what was the capital of ancient israel?
Jerusalem
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 The early population of the city was composed almost entirely of soldiers and their families , and the layout of the city was similar to that of a garrison . Amr intended for Fustat to serve as a base from which to conquer North Africa , as well as to launch further campaigns against Byzantium . It remained the primary base for Arab expansion in Africa until Qayrawan was founded in Tunisia in 670 . 

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 Perhaps the most important shift was a religious one : Thebes effectively became the religious as well as the political center of the country , its local god Amun credited with inspiring Ahmose in his victories over the Hyksos . The importance of the temple complex at Karnak ( on the east bank of the Nile north of Thebes ) grew and the importance of the previous cult of Ra based in Heliopolis diminished . 

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 The city absorbed another blow in 605 BCE , when Nebuchadnezzar conquered it . 

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 The foundations of that royal palace have been tentatively identified in the City of David as the Stepped Stone Structure , by Eilat Mazar . 

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 According to the Bible , during the 10th century BCE Ashdod became , along with all the kingdom of Philistia , a patronage area of the Kingdom of Israel under the control of King David . 
