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*{{Cite journal |last=Jacobson |first=David M. |date=February 1999 |title=Palestine and Israel |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1357617 |journal=Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |language=en |volume=313 |pages=65–74 |doi=10.2307/1357617 |issn=0003-097X |jstor=1357617 |s2cid=163303829}}</ref> This term was derived from “Philistia”, the land of the Philistines, who inhabited the southern coastal regions of what is now the Gaza Strip. Note that the modern Arab Palestinian population who currently inhabit the Gaza strip has nothing to do with the Philistines as they were sea raiders from the Aegean sea.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Philistine |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | *{{Cite journal |last=Jacobson |first=David M. |date=February 1999 |title=Palestine and Israel |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1357617 |journal=Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |language=en |volume=313 |pages=65–74 |doi=10.2307/1357617 |issn=0003-097X |jstor=1357617 |s2cid=163303829}}</ref> This term was derived from “Philistia”, the land of the Philistines, who inhabited the southern coastal regions of what is now the Gaza Strip. Note that the modern Arab Palestinian population who currently inhabit the Gaza strip has nothing to do with the Philistines as they were sea raiders from the Aegean sea.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Philistine |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | ||
The name “[[Definition:Palestine (Region)|Palestine]]” was later adopted by the Romans. After suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to “Syria Palaestina” in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=FELDMAN |first=L. H |date=1990 |title=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |url=https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=6111507 |journal=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |volume=61 |pages=1–23 |issn=0360-9049 |jstor=23508170}}</ref> | The name “[[Definition:Palestine (Region)|Palestine]]” was later adopted by the Romans. After suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea to “Syria Palaestina” in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=FELDMAN |first=L. H |date=1990 |title=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |url=https://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&idt=6111507 |journal=Some Observations on the Name of Palestine |volume=61 |pages=1–23 |issn=0360-9049 |jstor=23508170}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Roman Provincias {{!}} Provincia Syria Palaestina |url=https://romanhistory.org/provincias/provincia-syria-palaestina |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=History Archive |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Throughout these periods, the region was ruled by various empires and never existed as an independent state specifically called “Palestine”. It has always been a part of larger administrative regions under the control of empires OR independent Jewish kingdoms: | |||
# [https://www.worldhistory.org/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt/ Ancient Egypt (c. 1500–1200 BCE)] | |||
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt Canaanite city-states ''under egyptian rule'' (c. 1200–1000 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt Canaanite city-states ''under egyptian rule'' (c. 1200–1000 BCE)] | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy) United Kingdom of Israel (c. 1000–930 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy) United Kingdom of Israel (c. 1000–930 BCE)] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria) Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (c. 930–720 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria) Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (c. 930–720 BCE)] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Kingdom of Judah (c. 930–586 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Kingdom of Judah (c. 930–586 BCE)] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire Neo-Assyrian Empire (720–605 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire Neo-Assyrian Empire (720–605 BCE)] | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire (605–539 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire (605–539 BCE)] | ||
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom) Ptolemaic Kingdom (323–198 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom) Ptolemaic Kingdom (323–198 BCE)] | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire Seleucid Empire (198–167 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire Seleucid Empire (198–167 BCE)] | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty Hasmonean Judea (Roman Vassal since 63 BCE) (167– 37 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty Hasmonean Judea (Roman Vassal since 63 BCE) (167– 37 BCE)] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodian_dynasty Herod's Kingdom (Roman Vassal) (37 - 4 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodian_dynasty Herod's Kingdom (Roman Vassal) (37 - 4 BCE)] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaea_(Roman_province) Roman Province of Judea (4 BCE– 132 CE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaea_(Roman_province) Roman Province of Judea (4 BCE– 132 CE)] | ||
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Palaestina Roman Province of Syria-Palaestina (132 - 395 CE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Palaestina Roman Province of Syria-Palaestina (132 - 395 CE)] | ||
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottoman Empire (1517–1917 CE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire Ottoman Empire (1517–1917 CE)] | ||
# [[Definition:British Mandate|British Mandate of Palestine (1920–1948 CE)]] | # [[Definition:British Mandate|British Mandate of Palestine (1920–1948 CE)]] | ||
# [[Definition:State of Israel|State of Israel (1948–present)]] | # [[Definition:State of Israel|State of Israel (1948–present)]] '''(Jewish)''' | ||
The first time there was a [[Palestinian people]] who ruled over themselves was in 1993 after Israel gave them land.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Oslo Accords |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oslo-Accords |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | The first time there was a [[Palestinian people]] who ruled over themselves was in 1993 after Israel gave them land.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Oslo Accords |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oslo-Accords |access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> | ||
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