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The first extension of Gaza beyond its city center was the district of Shuja'iyya, built on a hill just east and southeast of the Old City during the Ayyubid period. [101] In the northeast is the Mamluk-era district of Tuffah , [ 102 ] which is roughly divided into eastern and western halves and was originally located within the Old City's walls.
Gaza City, situated along the Mediterranean coast, was part of the Seleucid Empire during the Hellenistic period, and later came under Roman rule. [3] During the Hellenistic period, which began with the conquests of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BCE, there was a large Jewish population in nearby Judea, and Jewish communities also existed in other parts of the region.
During the 1929 Palestine riots, the Jewish Quarter of Gaza was destroyed and most of Gaza's fifty Jewish families fled the city. In the 1930s and 1940s, Gaza underwent major expansion, with new neighborhoods, such as Rimal and Zeitoun being built along the coast, and the southern and eastern plains. Areas damaged in the riots underwent ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestine Παλαιστίνη (Greek) Palaestina (Latin) فِلَسْطِين (Arabic) פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה or אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל [i] (Hebrew) Boundaries of the Roman province Syria Palaestina, where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine Palaestina Prima ...
A translation into Hebrew of van Adrichem's 1590 map, it is the oldest known printed map in Hebrew. [44] The first line of the framed colophon includes the description: Hebrew: ציור מצב ארצות כנען, lit. 'A Drawing of the Situation of the Lands of Canaan' 1648–1657: Celebi map: Kâtip Çelebi
The Old City of Gaza is the historical center of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. For much of recorded history it has been the southernmost coastal city in the region of Palestine , occupying a strategic position on ancient trade route of the Via Maris , between Egypt and the Levant .
Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [f] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.Recognized by a majority of UN member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.
Map of Gaza Strip. Politics of the Gaza Strip ... North Gaza: Area A ... 89,838 Deir al-Balah: دير البلح Deir al-Balah: Area A 53,148 75,132 Gaza City: غزة ...