| - Jebusite’ Arabs | 4500 B.C. |
| - Canaanite’ Arabs | 2500 B.C. |
| - Israelites (when conquered by king David) | 1000 B.C. |
| - Babylonians (when Nebuchad Nezzer conquered it. and moved its Jewish inhabitants to Babyl) | 586 B.C. |
| - Persians | 538 B.C. |
| - Alexander the Great | 332 B.C. |
| - Macabbean Jew | 135 B.C. |
| - Roman - Byzantine Empire | 62 B.C. |
| - The Arab Islamic Liberation of the City | 636 A.D. |
| - Ummayad Dynasty (Muslims) | 661 A.D. |
| - Abbaside Caliphate (Muslims) | 750 A.D. |
| - Tulunid Dynasty (Muslims) | 878 A.D. |
| - Ikhshidid Dynasty (Muslims) | 915 A.D. |
| - Fatimids (Muslims) | 969 A.D. |
| - Selijuk Turks (Muslims) | 1070 A.D. |
| - Crusaders (who committed a horrible massacre at Al Aqsa Moqsa Killing 70,000 Muslims) | 1099 A.D. |
| - The Arabs (Salah Eddin): He restored The city From The Crusaders after His Victory in The Famous Battle Of Hittin . | 1178 A.D. |
| - Crusaders: When King Frederick II Of Germany Was handed the Keys of the City From King AI- Kamel except For the Al Aqsa mosque area. | 1229 A.D. |
| - Al Khwarizmans (Mongols) . King Najm Eddin of Egyot restored the city . | 1244 A.D. |
| - Mamelukes (Muslims) | 1253 A.D. |
| - Ottomans (by the Muslim Sultan Saleem) . | 1516 A.D. |
| - British Mandate | 1917 A.D. |
| - Jordanian rule | 1951 A.D. |
| - Israeli occupation | 1967 - present |
