Hegar, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

That area, because of so many religions centered on it and/or the power it holds, has been fought over since Solomon’s Temple.

Nope! Solomon's temple was built 1000-600 BCE. From then till christianity took over it's mostly been a backwater, or buffer zone.

It only seems important because we have writing from people who lived there (the Torah, etc.) saying how important it was (to them), then that writing got the official stamp of truth when the Roman empire took over Christianity.

To the extent it was fought over, it was mostly because it was between much more important areas - the Egyptians and other powers like the Hittites, Babylonians or Assyrians.

Even then the neo-babylonians for example seem to have left the region largely depopulated - it's not like they actually wanted it for any reason