economically, it is always difficult to find a foothold in the era of nationalism and racism. The long-standing anti-Semitism has not disappeared, but has escalated. Hitler's madness killed 6 million Jews. Around the 20th century, a large number of Jews immigrated to the United States, and around World War II, a large number of Jews immigrated to Palestine. The modern State of Israel was founded in 1948. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Israel experienced five wars with Arab countries. Up to now, Israel's security has not been fully guaranteed.