Ramla

Ramla is a city in central Israel. The town is predominantly Jewish with a good sized Arab minority. Ramla lies alongside the path of the Via Maris, connecting vintage Cairo Fustat with Damascus, at its intersection with the road connecting the port of Jaffa with Jerusalem. It became conquered in many instances within the path of its records, with the aid of the Abbasids, the Ikhshidids, the Fatimids, the Seljuqs, the Crusaders, the Mameluks, the Turks, the British, and the Israelis. After a virus of the Black Death in 1347, which significantly reduced the populace, an order of Franciscan clergymen mounted a presence within the city.

Ramla changed into the foremost town and district capital nearly until the appearance of the Crusaders within the eleventh century. In the 8th century, the Ummayads constructed the White Mosque, which changed into hailed because the greatest inside the land, outdoor of Jerusalem. The stays of this mosque, flanked with the aid of a minaret added at a later date, can still be visible today. In the courtyard are underground water cisterns from this era. Ramla changed into from time to time known as Filastin, in line with the not unusual practice of referring to districts by using the call in their foremost city.