1 history 1.1 ancient israel 1.2 medieval period 1.3 ottoman era 1.4 british mandate era 1.5 post-1948 history ancient israel al-ram thought site of biblical city of ramah in benjamin. medieval period in crusader sources, al-ram named aram, haram, rama, ramatha, ramitta, or ramathes. al-ram 1 of 21 villages given king godfrey fief church of holy sepulchre. all inhabitants of village mentioned in crusader sources between 1152 , 1160 had names imply christian. the village mentioned around 1161, when dispute land boundary settled. ottoman era in 1517, village included in ottoman empire rest of palestine, , in 1596 tax-records appeared rama, located in nahiya of jabal quds of liwa of al-quds. population 28 households, muslim. paid fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees , vineyards, in addition occasional revenues, goats , beehives; total of 4700 akçe. in 1838 edward robinson found village poor , small, large stones , scattered columns indicat...