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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> | 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 | 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt Ancient Egypt (c. 1500–1200 BCE)] | # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt Ancient Egypt (c. 1500–1200 BCE)] | ||
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There has never been an independent state specifically called “Palestine”. The term “Palestine” itself was first used by the ancient Greeks. The Greek historian Herodotus referred to a “district of Syria, called Palaistinê” in the 5th century BCE.[1] 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.[2]
The name “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.[3][4]
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:
- Ancient Egypt (c. 1500–1200 BCE)
- Canaanite city-states under egyptian rule (c. 1200–1000 BCE)
- United Kingdom of Israel (c. 1000–930 BCE)
- Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (c. 930–720 BCE)
- Kingdom of Judah (c. 930–586 BCE)
- Neo-Assyrian Empire (720–605 BCE)
- Neo-Babylonian Empire (605–539 BCE)
- Achaemenid (Persian) Empire (539–332 BCE)
- Macedonian Empire (Alexander the Great) (332–323 BCE)
- Ptolemaic Kingdom (323–198 BCE)
- Seleucid Empire (198–167 BCE)
- Hasmonean Judea (Roman Vassal since 63 BCE) (167– 37 BCE)
- Herod's Kingdom (Roman Vassal) (37 - 4 BCE)
- Roman Province of Judea (4 BCE– 132 CE)
- Roman Province of Syria-Palaestina (132 - 395 CE)
- Byzantine Empire (395–636 CE)
- Rashidun Caliphate (636–661 CE)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE)
- Abbasid Caliphate (750–878 CE)
- Tulunids (878–905 CE)
- Ikhshidids (935–969 CE)
- Fatimid Caliphate (969–1073 CE)
- Seljuk Empire (1073–1098 CE)
- Crusader States (Kingdom of Jerusalem) (1099–1187 CE)
- Ayyubid Sultanate (1187–1260 CE)
- Mamluk Sultanate (1260–1517 CE)
- Ottoman Empire (1517–1917 CE)
- British Mandate of Palestine (1920–1948 CE)
- State of Israel (1948–present)
The first time there was a Palestinian people who ruled over themselves was in 1993 after Israel gave them land.[5]
References
- ↑
- Jacobson, David (2001). "When Palestine Meant Israel". Biblical Archaeology Review. 27 (3). Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
- Rainey, Anson F. (2001). "Herodotus' Description of the East Mediterranean Coast". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 321 (321): 57–63. doi:10.2307/1357657. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1357657. S2CID 163534665. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- Jacobson, David M. (February 1999). "Palestine and Israel". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 313: 65–74. doi:10.2307/1357617. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1357617. S2CID 163303829.
- ↑ "Philistine". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ↑ FELDMAN, L. H (1990). "Some Observations on the Name of Palestine". Some Observations on the Name of Palestine. 61: 1–23. ISSN 0360-9049. JSTOR 23508170.
- ↑ "Roman Provincias | Provincia Syria Palaestina". History Archive. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ↑ "Oslo Accords". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-08-10.