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The History of Modern Zionism through Numismatics
By Simcha KuritzkyANA World’s Fair of Money, July 2008
Zion-ism
Jerusalem
c. 1000 BCE – 930 BCE Kings David and Solomon
By the Rivers of Babylon…
587 BCE First Temple Destroyed
Zion Restored…
c. 536-515 BCE Persians permit rebuilding of Temple
…and Lost Again
70 CE Romans destroy Second Temple and Jewish Autonomy
Illustration ©1978 Abba Eban and David Bamberger
Medieval Jewry
The Modern Era
1781-2 Austrian Emancipation Proclamations
Napoleon Bonaparte in Eretz Israel
Napoleon Bonaparte in France
Revolutions
Early Settlement
Early Settlement
Early Settlement
Other Refuges
Anti-Semitism
Modern Political Zionism
Herzl and Der Kaiser
Jewish Colonial Trust
Jewish National Fund קק׳ל
Land of Israel
The Great War
The Great War
October 1917
Britain & France Divide Up the Middle East
Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature
The Great War
November 2, 1917
Support for an Arab Homeland
ZO leader Weizmann meets with Emir (later
King) Faisal
1920 San Remo Conference
Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature
1920 San Remo Conference
1919 Hagana (Defense)
1925 Revisionists
Rise of Anti-Semitism
1927 Palestine Currency Board
1929 Jewish Agency
Originally 1 franc, 1 mark, 1 kroner, 2 shillings, half a dollar, or 40 kopeks
Publicity
1934 An Alternative Zion
Illustration ©1992 Hachette Litterature
1934 Transfer Agreement
1936-39 Arab Revolt
1941-45 Genocide
Displaced Persons Camps
November, 1947 U.N. votes to create Jewish state
May, 1948 Israel born