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Palestine was also known for its book production and scribal work. [222] The Muslims invested much effort in developing a fleet and in restoring seaports, creating shipyards, fortifying coastal cities, and in establishing naval bases in Palestine. [223] Acre became their chief naval base from which a fleet set out to conquer Cyprus in 647. [224]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Adriaan Reland's 1712 Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata (Palestine's Ancient Monuments Illustrated) contains an early description and timeline of the historical references to the name "Palestine." This article presents a list of notable historical references to the name Palestine as a ...
In the late 2nd century BCE, the Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom conquered most of Palestine, but the kingdom became a vassal of Rome, which annexed it in 63 BCE. Roman Judea was troubled by Jewish revolts in 66 CE, so Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Jewish Temple in 70 CE.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Satellite image of the Palestine region from 2003 The timeline of the Palestine region is a timeline of major events in the history of Palestine. For more details on the history of Palestine see History of Palestine. In cases where the year or month is uncertain, it is marked with a slash, for ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Judea יְהוּדָה Region Coordinates: 31°40′N 35°00′E / 31.667°N 35.000°E / 31.667; 35.000 Location Southern Levant Part of Palestine Israel Native name יְהוּדָה Highest elevation 1,020 m or 3,350 ft (Mount Hebron) Judea or Judaea is a mountainous region of ...
c. 92 CE: Josephus writes in his Antiquities: "Arabia is a country that borders on Judea." [7] c. 129 or 135: Syria Palæstina was a Roman province between 135 and about 390. [8] It was established by the merge of Roman Syria and Roman Judaea, shortly before or after the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The historical consensus is the name was given to erase ...
Irgun would become notorious for the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946, in which 91 people died, and the Deir Yassin Massacre on 9 April 1948, carried out in ...
Syria Palaestina (Koinē Greek: Συρία ἡ Παλαιστίνη, romanized: Syría hē Palaistínē [syˈri.a (h)e̝ pa.lɛsˈt̪i.ne̝]) was the renamed Roman province formerly known as Judaea, following the Roman suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, in what then became known as the Palestine region between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD.