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Adriaan Reland's 1712 Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata (Palestine's Ancient Monuments Illustrated) contains an early description and timeline of the historical references to the name "Palestine."
It dates back 1,900 years and is derived from a people who were not native to the region — the Philistines, a people from the Aegean Sea who were closely related to the ancient Greeks. They lived on the coast of what is now the Gaza Strip and Israel, but had disappeared by the 6th century BCE.
Timeline. Nomads settle the region and initiate agriculture during the Early Bronze Age. Cities develop and trade expands in the region during the Middle Bronze Age. Palestine becomes important trade hub. Palestine is absorbed by the Egyptian Empire, flourishes in trade.
A derivative of the name Palestine first appears in Greek literature in the 5th Century BCE when the historian Herodotus used the word “Palaistine” to refer to the coastal strip inhabited by the Philistines.
History of Palestine. Situated between three continents, the region of Palestine has a tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. The region was among the earliest to see human habitation, agricultural communities and civilization.
Both incorporated geographic regions from the land commonly known as Palestine, into a new state whose territory was named Palestine. This article presents a list of notable historical references to the name Palestine as a place name for the region of Palestine throughout history.
The name `Palestine' is thought to derive from either the word plesheth (meaning `root palash', an edible concoction carried by migratory tribes which came to symbolize nomadic peoples) or as a Greek designation for the nomadic Philistines.
Yet few people—including Middle East policy makers, journalists, historians and even lexicographers—know much about the history of the name “Palestine,” or what territory it has at one time or another encompassed. The ancient Romans pinned the name on the Land of Israel.
This article presents a list of notable historical references to the name Palestine, and cognates such as "Filastin" and "Palaestina", throughout the history of the region. The te
Where did the name Palestine come from and for how long has it been in use? After reading the book “Palestine a four thousand year history” by Nur Masalha, a Palestinian historian and academic, it became clear that the name Palestine has been used since the 13th century BC until today. This is a full transcript of the podcast episode: