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gunwalker
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A history question for Shush et al
gunwalker
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Shush, if I understood your post on the history of the Palestinians, there never was a sovereign state of Palestine, nor was there an indigenous palestinian people. If that is the case, do you have any insights as to why the territory was labeled Palestine in the various mandates? It seems like that labeling of territory has created the myth of Palestine. Thanks in advance.
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Use the links on the sidebar on the left to navigate it. The "Recommendations" is a good place to start. The ones below this in gold lettering offer more information.
http://www.palestinefacts.org/
― Douglas Adams
I think more than likely it was named after the region the mandate was formed in, carved from the remains of the Ottoman Empire.
I can not find any significance in the name itself.
The whole area was claimed and reclaimed by many empires.
You must remember my slant on history is some what tainted, being dragged up in the greatest of those empires :devil: but I try my best.
Good link:up:
Here is bit I dug up;
700 BC
Under the Assyrian empire which
bordered the Arabian Desert.
The main regions, not countries where;
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
Phoenicia
Babylonia
Élan, a bit north but still in the area.
Phoenian colonies not countries.
Egypt
Judah
Israel
Palestine
Syria
Cyprus
Palestine a country in the first millennium BC
Philistines
Kingdom of Judah
Kingdom of Israel
Phocenicians
Click on the lower magnifying glass.
http://www.wadsworth.com/history_d/templates/student_resources/0534600069_spielvogel/InteractiveMaps/spot_maps/map2_2.html
PS
As for the Jews driving the Palestinians out of their homeland in ’48, what of the Hashemites doing that very thing in 1970.
From Wikipedia;
‘September 1970 is known as the Black September in Arab history and sometimes is referred to as the "era of regrettable events."
It was a month when Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan moved to quash the militancy of Palestinian organizations and restore his monarchy's rule over the country.’
That country being Palestine before it was split.:uhm: