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  2. Cartography of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    Palestine 1843: Hughes map: William Hughes: Shows the Ottoman administrative districts in detail, made for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Hughes had been producing popular maps of Palestine for almost a decade, notably in his 1840 Illuminated Atlas of Scripture geography. [53] Palestine 1849: Lynch map: William F. Lynch

  3. Kiepert maps of Palestine and Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The maps of Palestine were first published in 1841 to accompany the first edition of Biblical Researches in Palestine, and published again in 1856 to accompany the second edition. [2] It has been described as the most important element of Robinson's publication: "Perhaps, Robinson’s most important accomplishment, however, was the drawing of ...

  4. History of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    At times, Palestine was a lawless land. [264] Towards the end of the 9th century, the Abbasids began to lose control of their western provinces, following a period of internal instability. [178] [xciii] In 873, the governor of Egypt, Ahmad Ibn Tulun, declared independence and founded the Tulunid dynasty. A few years later, he occupied Syria. [265]

  5. PEF Survey of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the work of the survey was carried out by the Royal Engineers.In addition to the extensive maps, the Palestine Exploration Fund published three copious volumes of the field work conducted by Conder and Kitchener, known as The Survey of Western Palestine (Memoirs of the Tography, Orography, Hydrgraphy, and Archæology), wherein are detailed accounts of every hill range, stream ...

  6. Palestine (region) - Wikipedia

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    The region of Palestine, [iii] also known as historic Palestine, [1] [2] [3] is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land.

  7. Timeline of the name Palestine - Wikipedia

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    1806: Lant Carpenter, An Introduction to the Geography of the New Testament: [321] He brought out in 1806 a popular manual of New Testament geography. [322] [323] (Levant map, p. PA4, at Google Books) 1809: Reginald Heber, Palestine: a Poem

  8. Tel Dothan - Wikipedia

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    Tel Dothan. Dothan (Hebrew: דֹתָן ‎) (also Dotan) was a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible.It has been identified with Tel Dothan (Arabic: تل دوثان), also known as Tel al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, [1] and ten kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.

  9. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.