WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. The earliest Christians were outcast and used the Ichthys fish symbol as a way to know if someone was Christian.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jerusalem had an early Christian community, which was led by James the Just, Peter, and John. According to Acts 11:26, Antioch was where the followers were first called Christians. Peter was later martyred in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many European Christians started pilgrimages to Jerusalem in the 1st century A.D. From about 1099 to 1187, Christian crusaders occupied Jerusalem and deemed the city a major religious site.