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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Nablus, People from Nablus, Joseph's Tomb, Izzat Darwaza, Tell Balata, Nabulsi soap, Hanan Ashrawi, Mike Hawash, Aziz Duwaik, Jacob's Well, Hussam Abdo, Shaden Abu-Hijleh, Battle of Nablus, Farouk Kaddoumi, Rafiq al-Tamimi, An-Najah National University, Ibrahim Touqan, Bashar Masri, Wael Zwaiter, Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi, Nasib al-Bitar, Khan al-Tujjar, Awni Abd al-Hadi, District of Nablus, Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Cinema City Nablus, Rafidia, Munib Masri, Sahar Khalifeh, Ja'afar Touqan, Fadi Kafisha, Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Ghassan Khatib, Manara Clock Tower, List of mayors of Nablus, Saloum Cohen, Yoseph ben Ab-Hisda ben Yaacov ben Aaharon, Baba Rabba, Abd al-Hadi Palace, List of people from Nablus, Nabulsi cheese, Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq, Hani Awijan, Levi ben Abisha ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq, Al-Najah Secondary School, Ahmed Sheikh, Mahmoud Aloul, Al-Ittihad. Excerpt: Nablus (Arabic:, Hebrew:, Biblical Shechem ISO 259-3 kem) is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately 63 kilometers (39 mi) north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center. Founded by the Roman Emperor Vespasian in 72 CE as Flavia Neapolis, Nablus has been ruled by many empires over the course of its almost 2,000-year-long history. In the 5th and 6th centuries, conflict between the city's Christian and Samaritan inhabitants climaxed in a series of Samaritan revolts against Byzantine rule, before their violent quelling in 529 CE drastically dwindled that community's numbers in the city. In 636, Neapolis, along with most of Palestine, came under the rule of the Islamic Arab Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab; its name Arabicized to Na...
