The Abbasid dynasty brought about the end of the Umayyad dynasty, except for a small Umayyad realm in Spain. The Abbasids, whose main support came from the eastern part of the empire, moved their capital from Damascus to Baghdad. During the Abbasid period, the Land of Israel and Jerusalem did not receive the same investment as they had during the Umayyad period, although Ramle, which had been destroyed in an earthquake on the eve of the Abbasid ascent to power, was restored, and the famed Arches Pool was built at this time. Construction took place elsewhere at this time, including Tiberias.
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- 4500-3500 BCE Pre History: Chalcolithic Period
- 3500-1150 BCE Bronze Age (Canaanite period)
- 1150-1000 BCE Iron Age I The period of the Settlement and Judges
- 1000–586 BCE Iron Age II - King David and the First Temple Period
- 539 BCE - 70 CE Return to Zion and the Second Temple Period
- 70–638 CE Roman and Byzantine periods
- 638–1516 Middle Ages
- 1516 to present Ottoman Period and Modern Era
