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1801 map of Turkey in Asia by English Cartographer John Cary. With Syria and Palestine Ottoman Syria in the 1803 Cedid Atlas, showing the term "ارض فلاستان" ("Land of Palestine") in large script on the bottom left. 1750: Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti, Veritas religionis christianae contra atheos, polytheos, idololatras, mahometanos, [et ...
The study of the origins of the Palestinians, a population encompassing the Arab inhabitants of the former Mandatory Palestine and their descendants, [1] is a subject approached through an interdisciplinary lens, drawing from fields such as population genetics, demographic history, folklore, including oral traditions, linguistics, and other disciplines.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Maps of Ottoman Palestine showing the Kaza subdivisions. Part of a series on the History of Palestine Prehistory Natufian culture Pre-Pottery Tahunian Ghassulian Jericho Ancient history Canaan Phoenicia Egyptian Empire Ancient Israel and Judah (Israel, Judah) Philistia Philistines Neo-Assyrian ...
Standard Hebrew has two names for Palestine, both of which are different from the Hebrew name for ancient Philistia. The first name Palestina was used by Hebrew speakers in the British Mandate of Palestine; it is spelled like the name for Philistia but with three more letters added to the end and a Latin pronunciation given.
UNRWA does define "Palestinian refugees" to include descendants of "refugees". [3] Politically. The PLO's Palestinian National Covenant of 1964 defines a Palestinian as "the Arab citizens who were living permanently in Palestine until 1947, whether they were expelled from there or remained.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ethnic group Palestinians الفلسطينيون (Arabic) al-Filasṭīniyyūn Flag of Palestine Total population 14.3 million Regions with significant populations State of Palestine 5,350,000 – West Bank 3,190,000 (of whom 912,879 are registered refugees as of 2024) – Gaza Strip 2,170,000 (of ...
Philistine territory along with neighboring states; such as the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel, in the 9th century BC. The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlištīm; LXX: Koinē Greek: Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city ...
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 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.